Books

[5 Sams]

The road - Cormac McCarthy.

Father and young son in post apocalyptic America.

Short book, short sentences that snap and crackle. Some of it will stay with me a long time.
Long tim since I read a book as good.

Just finished No Country for Old Men Mack...the reviews of the Road are deadly ...probably be my next purchase!

[Minder]

Was " No Country for Old Men" good 5Sams? I might buy it today, its only a few quid.

[5 Sams]

Excellent Minder....I dunno where you're based but you'll get it for a fiver in the record shop(Zavvi I think....used to be Virgin Records) in the Buttercrane in Newry

[tyrone86]

Tell me this lads, what's the verdict on audiobooks? Are they any good or are you better of sticking to the real thing?

[Minder]

Excellent Minder....I dunno where you're based but you'll get it for a fiver in the record shop(Zavvi I think....used to be Virgin Records) in the Buttercrane in Newry

I work in Lisburn of all places  ........I saw it in Waterstones the other day for £4.99 so i will get it today

[JimStynes]

Bought a load of books from amazon about 2 months ago:

"Sniper on the Eastern Front: The Memoirs of Sepp Allerberger, Knight's Cross" - Excellant book. Gives an account of a german sniper on the eastern front during world war 2. The Russians wher bad bastards.

"Eyewitness Auschwitz: Three Years in the Gas Chamber" Filip Muller - Excellant book. About a fella who worked in the gas chambers in Auschwitz and survived by mixture of luck and by not giving up hope. Its a short enough book but definately worth reading. Shocking from start to finish. Some complete sickos knocking about in those days.

"Bad as I Wanna Be" Dennis Rodman - Good books. The man is a f**king looper, cross dressing and hanging out in gay bars all the time. He has a whole chapter on his relationship to madonna which is interesting enough. I mite buy Madonnas book to get her take on the whole thing with Rodman.

"Band of Brothers" Stephen E. Ambrose - I love the TV series, must have watched the box set 15 times now. The book is just as good. Unreal what them men went through.

"Slaying the Dragon: How to Turn Your Small Steps to Great Feats" Michael Johnson - Not a bibliography, more of a motivational book. If you are after a bibliography on this man then dont buy it but i thought it was excellant and will definately read it again at some stage.

"Biggest Brother: The Life of Major Dick Winters, the Man Who Led the Band of Brothers" - Only starting to read it now but so far so good.

"Drive: the Story of My Life" Larry Bird - Havent started reading it yet.

"My Life" Earvin "Magic" Johnson - Havent started reading it yet.

Anybody know any good war books to read.

[ludermor]

Jim,
When you bought in amazon did you pay postage on all the books seperate? what is the best way to do this?

[5 Sams]

Cant beat play.com for books and CDs...all delivered free....dunno how they do it.

[JimStynes]

Jim,
When you bought in amazon did you pay postage on all the books seperate? what is the best way to do this?

Aye, complete f**king bolllocks. Most of the books where under £5 each because they where 2nd hand but the postage cost of ones from america knocked the price up. I think 2 of the books came together from the same place but the others where seperate. I didnt realise that some of the books come from america until they sent the receipt to my email. I knew the price was to good to be true when i seen them on amazon.  When i went to the checkout in amazon it didnt show me any extra postage costs etc so just watch out for it. Saying that if i was to buy the same books from book stores 1st hand they would have cost me 4 times the price. I will have a look through my old emails later to see if i can get you the exact price i paid for each book + postage.

[JimStynes]

Cant beat play.com for books and CDs...all delivered free....dunno how they do it.

Great site. Ive bought cds and i also bought my playstation 3 off their site last week. It included grand theft auto and cost £300 - free delivery. Every other site i checked either didnt offer the same deal or else it was £20 or £30 more expensive.
I must try them for their books.

[ludermor]

cheers for that lads, the postage stood out like a sore thumb alright, its still good value but if there better around...

[ludermor]

just browsing through play.com and came across the far side books by gary larson, forgot about these , i had a load of them in my younger days.

[Fluffy Che]

JS, coupla recomendations..

War Letters-Andrew Carroll. Self explanatory really, a touching insight into war from yer typical grunt.

The Naked and the Dead-Norman Mailer. Great book, great writer. A fantastic read..

[Fishbat]

Not sure If they have been mentioned - Pete McCarthy's travel books are great

"McCarthy's Bar" and "The Road to McCarthy" are brilliant - first one is a eejit meetin, stout drinkin, hill walkin traipse from West Cork to Lough Derg.  Trying to find his spiritual home...As he says - never pass a bar with your name on it!  He's great at writing about the situations we have all found ourselves in, and nutters we have all met

2nd one is a similar jaunt only overseas - from meeting the "McCarty Mor" in Tangiers and various other headers - to a tour of NYC on paddies day to Van diemens land and beyond.

Very very funny writer

another in the same vein - "Larkin about in Ireland" by John Larkin (Aussie) - totally different writer who was more bemused by Ireland, i think, than impressed - bit of a sarky git but not too bad either - not in the same league as McCarthy though

[Kerry Mike]

Pete McCarthy was very funny, have read both his books. Unfortunately his writing skills were cut short when  Pete died in 2004. RIP