Uncle Arly
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Just finished reading the Sequel to Wicked, "Son of a witch"
Was bloody brilliant!
Was bloody brilliant!
What are you reading?
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Mark
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^ Ooooo, that book is awesome, the film was very good, but the book is amazing!
I have just finished reading a graphic novel. Batman: Year One. The famed Frank Miller one....
I have read it a few times, but it is simply one of my favourites. Basically where all the new ideas in terms of Batman Begins etc come from.
The artwork is truly fantastic. I love it!
I have just finished reading a graphic novel. Batman: Year One. The famed Frank Miller one....
I have read it a few times, but it is simply one of my favourites. Basically where all the new ideas in terms of Batman Begins etc come from.
The artwork is truly fantastic. I love it!
Ploddish
Hyper Poster
Note: This is probably going to be an über post 
Okay, I have a lot of catching up to do with this:-
I can't actually remember when I read these books, so I'll do the first few in any order.
Tim Bowler - Frozen Fire/Starseeker/Apocalypse.
Mark gave me the last two of the three, I bought the first after reading. He's a brilliant writer, very chilly and tense style, but not stiflingly so (like horror games; you'd need to put it down after a few chapters because you'd be emotionally worn out.) Brilliant airy themes too, with clear morals, without patronising. Crisp characters, whom are as engaging as they are intriguing, and they always seem real.
Apocalypse is the most 'out there' in terms of story. He has a fantastic way of focusing on the characters, and still manages a twisting and turning plot, which I love.
8.5/10 for them all, also, thanks to Mark for showing me how brilliant Tim Bowler is
Next up is... Hmm, I managed to get most of the way through The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy before pressure from the exams derailed my enjoyment of it, and I never quite got back to it.
You already know most of how brilliant Douglas Adams is and you know that you don't need me to tell you that if you haven't already, GO READ THIS TRILOGY OF FOUR His style is just up my street, with him being capable of going completely off on one, and yet progress narrative (much in the same way Bowler does, albeit funnier.) 9/10
Percy Jackson series - I picked the first one up on the offchance that I might like it (after reading Max Ride by James Patterson, which I also recommend, but it's not as good tbh - 7/10.)
A really enjoyable early teen-ish romp, brisk and funny style, and interesting and engaging characters make for something quite a lot more interesting than say, Harry Potter. The series hasn't let up yet, either, with four under his belt, Rick Riordan looks to be set to finish the series off with a bang. I recommend. 8.5/10.
Next - Daniel X by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge - I thought it might've been for a slightly younger audience than Max Ride was, but as, if not more, enjoyable. James Patterson's style is light and fun (but can get irritating after a while...) which is where Michael Ledwidge helped a lot. Interesting all the way through, and I want to read the next one! 7.5/10
Another one from Mark - Soon I Will Be Invincible by Austin Grossman (who was in Looking Glass studios, which I LOVED! System Shock 2 <3). Lovely comic book styled story, but with more heart than the average one. More engaging characters, but perhaps didn't fit together perfectly . I still loved it though, and I would recommend! 8/10.
Runemarks by Joanne Harris - another in the mythology-in-real-life pile, and I'm a sucker for these stories Fantastic style again, and a really enjoyable and fresh story (as things go...). Fit really well into the internal screen in my head, and kept me very entertained for quite a while! Recommend! 8.5/10
As an aside - I started Life of Pi too, but got waylaid by exams and shiz, so, it's good so far (and I LOVE the existential philosophical stuff at the start <3)
Read the latest in the Demonata Saga by Darren Shan, a no holds barred young adult horror (that doesn't go lightly on gore!). Interesting style, and has a fantastic ability to catch you out with a plot twist when you least expect it. Darren Shan is not afraid of either killing principal characters or totally ruining their lives, and currently, it's not looking pretty. Another recommendation - 8/10 for the series so far.
The Seventh Tower - The Fall by Garth Nix. One of my favourite authors without question. Not many books have reached the Abhorsen trilogy's brilliance as of yet, but this is a totally different book for a totally different audience. It's for a much younger reader, perhaps 12 or 13, but enjoyable. I wonder how he's able to write in all the different styles he does, and yet keep his feel. 7/10 (but on that note, READ THE ABHORSEN TRILOGY and possibly the Keys to the Kingdom saga too! Brilliant stuff! 9.5/10 and 8.5/10 respectively!
