This message has been edited - 09-may-2012 @ 22:48

Originally posted by Kinvara's Passion:
The Virgin Suicides - Jeffery Eugenides.
The Godfather - Mario Puzo
A Million Little pieces - James Frey

Originally posted by dancarter:
am very keen to read a millin little pieces KP is that about guy coming out of rehab? heard it was v good but is it written in stream of conciousness? i might struggle with that!

Originally posted by TTown Boy:
You would love Perfume by John Suskind


QUOTE]Originally posted by An Puc Fada:
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As a clue, the books which I enjoyed most in the past year or so were both books I had previously read and both have a common theme of a male hero, independent warrior/leader type on a mission to get somewhere/find something, both are terrifically good yarns and also feature very evocative descriptions of natural rural habitats, hunting, fishing, etc.

Originally posted by An Puc Fada:
Recommended (good!) books for holiday reading?

Originally posted by An Puc Fada:
Guys and girls,

Going on a much needed break to the West tomorrow for 10 days and looking for recommendations for books for some holiday reading.

I have had lousy luck of late with my chosen reading material and have about 6 or 7 half read books beside my bed which I just gave up on out of sheer boredom. Included amongst them are Banville's The Sea, which I found tiresome and depressing and Colm Tobin's The Master, which while being well written, began to drag for me in the middle and I've dropped it for the moment. Also still unfinished are Tuesday's With Morrie and the next one, Five People You Meet In Heaven....both of which I also found tiresome....

Maybe I've a shortening attention span or maybe I am getting more intolerant as I age?

As a clue, the books which I enjoyed most in the past year or so were both books I had previously read and both have a common theme of a male hero, independent warrior/leader type on a mission to get somewhere/find something, both are terrifically good yarns and also feature very evocative descriptions of natural rural habitats, hunting, fishing, etc. One is Cold Mountain (which I couldn't recommend highly enough as a good adventure tale) and the other is Blackcock's Feather by Maurice Walsh....which I hadn't read since it was on my Inter cert course, but is a fantastic story (even if the characters are all a bit one dimensional).

If they are the template, any suggestions?!

Originally posted by dancarter:

i read Foirza Italia on my hols by paddy agnew, study of italian football, good read with some excellent insights on berlusconi & erikson in particular..if any interest in football well worth a go

Originally posted by An Puc Fada:
Recommended (good!) books for holiday reading?

Originally posted by georgy comerford:


The Dante Club my Mathew Pearl is a great read, funny crime/historical novel

Originally posted by bloodclot:
Read "Shantaram" by Gregory Roberts, a modern day Papillon. A great read but I,m not sure if you could believe it all. It's a TRUE story about an Australian on the run in India...

Originally posted by artfoley:
Picked up a treble book in easons for a tenner
it's the dirty war & the shankill butchers & the troubles all in one book
am reading the shankill butchers at the mo and it's a fascinating read into how the minds of the psychos on both sides work
would highly recommnd it

Originally posted by Glinnti Glasa:


FFS Art.He's going on holiday.That treble would send you crazy.I read it myself.Not holiday or bedtime reading.

Originally posted by artfoley:

missed the clue part
you could do a lot worse than get a few Druss books by dave gemmell