In that case I thoroughly recommend Esio Trot!  

Don't apologise Gel  I share your enthusiasm for books, even though Im jealous of your mobile library 

I've read all the other Roald Dahl books but not this do I'll add it to my list 

 I've added it to my list Pengy. If I can learn at the same time its a brucey

I've read the first two of the Millennium trilogy by Stieg Larsson. The first one was great (I haven't seen the film and having read the book I think I would be too scared), but the second was a real disappointment.

Now I don't know if it is worth reading the third.

I'm all typed out for the moment, cup of coffee and a large bag of revels to revive me is called for 

Never tried them, aware of his name tho, and reckon it's one I should make a note of so as not to forget....... crikey, I'm going to be reading forever and a day with all these suggestions, our mobile is going to be totally fed up of me!  

Goodbye forum, hello the printed word!  

I'm usually very hesitant about reading trilogies Rexi. Sounds weird, I know, but I feel like im forced to read the rest and I don't like that.

You wouldn't like my Brian Lumley ones then, so much more than a trilogy!  Only about 14 in the set!  

You don't have to read them all though, but it is a set that you do have to start with #1  but once read, you're hooked!  

I've been considering that I should start them again, and it's very rare I do that

gawd I'm sad....... this thread has made me want to go to bed to read..... think I could get away with it at 6:20 pm?     

Me too - but the first one was so good

gotta be a richard laymon, they grab you from the 1st page, or the talisman by ste king.. a wonderful book

 take the revels with you.

Horror Clumsycat?

yeah, pretty gory some of them .. but they do drag you in

Thanks clumsy 

I could go on for pages with book recommendations - but won't!


I'll just say that re A Thousand Splendid Suns. I can't recommend this book too highly. It is even better than The Kite Runner which was also a fantastic read.

A Thousand Splendid Suns will make you angry and sad and moved - a wonderful book

The Book of Lost Things by John Connelly is a great read, the best I've read for a long time.

Bag of Bones - Stephen King.

Had me captured on page 1.

Nice one Veggie  Have added the "Kite runner" to my list.

Sounds similar to "The book Thief" But after being so impressed by that read I am adding this title too. Thanks WP 

I've just finished this book - I recommend it - I cried throughout but it's inspirational.


Sabine Dardenne was the little girl who was kidnapped in Belgium in 1996.

Thanks Miss S  I like the sound of that.

I'd recommend that you read that first, then A Thousand Splendid Suns and also, if you haven't read it that you add Chris Cleave's 'The Other Hand' to your list

Thanks Super. I went down to my local library today and funnily enough the only book I could get from my list was "The other hand". I have "A thousand splendid suns" on order, along with "Times arrow". 

  I did!  Well what was left of them!  

Glad to see this thread still going strong  
 
First time I've had chance to pop in since yesterday, been a bit of a manic day one way or t'other for me   ........ but mobile day tomorrow!   

I want a mobile day!  Wonder f they will have the "The book thief"....

Crosses fingers that you agree with my recommendation then monkey

I shall find out tomorrow. If they don't they will order it for me  

 I'll let you know Super. Just gonna get stuck into it now.

Your so lucky. If you get it I hope you like it Gel...
The way we're going we'll have to start a review thread  
Right, now where's that Mars bar 

Just finished the "Other hand" Super. I loved it! It was even very current with that poor girl, Gamu striving for her safety. I couldn't put it down. I would of loved a more concrete conclusion at the end, but maybe it's best to make your own. Many thanks for your recommendation  Any more? 

I've just started this book Miss S, on page 39 and it's so sad and moving - I just know I'm going to have to have a box of Kleenex at hand...

Good Monkey, I really enjoyed another of Chris Cleave's books: Incendiary and would definitely recommend that. Some other favourites of mine are: The Red Tent Anita Diamant; The Robber Bride Margaret Atwood,( not generally a fan of hers but thought this was brilliant,)Possession A.S.Byatt; Before I Say Goodbye Ruth Picardie, (you'll need a v big box of kleenex for that one,)The Last Lovers William Wharton; An Evil Cradling Brian Keenan;The Bridges of Madison County Robert James Waller; Sophie's Choice William Styron

This book had me in tears and so much better than the Meryl Streep film   I read it before I read Schindler's Ark (which was the original name of the book before it was changed to Schindler's List for the film).

Both are better than their respective films and so worth a read

Erich Maria Remarque, All quiet on the Western Front, Flotsam, The Black Obelisk, The Promised Land, etc. , all good stuff.
Mrs. Dalloway, To the Lighthouse /Virginia Wolf
The Archipel Gulag/Solschenizyn
Anything by Ibsen.Guenther Grass/The Tin Drum

On a lighter note, anything by Stephen King, good old English thrillers, in fact, anything but romance.

Super, thank you so much for the recommendations, it's really kind of you. I have made notes of the titles and added them to my growing list. I just can't stop reading at the moment. That sounds weird, but you know what I mean hopefully lol.