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Sorry, wasnt sure where to put this, wether to put it in entertainment or in here, i went for here anyway.
Im going away in 3 weeks, and normally i take a few books away with me to read. I havent managed to get any yet. Can anyone reccomend a good book to read on holiday please?
Im going away in 3 weeks, and normally i take a few books away with me to read. I havent managed to get any yet. Can anyone reccomend a good book to read on holiday please?
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Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks.
A Short History of Nearly Everything, by Bill Bryson.
Dead Famous
and
High Society
A Certain Age by Rebecca Ray
When I was on holiday 2 years ago I read the Paul Ferris Conspiracy book. But I don't know if that's the title. Worth a look.
I really liked Popcorn by Ben Elton but really couldn't get into anything else he's ever written. Shame really as he's a funny man.
v good book.
or "the curious incident of the dog in the night time" by mark haddon. couldnt put it down
Carter Beats the Devil by Glen David Gold
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon
Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
and as already got mentioned Pullman's trilogy,
oh and the always superb Stone Junction by Jim Dodge
very moving and thrilling book about a boy who gets treated like shit on the bottom of a shoe and his mum makes him sleep in the cellar and eat dog food and loadsa other crazy crap, its real horrific.
its part of a trilogy (not sure if that works for books) but there are three parts of his life:
a child called 'it'
the lost boy
and a man named dave
all very good but the first one was the best by far.
any ideas on what?
I thought so, but wasnt sure.
i just started that the other day - it's a really interesting read. definitely one of the better books for young people out atm.
and for summer-type reading, you can't go far wrong with 'captain correlli's mandolin' by louis de bernieres (don't be put off by the shit film! the book is a million times better), 'the lovely bones' (alice sebold) if you haven't already, you really should, or 'stargirl' - not sure who it's by, but it's a dead interesting book.
I could recommend lots. For example Whit, or The Bridge, or practically anything by Iain (M) Banks, lots of Pratchett books, The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde and such. But it depends what you like.
Not that sort of Girl by Mary Wesley - infact anything by Mary Wesley really.
Also I can highly recomend the princess diaries - very good and funny
But yes it does depend on what sort of book you want
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"Uncle Petros and Goldbach's Conjecture", by Apostolos Doxiadis
"Sophie's world" by Jostein Gaarder
vittorio the vampire by anne rice.
quite a lovely book.
i love vampire books, films, infact anything involved with vampires, but i do have to say that anne rice is propably one of the best writters of vampire books. none of the buffy shit.
'Memoirs of a Geisha' by Arthur Golden
The first two that spring to mind. *nods*
Man, I'm a big Anne Rice fan as well, but you can't say that Buffy's shit. Well, you can, but you'd be wrong. It has some truly amazing moments along the way, which is why so many millions of people love it so much.
That suddenly appeared on my desk one day when I got back from a week away. I thought it was a book of magic tricks at first, and I never thought of picking it up. I just assumed my brother left it at home by mistake, but if it's recommended I might read it.
Been 6 years since, and the lessons of philosophy it gave me were so valuable, that I am still refering to it today.
Added, for Tink: If you only want the book for the plane, then this one might be too long. Except you'll be flying for 12 hours maybe.
Mr Landen Has No Brain
Both by Stephen Walker.
A friend got me the latter for a birthday, the funniest book i have read, laughed out loud all the way through.
Also 1984 by George Orwell is a good book, infact one of the best books i have read
Can't say I was impressed by the movie.