Nearing the end now, finally
The last book I read (and finished two nights ago) was The Book with No Name by Anonymous.
Absolutely fantastic. The description on the back suits it perfectly - like Quentin Tarantino film. Expert pacing and excitement throughout, with a twisting and turning plot, people dying left and right in a right bloodbath, intruiging and exciting characters. My only problem is it ended so quickly it feels like I should still be reading it. Thank god I have the sequel
9/10.
And what I'm reading currently? Yeah, you've gotten this far, one more sentence isn't going to do much more harm
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak. Which is currently (at only 70 pages in!) so many different shades of amazing, I can't quite believe it. I think I may have just stumbled on something that is equal to the Abhorsen Trilogy. Please, go read it. Now. No really, do.
Right, I'm going to go get some ice to put my fingers in.
Okay, I have a lot of catching up to do with this:-
I can't actually remember when I read these books, so I'll do the first few in any order.
Tim Bowler - Frozen Fire/Starseeker/Apocalypse.
Mark gave me the last two of the three, I bought the first after reading. He's a brilliant writer, very chilly and tense style, but not stiflingly so (like horror games; you'd need to put it down after a few chapters because you'd be emotionally worn out.) Brilliant airy themes too, with clear morals, without patronising. Crisp characters, whom are as engaging as they are intriguing, and they always seem real.
Apocalypse is the most 'out there' in terms of story. He has a fantastic way of focusing on the characters, and still manages a twisting and turning plot, which I love.
8.5/10 for them all, also, thanks to Mark for showing me how brilliant Tim Bowler is
Next up is... Hmm, I managed to get most of the way through The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy before pressure from the exams derailed my enjoyment of it, and I never quite got back to it.
You already know most of how brilliant Douglas Adams is and you know that you don't need me to tell you that if you haven't already, GO READ THIS TRILOGY OF FOUR
His style is just up my street, with him being capable of going completely off on one, and yet progress narrative (much in the same way Bowler does, albeit funnier.) 9/10Percy Jackson series - I picked the first one up on the offchance that I might like it (after reading Max Ride by James Patterson, which I also recommend, but it's not as good tbh - 7/10.)
A really enjoyable early teen-ish romp, brisk and funny style, and interesting and engaging characters make for something quite a lot more interesting than say, Harry Potter. The series hasn't let up yet, either, with four under his belt, Rick Riordan looks to be set to finish the series off with a bang. I recommend. 8.5/10.
Next - Daniel X by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge - I thought it might've been for a slightly younger audience than Max Ride was, but as, if not more, enjoyable. James Patterson's style is light and fun (but can get irritating after a while...) which is where Michael Ledwidge helped a lot. Interesting all the way through, and I want to read the next one! 7.5/10
Another one from Mark - Soon I Will Be Invincible by Austin Grossman (who was in Looking Glass studios, which I LOVED! System Shock 2 <3). Lovely comic book styled story, but with more heart than the average one. More engaging characters, but perhaps didn't fit together perfectly . I still loved it though, and I would recommend! 8/10.
Runemarks by Joanne Harris - another in the mythology-in-real-life pile, and I'm a sucker for these stories
Fantastic style again, and a really enjoyable and fresh story (as things go...). Fit really well into the internal screen in my head, and kept me very entertained for quite a while! Recommend! 8.5/10As an aside - I started Life of Pi too, but got waylaid by exams and shiz, so, it's good so far (and I LOVE the existential philosophical stuff at the start <3)
Read the latest in the Demonata Saga by Darren Shan, a no holds barred young adult horror (that doesn't go lightly on gore!). Interesting style, and has a fantastic ability to catch you out with a plot twist when you least expect it. Darren Shan is not afraid of either killing principal characters or totally ruining their lives, and currently, it's not looking pretty. Another recommendation - 8/10 for the series so far.
The Seventh Tower - The Fall by Garth Nix. One of my favourite authors without question. Not many books have reached the Abhorsen trilogy's brilliance as of yet, but this is a totally different book for a totally different audience. It's for a much younger reader, perhaps 12 or 13, but enjoyable. I wonder how he's able to write in all the different styles he does, and yet keep his feel. 7/10 (but on that note, READ THE ABHORSEN TRILOGY and possibly the Keys to the Kingdom saga too! Brilliant stuff! 9.5/10 and 8.5/10 respectively!
Nearing the end now, finally
The last book I read (and finished two nights ago) was The Book with No Name by Anonymous.
