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Post by weepete on Aug 22, 2012 19:19:18 GMT
I am reading Pandaemonium by Chris Brookmyre, cheers Suze xx
The senior pupils of St Peter’s High School are on retreat to a secluded outdoor activity centre, coming to terms with the murder of a fellow pupil through the means you would expect: counselling, contemplation, candid discussion and even prayer – not to mention booze, drugs, clandestine liaisons and as much partying as they can get away with.
Not so far away, the commanders of a top-secret military experiment, long-since spiralled out of control, fear they may have literally unleashed the forces of Hell.
Two very different worlds are on a collision course, and will clash in an earthly battle between science and the supernatural, philosophy and faith, civilisation and savagery.
The bookies are offering evens.
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Post by penny on Aug 26, 2012 3:22:08 GMT
We Have To Talk About Kevin - Lionel Shriver
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Post by Catherine on Aug 26, 2012 10:34:58 GMT
Still ploughing through book two A Clash of Kings, liking muchly!!
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Post by Catherine on Oct 4, 2012 19:41:31 GMT
No further progress since last post due to becoming properly full time employed at a day's notice!!! I also want to get started on the Alan Bates book "A Life Like Other People's" that Zal bought for me.......when they were last down, we got to talking about the lives of the people on my photo wall and Zal was quite taken with the family tales and alikened it to the Bates book.........so when he found it in paperback he got it for me!! Nice, thoughtful man
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Post by huntvambo on Oct 7, 2012 13:42:27 GMT
The Impossible Dead by Ian Rankin
Half way down page 97:
Fox read the piece aloud for Tony Kaye's benefit. 'Unbelievable,' was Kaye's only comment before tuning the hi-fi on. 'Alex Harvey again,' Naysmith complained. 'The Sensational Alex Harvey,’ Kaye corrected him, drumming his fingers against the steering wheel. ‘Part and parcel of your musical education, young Joseph.’
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Post by weepete on Oct 7, 2012 17:20:45 GMT
The Impossible Dead by Ian Rankin Half way down page 97: Fox read the piece aloud for Tony Kaye's benefit. 'Unbelievable,' was Kaye's only comment before tuning the hi-fi on. 'Alex Harvey again,' Naysmith complained. 'The Sensational Alex Harvey,’ Kaye corrected him, drumming his fingers against the steering wheel. ‘Part and parcel of your musical education, young Joseph.’ Nice one Mr Rankin (cheers for sharing Paul)
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Post by weepete on Oct 7, 2012 17:22:12 GMT
I am currently reading Blind Eye by Stuart MacBride
Someone's preying on Aberdeen's growing Polish population. The pattern is always the same: men abandoned on building sites, barely alive, their eyes gouged out and the sockets burned. The sarcastic DCI Finnie is running the investigation, and he's decided to make Detective Sergeant Logan McRae's life hell. With the victims too scared to talk, and the only witness a paedophile who's on the run, the investigation is going nowhere fast. But the attacks are brutal, and the threatening letters arriving at Force Headquarters make it clear they're not going to stop. The Granite City is on the brink of gang warfare; the investigating team are dogged by allegations of corruption; and Finnie's one-man crusade is about to bring Logan to the attention of Aberdeen's most notorious crime lord. Who said summer would be easy?
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Post by Ginnie on Oct 7, 2012 18:31:29 GMT
"Breverton's Encyclopedia of Inventions" by Terry Breverton. An excellent book about the history of inventions, done chronologically, starting out with the knife - used in some form by our ancient ancestors nearly two and a half million years ago. Interesting was a list of the most important tools ever invented: 1 Knife 2 abacus 3 compass 4 pencil 5 harness 6 scythe 7 rifle 8 sword 9 eyeglasses 10 saw 11 watch 12 lathe 13 needle 14 candle 15 scales 16 pot 17 telescope 18 lathe 19 fish hook 20 chisel
"Great Military Disasters" by Michael E. Haskew Nicely illustrated too.
"E=Einstein: His Life, His Thought, and His Influence on Culture" by Donald Goldsmith and Marcia Bartusiak. Can't wait to start reading this one...
