You have to start somewhere - a list

[smilodon]

Some of these 'must reads' are actually really crappy books. I've found myself so jaded with one book I didn't even bother to submit it at all. If I had, a cut and paste from Wikipedia does sound tempting, if not entirely in the spirit of the thread :norty:

[Benny]

Don't disagree, Aldous Huxley was awful, drier than my last girlfriend.

I'm mashing my way through the last of the Millenium trilogy on my new Nook (thanks OB!) with a slight diversion into World War Z, which was superb. Then I'll be back into the list. Once we've done the main list I've got 10,000 more to read on Calibre.....ah.

[BrotherTobious]

I think the adding of the odd bit off info from wiki is fine to add to a book which failed to raise interest. But saying they have been taken right from is a little harsh

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[TeaLeaf]

I think the adding of the odd bit off info from wiki is fine to add to a book which failed to raise interest. But saying they have been taken right from is a little harsh

I don't think that was said Toby!    Btw, check your PMs.

[Gortex]

I feel some wikipedia creeping into these reviews....

When ever I finish reading a novel and particularly when I have enjoyed it, I do have a look on the internet for some interesting facts or further information about it, and in the case of my reviews I provide some of that info into it as this might help someone in making a decision whether or not to pick it up and read it.

I personally am a big fan of Bernard Cornwell's books and one of the things I like most about his way of writing is often he puts a historical note at the end of the novel. This gives some back ground information on how and why he wrote the book and I for one find this very interesting and I then often end up reading further works about how the battles and how they were actually carried out and why.

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My latest review of Vicky Angel is up and my overall opinion of it was this is absolute rubbish and should be avoided at all costs, I kind of expected the occasional horror of a book to end up in the list that I would not agree with but this one really is bad.

Next on my list to try is Midnight Children so hopefully something a bit better.

[Benny]

Finished off a couple since I've had a chance to post, don't think they were on the list though. One was Stephen King and the other a Ferris 4 hour book. I'll get to the reviews and get back on track soon

[Gortex]

Well that is Midnight's Children done and I did not enjoy it much :sad: .. took forever to read it and kept getting side tracked to other things (new Julian Stockwin book for one) and because of how it is written etc. Avoid it is my advice.

I also could not agree more with Smilo about Wuthering Heights. Which I read years ago on some night shifts and thought it was excellent at the time. Nothing like the romantic soppy rubbish I was expecting it to be and surprised at just how dark it is and how the characters are brought over. 12 is also to low on the list in question and I would put it into my top ten.

Bit more George Orwell next..

[Benny]

Well, I have a confession. I've gone off piste.

I've changed kindle a couple of times and bounced to a nook and back so my lists have been somewhat fragmented. I've polished off Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman in the mean time. Sad to say, I really enjoyed it. A parallel London and it closes leaving you wondering if he's actual lost the plot or if it all did really occur. I'm not going to write a full and flighty review. If you like your fantasy sprinkled with real life locations and parallels rather than gnomes in Narnia, then give it a go.

[Tutonic]

You should give American Gods a go Benny, a better book than Neverwhere imo.

[Gortex]

Animal Farm was truly excellent and worth reading for anyone who has not done so.

Am half way through Ulysses by James Joyce and it is a bit of a slog tbh so expect a while till I finish it.

[Benny]

Cheers Gortex, I'm finishing off a few things so it's good we have someone still on it.....I don't envy that choice

[Penfold]

Read Ender's Game again after twenty years and really enjoyed it. Struggling now with Speaker for the Dead but it's quite laborious.

[smilodon]

Likewise I'm off the list at the moment reading slowly through the Game of Thrones books. Will start to something from the list soon.

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[atomant]

"We Inherit the Stars" James P. Hogan, first book in a great trilogy.

Starts with a dead guy on the moon, but he has a watch on like James bond and a diary of how he got to the moon..written in 1972..or a bouts.

Only book I ever picked up and never put down...something like 624 pages.."Lost in the Barrens"

[Gortex]

Well that is Ulysses done and possibly one of the hardest reads I have done in a long time if ever, and review to follow once I work out exactly how I feel about it. Think it will be a loved some of it and hated others kind of thing.

Next book am trying is Catch 22 and straight away this is a very different animal and devouring it. Expect this review very soon