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"Good Books? Less'av'em then"

Tore yourself away from the idiot box or games console, and taken in some great literature recently? Do tell .....

I've read:

The great Escape (True story)

The Lord of the Flies (Brilliant book)

Both Michael Moore books (Stupid White Men, Downsize This!), a Redwall book, Pratchett's Gnome Trilogy and a bit of Karl Marx is what I've read recently.

"The Beach" by Alex Garland.

Read it quite a few years ago. Very good, though. The film was atrocious.

So far, in this Summer Holiday, I have read:

'The Tenant of Wildfell Hall'(Anne Bronte)
- Brilliant and Anne is definately underrated as the 'forgotten Bronte sister.' I thought this book was better than 'Wuthering Heights'

'Popcorn' (Ben Elton)
-good book, but not to everyone's taste (my mom hated it- but she did give up before it got interesting!)

'The Beach' Can't remember the Auther right now
-an absolutely stunning read. I had begun to doubt my own interest in literature (worrying considering I have accepted an English Literature uni course) but this book has restored my faith- a gripping read.

'Oliver Twist' (Dickens) Meh. I wasn't too sure about this. Dickens had a great talent for writing, but this book wasn't consistantly 'pick up-able' to me. Don't get me wrong, some parts were beautiful (like the character 'Rose' who was sadly overlooked in the musical version.) The musical actually did ruin this book for me slightly- I wish I had read the book before the musical!

'Pride and Predjudice' (Jane Austin)
-Beautiful story (probably more of a Chic-fic though) I still think 'Emma' is better, but Austin is superlative in her style of writing and her ability to capture emotions perfectly.

I have just started 'The Hound of the Baskervilles', so I will let you know about that one!

The Night's Dawn trilogy: most entertaining story I've ever read. Peter F. Hamilton.

Great Expectation. Dickens has done it again with a superb book. I only read this for the first time about a month ago but I was impressed with it.

"Storm" By Boris Starling which is a follow up to the book called "Messiah",that was recently shown on t.v.

Also "Porno" which has already been recommended.

And I forgot to mention that they are funny too.

Meka, you should read Mick's two autobiographies. They are both excellent and give a great insiders view on how much he had to work to get where he is. The first is 'Have a nice day' and the second is 'Foley is good'.

So if you haven't already, I would recommend reading them.

Been reading Bravo Two Zero- just finished it, thought it was great.