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FaustoMerckx

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  1. :sign0072: Hope you have a great day!
  2. Happy Birthday! :balloons:

  3. Happy birthday! :)

  4. I fancy reading some historical fiction based in feudal Japan, Ninja, Samurai, that sort of thing. Preferably based on real events/facts. In fact anything based in the far east would be of interest or anything related to Buddhism. Any suggestions? I've read Conn Iggulden's conqueror series and have Siddhartha high on the tbr pile Also a mate of mine was asking about historical fiction set in ancient Greece; Spartans and all that?
  5. I've got loads of old Ladybird books and still read them, they are brilliant. You can normally pick them up in charity shops and at car boot sales for next to nothing
  6. I recently picked up a couple of his short story collections whilst browsing through charity shops, I've only read a few of the stories so far but they have been brilliant. I didn't realise he wrote anything for older readers but I'm real glad he did, 'Tales of the Unexpected' is genius
  7. Laurie Lee wrote some good poems, about nature, animals and Spain mostly. Lewis Carroll wrote some interesting stuff, 'Phantasmagoria and other poems', especially if you can find one with the original drawings by Arthur B Frost, very dark. I get most of my books online from Play.com, they seem to be cheaper as they offer free postage on everything. Definitely worth a look, especially if you buy second hand
  8. I'm half way through reading 'Lords of the Bow' by Con Iggulden and I'd definitely recommend it. It is fairly simply written, which suits it, and gives you great descriptions, allowing you to paint a vivid picture. I can appreciate the amount of research that must have gone into it, I'll definitely be looking out for the rest in the 'conqueror' series
  9. Anyone read any collections of Thomas Wolfe's letters? He didn't leave us much and I've read everything else so I've been thinking about getting them for a while
  10. I've not read any of those but I'll definitely take a look at them. Thanks for the suggestions. I've just been listening to a Rush gig recorded in London so the Ghost Rider book sounds interesting. You might like 'Home before daylight' by Steve Parish, its a great book about life with the Grateful Dead written by a roadie
  11. Definitely Fear and Loathing. William Burroughs is extremely messed up, 'Naked Lunch' is just obscene. Aldous Huxley 'The doors of perception'. I've got some short stories by Dylan Thomas that are messed up. Picked up couple second hand books other day that look to be along these lines - 'Confessions of a hope fiend' by Timothy Leary and 'Dead Babies' by Martin Amis
  12. Admission . . . I've never read anything by Charles Dickens. What's a good one to start with? I fancy reading a lesser known one so that I don't know the plot from film and TV adaptations
  13. Finally read it. Great book. The thought of sleeping on a festering, bug ridden bed, wrapped in putrid, sweat soaked sheets with a toothless, old tramp breathing and coughing in my face will haunt my dreams for weeks though!
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