khitajrah Posted December 15, 2008 Report Share Posted December 15, 2008 ^ ditto. ~back to Thin-layer chromatography for me~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeemsie1989 Posted December 15, 2008 Report Share Posted December 15, 2008 Arcadia by Tom Stoppard. Wonderful play. Goes over my head a bit though in places! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khitajrah Posted December 24, 2008 Report Share Posted December 24, 2008 "How to Solve Cryptic Crosswords" by Kevin Skinner. Another thoughtful birthday present from my OH. It was always irritated me that I could never make any sense out of the crytic crossword clues - I am determined to change that! I will complete one!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ichorus Posted December 24, 2008 Report Share Posted December 24, 2008 La Guitarra Flamenca by Juan Martin Its Great, I recommend it to any guitarist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khitajrah Posted December 30, 2008 Report Share Posted December 30, 2008 Without Conscience: The Disturbing World of the Psychopaths among Us by Robert D. Hare was recommended by the parent of a possible psychopath I had the unfortunate (and extremely financially and emotionally costly) experience of encountering. An eye-opener for sure, and explains a lot of things, but I really ought to stop reading it so late at night! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu-Fred Posted January 7, 2009 Report Share Posted January 7, 2009 Duma Key by Stephen King. First time a'm read eeno his books. Whoor o' a good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fjool Posted January 7, 2009 Report Share Posted January 7, 2009 ^ Stephen King is generally very good, although I've not read anything of him for years now. I'm currently reading 'Digging for Victory - Wartime gardening with Mr Middleton'. These are the transcripts from his 1940s radio broadcasts on the subject of, well, gardening. Charming style and packed with all sorts of information about growing, storing and otherwise producing food from one's garden. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sassermaet Posted January 7, 2009 Report Share Posted January 7, 2009 Just started 'Stardust' by Neil Gaiman - it'll be the second book of his that I've read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArabiaTerra Posted January 8, 2009 Report Share Posted January 8, 2009 Just finished "The Night Sessions" by Ken Macleod. Excellent near-future sci-fi. Christian fundamentalists with a seriously apocalyptic plan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sassermaet Posted January 14, 2009 Report Share Posted January 14, 2009 I'm now onto 'Son of a Witch', the sequel to 'Wicked'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seggie Stardust Posted January 15, 2009 Report Share Posted January 15, 2009 Finished this over a week ago and its still with me, it really fired up the imagination, a brilliant read - 'Rendezvous with Rama' by Arthur C Clarke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu-Fred Posted January 16, 2009 Report Share Posted January 16, 2009 Finished this over a week ago and its still with me, it really fired up the imagination, a brilliant read - 'Rendezvous with Rama' by Arthur C Clarke I wis a huge fan o Arthur C. Clarke whan I wis peerie (8-9 year auld). Hed a book o his aboot unexplained mysteries. Mind writin a letter t' him in primary school - wis gutted whan I got a reply fe a publisher o' his sayin he wis too busy t' send een back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sassermaet Posted January 22, 2009 Report Share Posted January 22, 2009 I'm really not enjoying Son of a Witch. Seriously, don't read it - just read Wicked and leave it at that. Son of a Witch is long, boring and completely pointless. I'm about 2/3rds of the way through and already I've given up giving a f*** about any of the characters. I'm going to finish it anyway because I hate leaving books unfinished, but I wouldn't recommend it. I also heard to my horror the other day that the author wrote 'A Lion Among Men', a second sequel to Wicked. I'm not even going to bother with that one - I can see it only being a steaming pile of...well...lion poop. I've got loads of books needing read - it'll probably be summer before I can get on to the rest of them but I'm determined to finish them all before the year is out. Wish me luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArabiaTerra Posted January 22, 2009 Report Share Posted January 22, 2009 Finished this over a week ago and its still with me, it really fired up the imagination, a brilliant read - 'Rendezvous with Rama' by Arthur C ClarkeIf you enjoyed Rama then I recommend Eon by Greg Bear. This book is the reason I've never been able to finish Rama, it just takes things so much farther... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seggie Stardust Posted January 22, 2009 Report Share Posted January 22, 2009 If you enjoyed Rama then I recommend Eon by Greg Bear. This book is the reason I've never been able to finish Rama, it just takes things so much farther... That looks really good. I've only recently started reading good science fiction, read some garbage when I was younger which put me off - this looks like a good recommendation, thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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