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Books you've read or are reading

Discussion in 'TC Media' started by Kayal, May 28, 2011.

Discuss Books you've read or are reading in the TC Media area at TalkCeltic.net.

  1. Valhalla Thus spoke Batistuta.

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    Nah mate what ones should I check out?

    Larsson is first series of books I've read. Usually just read a one off story.
     
  2. eire4

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    Well John Connolly's books can be read individually but the basic set up in his books is a PI named Charlie Parker based in Maine and the crazy violent and extreme situations he gets himself caught up in. Then he has a few friends who help him along the way as well. Great series of books. The first one is Every Dead Thing.
     
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  3. Vinnie BBQ Justice is lost Justice is raped Justice is gone.

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  4. Saul Goodman Gold Member Gold Member

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    Just finished this. Great read.

    Some life Henry Hill had.
     
  5. charlietully

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    Just finished No Country For Old Men. Excellent read!
    About to start Girl With Dragon Tattoo. Hoping good as Immortan says!
     
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  6. Valhalla Thus spoke Batistuta.

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    I'm on the last 100 pages of the sequel.

    Dragon Tattoo is honestly unreal IMO. Going to finally read No Country For Old Men next week!
     
  7. charlietully

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    You won't be disappointed .Enjoy!!
     
  8. Valhalla Thus spoke Batistuta.

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    Will let you know what I think next week.

    Enjoy The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, easily my favourite book ever.
     
  9. Drakhan Nac Mac Feegle Gold Member

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  10. ChrisMoh

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    did not like the girl with the dragon tattoo film.but ha do know is books are always usaully better than there film counterparts,will get the trilogy when i finish the bundle of books i have.
     
  11. Celtic Frost God of Hellfire Gold Member

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    Really good books with this author, i do recomend if you like fantasy books
     
  12. Drakhan Nac Mac Feegle Gold Member

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    Reas this one
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    Thought it was quite good.
     
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  13. Idioteque I’ll laugh until my head comes off

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    Reading this while on my travels in Costa Rica. Love all the Norse Sagas. Am here for 3 weeks so will need to do a book swap before the trip is out.
     
  14. BigDaddyPedro

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    Just recently started reading books again, starting off with Celtic books obviously. Anyone But Celtic, and The Quality Street Gang I'd recommend.


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  15. Celtic Frost God of Hellfire Gold Member

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    If you like the real deal, of norse stories
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  16. Idioteque I’ll laugh until my head comes off

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    I've read that already. Great insight to the thoughts of the Icelandics at the time. Supposedly these Prose survived due to it being a hobby in Iceland to rewrite them. 100s of copies have been found through the ages. Also shows where JRR Tolkien got the names for his dwarves and Gandalf
     
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    just about to start this.

    Bad Signs
    by R.J. Ellory

    Orphaned by an act of senseless violence that took their mother from them, half-brothers Clarence Luckman and Elliott Danziger have been raised in state institutions, unaware of any world outside. But their lives take a sudden turn when they are seized as hostages by a convicted killer en route to death row.

    Earl Sheridan is a psychopath of the worst kind, but he has the potential to change the boys' lives for ever. As the trio set off on a frenetic escape from the law through California and Texas, the two brothers must come to terms with the ever-growing tide of violence that follows in their wake - something that forces them to make a choice about their lives, and their relationship to one another.

    Will the boys manage to elude the dark star that has hung over them since their mother's death or will they succumb to the pull of Earl Sheridan's terrifying but exhilarating vision of the world?
     
  19. ynwa1987

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    What you doing in Costa Rica if you dont mind me asking? I am thinking of going to South/central America soon unsure exactly where though.

    I just finished The Blade Artist which is a spin off from Trainspotting and follows Begbie as the main character. He has served his prison sentence and is a reformed character and successful artist/sculputre in LA.

    The book got alot of negative reviews even from people who enjoyed his previous works. Personally I couldnt put it down and finished it in about 3 days.

    Definetley recommend it if your a fan of trainspotting ect was a very nostalgic read for me.
     
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  20. ynwa1987

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    yea was an excellent read even though I dont usually read non fiction books.
     
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