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Discussion in 'Hull City' started by Chazz Rheinhold, Jul 16, 2011.

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  1. Chazz Rheinhold

    Chazz Rheinhold Well-Known Member

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    I have just finished Blood's a Rover by James Ellroy. I know you all spend a lot of time on here but are you book readers as well?
    If so what are you reading and can you recommend any good books?
     
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    Chazz Rheinhold, Jul 16, 2011
  2. C'mon ref

    C'mon ref Well-Known Member

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    Not a big lover of fiction, although I do read some, but at the moment my bedside reading is An Illustrated History Of England by John Burke, Our monarchs were certainly a bloodthirsty lot, although a lot of them were not English.
     
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  3. smidgen

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    Just began "Life" - Keith Richards' autobiography, last night. Superb stuff so far!

    Also reading Philip K. Dick's "The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldrich". Also got a Jo Nesbo thriiler in the pile.
     
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  4. Chazz Rheinhold

    Chazz Rheinhold Well-Known Member

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    Ye im definitely going to get Keith Richards book, was skimming it in Tesco the other day. What a life.
     
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    I took Ozzy autobiography on holiday last year and could not put it down great read and thats from someone who not into books .Even he does not know why he is not dead the man was a head the ball.
     
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    Making by way through about 12 of Peter Robinson's Inspector Banks series. Onto my fourth one. They are unbelievably good. Incredible sense of detail he has.
     
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    Yeah - I like how PR sets it in an imaginary dale, but it fits into all the places around. And Leeds is always a ****hole!
     
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  8. Hank Scorpio

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    Not a massive reader of books either but just finished reading Pegasus Bridge about the British Paras, who were first dropped out of any of the allies on D-Day. It's from the same bloke who wrote Band of Brothers that became the television series a few years back. BoB was very good also.
     
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  9. smidgen

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    Is that Ellroy's latest, Chazz?
     
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  10. Chazz Rheinhold

    Chazz Rheinhold Well-Known Member

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    Couple of years old now, not sure if he has got a new one out. This is the final part of the trilogy after American Tabloid and The Cold Six Thousand. Im bloody glad I have finished it as i find the structure of his sentences so difficult to read all short sharp and full of alliteration.
     
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  11. smidgen

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    Found "The Cold Six Thousand" hard work. The Hollywood/Black Dahlia books are an easier read...(IMO)
     
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  12. Mike Burgess

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    Quantum. A book about quantum physics.
     
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    Re-reading Pratchett's discworld series. Only problem is,i was always a bedtime reader and these days i tend to fall asleep after three pages.
     
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    Same, re-reading Pratchett's Tiffany Aching novels and waiting for the book 'Snuff' to come out in Aug/Sept.
     
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    I'm a big reader, recommend using the Kindle App for PC as you can pick up plenty of good books for free on Amazon, and if you have a netbook or a smallish lappy then it's just the same as a Kindle. Reading James Grippando free book off Amazon and strongly recommend it so far, also Fallen Idol, think the authors Neil White, its a crime thriller on a footy theme and is also free. Other than that like Robin Hobb books, best fantasy author and various classics like Dostoyesvsky to keep the brain cells working!
     
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    Reading "A Close run thing" by Brigadier (Retired) Allan Mallinson. It is the first in a 12 book series following the exploits and derring - do of Cornet Matthew Hervey at the end of the peninsula campaign. Also reading Full Circle by Ferdinand Mount. In brief, it is his theory of how the modern world is living like the Romans and Greeks of 2000 years ago Not sure that I agree with all of his examples but certainly thought provoking.

    MB,

    I recently read the Elegant Universe by Dr Brian Greene. Heavy going but the super string theory was worth the effort.
     
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  17. smidgen

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    I'm also reading "The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires". It's American and the gist of it is: Telephone, then radio, then cinema, then TV - got taken over and consolidated into monopolies/cartels. And, if the same thing happens with the Internet, which is global, ubiquitous, we are basically ****ed!!
     
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  18. ImperialTiger

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    This series might interest you:

    [video=youtube;Uz2j3BhL47c]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uz2j3BhL47c[/video]
     
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  19. Chazz Rheinhold

    Chazz Rheinhold Well-Known Member

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    I've just slogged my way through Blood's a Rover, dont fancy this straight after. Will go for Keef's autobiography next i think. Ever read the Prey novels by John Sandford? I tend to stick to American crime novels mostly.
    I could do with a good sports one too, the last one i read was Deano's.
     
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  20. smidgen

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    If you like American crime novels, try the folloing: James Lee Burke (Dave Robicheaux stories);Walter Mosley ('Easy' Rawlins stories); Elmore Leonard (many filmed, including 'Jackie Brown' - Tarantino's filming of 'Rum Punch'); James Crumley; Tony Hillerman (Navajo police stories).

    [I did American Studies at Hull Uni]
     
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