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Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
edited January 2023 in General Chat
OK. So I'm working the elections next Thursday. If just been told that I'm not allowed to take my PSP (bummer!) to pass the time but if I wish I can take a book to read.

Now.... Any recommendations of a book that I will most likely be able to read in about a day as the likelyhood of me picking it back up again would be slim.

My usual genre would be horror/thriller type stuff with King & Laymon being favs.

So help me out please guys. Otherwise I will have to pass 15hours (!!!) by looking out the windows.

:D
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Hmm these are mystery type books but I enjoyed them.

    Gentlemen and Players by Joanne Harris
    The Minotaur by Barbara Vine (AKA Ruth Rendell)
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Try something different - I found this book superb, had trouble putting it down.

    Opening Skinner's Box by Lauren Slater.

    It's non-fiction, but written in such a manner that it's head and shoulders above most of the other books I've read in the last few years!

    It'll also shock you, I would surmise as it really makes you think about your own thoughts etc.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    That's not really in the genre though is it? (or that good, infact)
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I just read Saturday by Ian McEwan. Not in the horror genre, but a good read, and under 300 pages so readable in a day. :thumb:
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    How much King have you read?

    Some of his short stories are fantastic. The one I'm thinking of specifically is The Long Walk (think it might be under the Richard Bachman name) which would be perfect for reading in one go. It's a bit political as well, so kind of apt :p
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    Indrid ColdIndrid Cold Posts: 16,688 Skive's The Limit
    Kind of late to suggest more, isn't it now? It's Friday.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Life of Kate wrote: »
    How much King have you read?

    The lot. :D

    I have grabbed a couple of Laymon books from my library and have requested Opening Skinner's Box by Lauren Slater which should be at my local branch on Monday.

    :)
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Indrid Cold wrote: »
    Kind of late to suggest more, isn't it now? It's Friday.

    Next Thursday (3rd May) is election day :D
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Something Wicked This Comes by Ray Bradbury
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    Indrid ColdIndrid Cold Posts: 16,688 Skive's The Limit
    NinjaMaster wrote: »
    Next Thursday (3rd May) is election day :D
    3rd May is "next Thursday" now. When you said it the first time, yesterday was "next Thursday". ;)

    For a "thriller" I'd recommend "The Mothman prophecies". Don't judge about by its film, this one is great!

    For non thriller ones, I'll never stop suggesting "Uncle Petros and Goldbach's conjecture". :p You don't need to know much math to understand it, and it's not really about math anyway.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I was a poll clark last year for the elections and I got through 3 books and about 27 cups of tea.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    girl with sharp teeth wrote: »
    about 27 cups of tea.

    Did they have a loo?! :p

    Fresh out of ideas if you've read ALL of King :( Well, if that's the genre you want to go with anyway, I can recommend tonnes which aren't :)
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    This one

    Just imagine the looks from the Tory voters...
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    or this one

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    surprisingly good read actually
    http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bash-Rich-True-Confessions-Anarchist/dp/0954417771/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/203-1443611-1031967?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1177803545&sr=8-1
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Horror books are shite. It's one of those genres that really doesn't work on the printed page.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Yerascrote wrote: »
    Horror books are shite. It's one of those genres that really doesn't work on the printed page.

    Really? I've been far more scared by books than I have by films. King is a classic example... his books are fantastic and the films never translate as well. The only books of his that do translate well are the ones which aren't reall horror in the first place, such as The Green Mile and The Shawshank Redemption.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Life of Kate wrote: »
    Really? I've been far more scared by books than I have by films. King is a classic example... his books are fantastic and the films never translate as well. The only books of his that do translate well are the ones which aren't reall horror in the first place, such as The Green Mile and The Shawshank Redemption.
    :yes:.

    The movies of It and The Shining disappointed me so much :(.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Eh? The Shining is a classic film. Due mostly to Kubrick. Stephen King is a dreadful writer.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Blagsta wrote: »
    Eh? The Shining is a classic film. Due mostly to Kubrick. Stephen King is a dreadful writer.
    The Shining might be a good film, but as an adaptation of a book it was fucking awful. I didn't mind him cutting things out, or *even* adding things in, but the fact that he completely changed a great deal of the details (not even the minor ones, that I could have forgiven) left me reeling. Annnnnnnnnnnd he left out some major explanatory points. I could go on forever, really. Maybe had I watched it before reading the book, I would have enjoyed it.

    'It' was just plain crap, though.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    NinjaMaster wrote: »

    and have requested Opening Skinner's Box by Lauren Slater which should be at my local branch on Monday.

    :)

    Excellent :)
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Stone Junction by Jim Dodge - you'll love it man
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