"This Old Guitar: Making Music and Memories from Country to Jazz, Blues to Rock" by Margaret Aldrich and Michael Dregni. Who can resist a book with lots of pictures of guitars?
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Post by Ginnie on Oct 7, 2012 18:31:49 GMT
The Impossible Dead by Ian Rankin Half way down page 97: Fox read the piece aloud for Tony Kaye's benefit. 'Unbelievable,' was Kaye's only comment before tuning the hi-fi on. 'Alex Harvey again,' Naysmith complained. 'The Sensational Alex Harvey,’ Kaye corrected him, drumming his fingers against the steering wheel. ‘Part and parcel of your musical education, young Joseph.’ Nice!
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tiddybeth
Junior Member
Bad Boys Dont Get No Toys
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Post by tiddybeth on Oct 9, 2012 0:16:40 GMT
What am I reading ? Thanks to hubby buying me a kindle I am reading The Sun In Splendor by Sharon Penman, and sometimes reading the Diary of Samuel Pepys
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Post by penny on Dec 28, 2012 1:48:42 GMT
Am reading my Christmas present from the lovely Peterb, Bill Bryson's "Walkabout", which is two of his books "A Walk in the Woods" and "Down Under". Pete has often told me what a funny and informative writer BB is and he is right. Husband has been giving me strange looks as I dissolve into fits of laughter while reading about a hiking trip through the Appalachian Trail. Thanks Pete xx
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Post by weepete on Apr 12, 2013 15:05:33 GMT
Currently reading 84 Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff Death Message by Mark Billingham The Rats by James Herbert All on different formats 1 hard copy 1 download on my phone and the other on the kindle
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Post by penny on Apr 15, 2013 0:42:45 GMT
Read an article in the paper today about The X Factor versus The Voice, neither of which I actually watch, but the reviewer said 'Simon Cowell has had something done to his face that makes him resemble a haunted pillowcase'.
Arf!!
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Post by penny on Apr 26, 2013 0:32:40 GMT
P. G. Wodehouse - Jeeves Takes Charge
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Post by Addy on Apr 26, 2013 2:24:02 GMT
Reading Who's pulling your strings by Harriet B Braiker
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Post by penny on Apr 26, 2013 15:14:54 GMT
Reading Who's pulling your strings by Harriet B Braiker That sounds interesting, Addy!
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Post by weepete on Apr 29, 2013 8:50:46 GMT
Reading: Kindle - Cary Grant a biography by Marc Eliot Phone- Moon by James Herbert Actual bookey thing - Desert Island Discs 70 years of Castaways
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Post by penny on May 14, 2013 6:58:19 GMT
New posts ;D On the beloved forum ;D Happy, happy days ;D
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Post by mehrtsfan on May 14, 2013 12:29:19 GMT
Can I just say that your new monicker is very thought provoking. I can think of a lot of things which could be the 'this' and query if there is any point to 'this' whatever it may be. What's your 'this'?
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Post by penny on May 14, 2013 14:21:27 GMT
Can I just say that your new monicker is very thought provoking. I can think of a lot of things which could be the 'this' and query if there is any point to 'this' whatever it may be. What's your 'this'? The "this" is the forum. It's gorn as flat as the proverbial pancake again - apparently Facebook is the place to be these days. I would still prefer it here
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Post by penny on May 14, 2013 23:30:40 GMT
P. G. Wodehouse - The World of Jeeves A good, funny read on a day when the news on tv, radio and papers just seems unbelievably depressing.
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Post by C.Cat on May 16, 2013 19:55:56 GMT
A Clash of Kings by George R. R. Martin
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Post by Catherine on May 17, 2013 6:52:15 GMT
A Clash of Kings by George R. R. Martin It's fabulous!! I've started on "Storm of Swords" now, having done the first ones
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Post by error500error on May 17, 2013 20:21:07 GMT
Old Charles Addams books I got in a junk shop and Viz.
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Post by Catherine on May 18, 2013 9:44:32 GMT
Old Charles Addams books I got in a junk shop and Viz. Hang on to your ribs when you open Viz, Scott - crazy crazy funny funny! ;D
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