Now in its 5th year. So gentlemen and ladies what you reading at the moment and any recommendations for fellow posters? I'm reading The Girl in the Spiders Web by David Lagercrantz. Its a follow on from Stieg Larssons Millennium series. Enjoying it.
Heavy reading - about WW1. At school we had "options", and I always chose Geography over History. So to be honest, my history isn't fantastic, and as I have got older I have found a much greater interest in history. So, I am reading history, and plan a visit of the battlefields later in the year. Lighter reading side, I read Steven Gerrard's first autobiography which I thought was good, a decent "normal" council estate lad made good, especially the part about playing football with this mates the night before his trial with Liverpool, the ball ending up in some bushes, and him trying to kick the ball back out only to impale his foot on a gardening fork... Never affected his trial the next day though he was in a good deal of pain. I know sporting autobiographies often get slated, but I enjoyed this one.
My son has just read a book and is gonna give me it upon his return from Spain, he's on the costa until Tuesday, I think it's called "the journey of the 100 year old man" or something like that, it's about an old man that breaks out of an old people's home and goes on a journey around the world, he meets some famous people and has some brilliant adventures. Sounds like a good read, I'll post after I've read it. God knows where I'm gonna have time what with a film a day for this leap year and my darts...
Currently reading through James Herbert's entire bibliography. Reading 'The Dark' at the moment. Decent enough but not as good as Haunted, which is one of my most favourite stories ever. I don't do deep meaningful books btw. I just like escapism, imagination and a bloody good story! Hence why Stephen King and James Herbert are my favourite authors.
Two thirds through The Plantagenets: The Warrior Kings and Queens Who Made England by Dan Jones - sex, ultra violence and all the intrigue you'll ever need.
The German War by Nicholas Stargardt It's about life in Germany during WWII. It's a fascinating read. please log in to view this image
I'm hoping to go to Berlin later this year, always wanted to go. I'm going to have to start reading up before i go. This sounds good.
Sounds like a compelling read. When I looked it up I noticed you used the USA release title. Are you in the states?
Just finished reading Riding The Edge by Dave Barr. A guy who lost both legs one just above and the other just below the knee yet still managed to ride an old Harley Davidson round the world in the early 1990's.
I've been reading 'Foul!', which is a book by investigative journalist Andrew Jennings which is all about the corruption within FIFA. The thing is, he wrote it back in 2006. Everything in it is fact, yet obviously nowt was done. And it took nearly a decade before anything actually happened.
Have you tried Terry Pratchett? Escapism at it's best, but with some hilarious comedy, wonderful characters and some very insightful social commentary.
The Stand. Without doubt one of the best books I've ever read. Read it twice about 35 years ago and haven't dare read it since just incase it's not as good as I remember it. Recent King stuff worth considering includes Doctor Sleep, the follow up to The Shining - it's good but it's not The Shining. Mr Mercedes - a retired cop solves a crime that others have missed clichéfest - it's good 'cos it's King but it ain't gonna be in his top 10 and Joyland - a Scooby Doo, if it wasn't for you pesky kids, fairground crime novel. I really enjoyed it although it didn't really have King's classic character development.
Go It's brilliant, but plan ahead. It's ****ing massive. You'll spend a fair bit of time travelling between different areas If you want to shoot automatic rifles in an underground bunker or have an entire cooked pig delivered to your table let me know!
