Good Reads? - Page 2

Xiango · 06-04-2005, 15:00

Tamora Pierce's "The Immortals" Quartet are very very good books. Also read THe Missing Link - Probably the best book I have read since Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

slinky · 06-04-2005, 15:21

I have got to say some of the best books I have read have got to be .....flowers in the attic books. I have read them twice now and every time I read something new. whether it's because the first time round it didn't seem to have much to say or whatever, but I do read things differently second time round. These books are brilliant though.

Doug · 06-04-2005, 15:23

If you want a good laugh try Tom Sharpe.

-pixie · 06-04-2005, 15:37

Terry Pratchett and his Discworld series. Also Stephen King and his Dark Tower series - highly recommended.

ShortStuff · 06-04-2005, 15:59

Would recommend Paula Radcliffe's autobiography - never really been interested in reading an autobiography but I couldn't put it down and read it in one sitting. I just wish I was as determined and focused as she is!

Also just finished the Dave Pelzer books - A Child Called It, The Lost Boy & A Man Named Dave. He was very badly abused by his Mother and the series is about his struggle to survive, and once he had been rescused, to adapt to normal life. Very good, but quite disturbing at times - but only because its fact not fiction.

Tinkerbelle · 06-04-2005, 16:05

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Also just finished the Dave Pelzer books - A Child Called It, The Lost Boy & A Man Named Dave. He was very badly abused by his Mother and the series is about his struggle to survive, and once he had been rescused, to adapt to normal life. Very good, but quite disturbing at times - but only because its fact not fiction.

Read them myself ShortStuff, he's got new one out called The Priveledge Of Youth, I've bought it but haven't started reading it yet. Just finished a similar sort of book called Sickened by Torey Hayden (I think) which is about a troubled little girl so I needed a break from the harrowing stuff!

lindsay ormerod · 06-04-2005, 17:55

The Dalziel and Pascoe books by Reginald Hill are very good;as are Stephen Booth's books;think he has written 3 so far;very entertaining crime/thriller types.

cashman · 06-04-2005, 17:56

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They sound good reads mez I've read quite a few novels associated with the East End mainly because of The Krays

try the manor if you haven't read it(charlie richardson's)autobiography.

Margaret Pilkington · 06-04-2005, 19:34

Thorn birds by Colleen Mc Cullough.........The Pursuit of Happiness by Douglas Kennedy.......Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden.......A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth.........Midnights Children by Salman Rushdie (not an easy read that one...but I did enjoy it) Far Pavilions by M.M.Kaye.........Deja Dead by Kathy Reich........these are all wrist breakers(thick books). I could go on but my brain has deserted me for a moment.
I read on average 3-4 books per week.

janet · 06-04-2005, 19:37

I also have read the Dave Pelzer books shortstuff, i could not put them down i had to read them in one sitting.I will have to buy The Priveledge Of Youth, have not read that one.

entwisi · 06-04-2005, 20:17

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my favorite author for the past few yrs is MARTINA COLE.

My wife who enjoys Martina Cole has found Lesley Pearse to be very good.

Uncle Mick · 06-04-2005, 20:25

Just finished the novel " Carter Beats The Devil" a guaranteed page turner, and if its autobiographies you want, Julian Cope " Head-on/ Repossessed" a work of true genius!!

Margaret Pilkington · 06-04-2005, 20:26

I couldn't read the Dave Pelzer books.......I found them disturbing.

grego · 06-04-2005, 20:46

I've read a lot of the books that have already been mentioned really enjoyed The Da Vinci Code and Memoirs of a Geisha, recently read the autobiography of Marc Almond its been out ages but well worth a read, he's had a very colourful life, though it appealed to me because I was a massive fan in the 80's, still worth a read though. Also love Stephen King and the odd classic.

vorlon24 · 07-04-2005, 08:38

I really enjoy Dragonlance; the originals (Chronicles and Legends) written by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman. They have written other trilogies as well, and also the Death Gate Cycle. If you are into Dungeons and Dragons you may enjoy it, as it was based on it.

Also Terry Brooks' 'Shannara' books are all a good read.

My wife has most of Sidney Sheldon's books, which oddly enough, I quite enjoyed myself.

But if you suffer from insomnia, I would highly recommend a couple of study texts - Certificate in Mortgage Advice and Planning, and Taxation and Trusts from the Chartered Insurance Institute!