Comments on: Curiously Perverse Outburst on Packed Train

By: Henry

Henry — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 08:41:39 +0000

Shantaram is bloody awesome, although it goes on for a while.

on the mystery/crime stuff, try Stella Rimington (good UK spy stuff, she’s the former head of MI5) and Ian Rankin (kinda standard murder mystery stuff).

On a different note Do Travel Writers Go to Hell? by Thomas Kohnstamm is pretty good as well.

Some other picks:
- The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
- The Messenger by Markus Zusak
- The Time Traveller’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
- The Road by Cormac Macarthy (although the ending annoyed me)

Can’t think of any more at the moment, and that’s everything we have on the shelf here that i’ve read and enjoyed. There’s heaps more on my shelf at home in Perth.

By: admin

admin — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 08:26:39 +0000

English lit you say? It might be a little out of my depth, I’ll look into the other three, Kite Runner just sounds cool. Basically I’m liking anything thats kind of crime / mystery at the moment. I’ve got a few things to purchase from Amazon when I get paid:

- Shantaram (apparently really good, written by some nutty Australian drug trafficker whilst on the run in Thailand)
- Freakonomics
- More Andy Mcnab, Lee Child and Harlen Coben books, may as well read em all.

By: Henry

Henry — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 02:56:31 +0000

i’m currently reading lonley planet’s guide to Thailand’s Islands and Beaches, although I wouldn’t recommend it unless you’re planning a trip over there.

i’ll put a bit more thought into it and get you some recommendations. What are you interested in? Carly has a heavy library of english lit type stuff, which is good occasionally (personally there’s a very slim picking in it that i really enjoy).

i’ve enjoyed a bit of Neil Gaiman recently - Anansi Boys was pretty good, as was neverwhere. i’m not sure they’d be your style though.

Kite Runner (cant’ remember the author) is really good as well.

By: admin

admin — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 08:45:08 +0000

hahah, now you’re turning me off them. You’d be a good person to ask, what’s some other good books I could be reading. I’ve read about 15 crime/military thrillers in the past few months, and now I think its time for me to try something else.

Recommend, yes?

Mills and Boon perhaps?? ECH!

By: Henry

Henry — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 03:44:08 +0000

Brendan used to worship those books, which always turned me off them. I’ve never been able to pick one up without something in the back of my head going “one, two three, four, I love cadet corp!”. Let’s all join the reserves…