Absolutely fantastic. The description on the back suits it perfectly - like Quentin Tarantino film. Expert pacing and excitement throughout, with a twisting and turning plot, people dying left and right in a right bloodbath, intruiging and exciting characters. My only problem is it ended so quickly it feels like I should still be reading it. Thank god I have the sequel
9/10.
And what I'm reading currently? Yeah, you've gotten this far, one more sentence isn't going to do much more harm
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak. Which is currently (at only 70 pages in!) so many different shades of amazing, I can't quite believe it. I think I may have just stumbled on something that is equal to the Abhorsen Trilogy. Please, go read it. Now. No really, do.
Right, I'm going to go get some ice to put my fingers in.
Ploddish said:
Excellent idea! I shall print it off onto the back of the photo I have of you which I take to bed with me every night! (No idea why your folks think the internet is full of middle aged perverts Plod
)I just finished reading High Society (again) by Ben Elton. It's still quite good I suppose
Reading The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole (aged 13 and 3/4) now. Found it cleaning out the bedroom the other day. I've read it so many times, but it's still such a great read.
I'll have to dig out Hitch hikers again next won't I? :lol:
furie said:
Agreed. I read all the Adrian Mole books when I was in my mid-teens and loved them. Funnily enough, I found then all in the loft when I had a clearout on Sunday and was tempted read them again.
If you missed them furie, there's also The Gowing pains of Adrian Mole, Minor to Major, True Confessions, Wilderness Years and Capuccino Years. (All of which I have if you want to borrow.)
Apparently there another one was released around the start of the Iraq War II but I've not seen or read it.
I've got them all cheers Ian (well, they're at my folks house). I found that after the third one they became a little tiresome though
Oddly, I read them in my teens too... Strange how things just never change (my copy is first published 1984, and I read it a year or two later). Or maybe it's just that I'm still living in 1985? :lol:
I suspect that Minor_Furie would still get as much out of them now though
Oddly, I read them in my teens too... Strange how things just never change (my copy is first published 1984, and I read it a year or two later). Or maybe it's just that I'm still living in 1985? :lol:
I suspect that Minor_Furie would still get as much out of them now though
mrclam
Giga Poster
wasnt there a more recent version of adrian mole released with him as a grown up saddo?
I seem to remember reading about it.
I read them as a kid (Around the time of the tv series coming on), would love to read them again (will hunt them out)
Also remember (from the back of this) the book "Diary of a Teenage Health Freak"
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Diary-Teenage-H ... 0199109052
Which was also made into a funny (as far as i remember - remember i was a kid) tv show...
EDIT: I was in love with this girl as a kid:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2hJILecSSE[/youtube]
I seem to remember reading about it.
I read them as a kid (Around the time of the tv series coming on), would love to read them again (will hunt them out)
Also remember (from the back of this) the book "Diary of a Teenage Health Freak"
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Diary-Teenage-H ... 0199109052
Which was also made into a funny (as far as i remember - remember i was a kid) tv show...
EDIT: I was in love with this girl as a kid:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2hJILecSSE[/youtube]
ciallkennett
Strata Poster
^I remember seeing it somewhere, havent got round to reading it though...
Currently having to read 'To Kill a Mockingbird' for my GCSE's, and more importantly, 50ish% of one of my final english grades. So far its been hard to get into, and its a ****ing long book, but i have to finish it in 2 weeks, and am going to struggle to
Currently having to read 'To Kill a Mockingbird' for my GCSE's, and more importantly, 50ish% of one of my final english grades. So far its been hard to get into, and its a ****ing long book, but i have to finish it in 2 weeks, and am going to struggle to
mrclam
Giga Poster
I knew it.. last adrian mole book released 2 years ago:
http://www.amazon.com/Adrian-Mole-Weapo ... 953&sr=8-4
http://www.amazon.com/Adrian-Mole-Weapo ... 953&sr=8-4
Uncle Arly
Strata Poster
#ciallkennett said:^I remember seeing it somewhere, havent got round to reading it though...
Currently having to read 'To Kill a Mockingbird' for my GCSE's, and more importantly, 50ish% of one of my final english grades. So far its been hard to get into, and its a <img> long book, but i have to finish it in 2 weeks, and am going to struggle to
I ****ing love that book!
ciallkennett
Strata Poster
^Its hard to get into, and takes ages to read. Infact, im off now to read it
Tarrah!
Tarrah!