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Just finished Colin Frys book - 'Secrets From the Afterlife'.   Quite an interesting read though not as good as I thought it would be.

Now reading an old book I picked up at a charity car boot sale, 'Churchill - By His Contemporaries'.  Been meaning to read this one for a while, but the wife just bought me the new Theo Pathitis book, so might end up reading that one first.


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I just reread "Stalins Ghost - Martin Cruz Smith" an investigator Renko novel of which there are :

Gorky Park
Polar Star
Red Square
Havana Bay
Wolves eat Dogs
Stalins Ghost

It is to his usual standards, as Renko is assigned the job on investigation the appearance of Stalin on the Moscow Metro, an investigation that raises any number of personal and historical ghosts.
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[Symon]

I normally read david gemmell books but at the moment i,m flicking though

500 of the weirdest & wackiest web sites.

Plus i`ve just started

janny wurts  storm warden. (book one of the cycle of fire.)
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I'm not actually reading anything at the moment, but the last book i read was "Bek" from the "Dareen Shan" series

Its from series 2 'coz i already read all of series 1... i have to say they are pretty good ^-^
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I think it is important to be reading something, even if it is only half a page a day before bed.
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[Sapp]

Heh, I read alot of forum messages online if that counts.  
But I usually read comica, manga, and the occasional Pendragon.
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I was right, I knew I had to read 'Enter The Dragon' by Theo Paphitis, so I did lol

I have just finished it, quite an interesting read as it goes, some good business advice in there too.

Just bought a few more books, so got a bit of a backlog to get through...today I added 'Al Quaeda' by Jason Burke, and 'A Good War' by Patrick Bishop to my collection.
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About half way through 'A Good War' by Patrick Bishop, and I have to say it is a thoroughly well researched book and written in such a way that it gives a real insight into how life was for our pilots during the Battle of Britain, in the pub with friends, then a few hours later struggling fighting for your life watching your friends and comrades killed.

Have to say it is probably the best war fiction I have ever read as far as research goes, though the storyline is going a bit girly in that there is romance in it which isn't my cup of tea tbh, but it does give a glimpse into how people conducted relationships back then (pretty much same as now but people hid it more).

If you've got a spare few quid I recommend it (I got it from Asda, can't remember now but I don't think it was much more than £7 or so)
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I finished A Good War, and I have to say it was a good book, good storyline if not a slightly anti-climactic ending, though I definitely recommend it.

Started reading 'Al Quaeda' by Jason Burke which is a factual account of what Al Quaeda actually is.  I was very disappointed, it is one of those books where the research shows.  He knows his stuff, but he goes on and on and on about things that just don't matter.  I once read a book about how to write books and one of the big no noes is having your research show itself.

It was so full of clutter that I found it unreadable so I have put it back on the shelf.

Picked up 'Hard Times' by Charles Dickens.  Guaranteed quality  
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Filth by Irvine Welsh

http://www.irvinewelsh.net/

Just finished Espedair Street by Iain Banks  

http://www.iain-banks.net/


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Read a little bit of the official ubuntu book yesterday. Does make me mad it was in the "Windows" section. Surprisingly there was quite a few linux books. I would of got the ubuntu one but in 5 months it would be obsolete.
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