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 Feb 10 2010, 1:11 AM
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QUOTE(Reve @ Feb 9 2010, 8:02 PM)  No, don't get me wrong, I don't only have interest in overly academic books, I just mean I don't really enjoy trashy chick lit novels anymore.. the storylines are always pretty similar and they tend to be predictable. Obviously books like James Patterson don't challenge my brain to it's full potential but I just mean I like it when you have to do a bit of thinking and piecing together. James Patterson is probably the more basic of crime authors.. Minette Walters tends to be a little more complex, and a lot of her books combine law and psychology which are where my interests lie.
I'm reading 1984 at the moment and finding it pretty damn boring tbh.. doesn't have that page turning motivation a good book should have. The fact I've been reading it since like October says a lot.. I can finish a book in 2/3 days when I have the time. That's fair enough, I'm more or less the same (although I never read chick lit in the first place, would've been a bit gay). I've never actually read 1984, but enjoyed Animal Farm. Most of the fiction that I read at the moment's easy stuff to get into, as I've got a lot of reading for uni and the last thing that you want after spending several hours wading through how important wool was to the medieval Scottish economy is something that will challenge you even slightly. I'm reading Ian Rankin's latest book at the moment, I really enjoy his stuff although being from Edinburgh probably helps. If I'm looking for something more challenging, I usually just read non fiction', usually about history as I really am enough of a geek to find it interesting.
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Feb 10 2010, 9:53 AM
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QUOTE(Maaaak @ Feb 10 2010, 1:11 AM) That's fair enough, I'm more or less the same (although I never read chick lit in the first place, would've been a bit gay).
I've never actually read 1984, but enjoyed Animal Farm. Most of the fiction that I read at the moment's easy stuff to get into, as I've got a lot of reading for uni and the last thing that you want after spending several hours wading through how important wool was to the medieval Scottish economy is something that will challenge you even slightly. I'm reading Ian Rankin's latest book at the moment, I really enjoy his stuff although being from Edinburgh probably helps. If I'm looking for something more challenging, I usually just read non fiction', usually about history as I really am enough of a geek to find it interesting. Haha, slightly gay yeah. That's been my problem really.. I started 1984 in October and since then I've been at sixth form/revising for exams so something more light hearted would probably be the better choice. When I do have the time, 1984 is quite hard work. I'm getting there now though, about 50 pages left. I've heard animal farm is brilliant too. My brother's read something by Ian Rankin and enjoyed it. He hardly ever reads (IMG: http://media.profileheaven.com/images/style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) . I don't read much non-fiction although I did order 3 books on topics that interest me a few months ago. I've not got round to reading them yet, although I should, one of them was £30 or something mad (IMG: http://media.profileheaven.com/images/style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) . They're on subjects I study though, and as you say, after a day learning about a topic you don't really feel like coming home and reading about it.
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Feb 10 2010, 9:56 PM
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QUOTE(Allah Snackbar @ Feb 10 2010, 9:52 PM) There are a few I saw in Waterstones at the moment that are about being in Thai prisons etc. A good book for UK prisons is Parkhurst tales. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Parkhurst-Tales-Be...t/dp/1856850951Think the most recent i read was bout that, I got into them after enjoying the show banged up abroad. Havent read any about uk prisons I dont think, but will have a look. I like all genres of reading tbh. One book I liked was ' Cupcake' its an abused child story but not as similar to the thousands that are out there, doesnt focus as much on the child abuse and more her own choices and struggles in life, she becomes a prostitute(no spoilers needed as it says on back), and tells the story right up until as she is now and what she is doing.
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Feb 11 2010, 11:01 PM
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QUOTE(xMrs Brightside @ Feb 10 2010, 9:49 PM) I like the books about people in prison for drug smugglingin venezuela,columbia,etc cant mind any titles but there are a few. QUOTE(xMrs Brightside @ Feb 10 2010, 9:56 PM) Think the most recent i read was bout that, I got into them after enjoying the show banged up abroad.
Havent read any about uk prisons I dont think, but will have a look.
I like all genres of reading tbh.
One book I liked was ' Cupcake' its an abused child story but not as similar to the thousands that are out there, doesnt focus as much on the child abuse and more her own choices and struggles in life, she becomes a prostitute(no spoilers needed as it says on back), and tells the story right up until as she is now and what she is doing. I'm not even being awkward here, but I genuinely really, really despise both of the genres that you've just mentioned. Most prison / true crime books read like they were written by some scally who thinks that Danny Dyer is 'well sound, innit' and wanks off to Goodfellas on a nightly basis, and as for misery memoirs...well, I'm just not sure what it says about us as human beings that getting fiction published's apparently almost impossible, but it seems that you can phone up any given publisher and say: "Yeah, my dad used to make me wear lederhosen and lick shaving foam from his penis", get a deal within minutes and have a book with a picture of a sad looking kid on the front published and on the bestsellers lists within about four days. My, that was a long sentence.
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Feb 11 2010, 11:04 PM
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(IMG: http://media.profileheaven.com/images/style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) the prison ones i read arent like that, its mainly ones by woman ive read. who have been put in jail when theyve been caught smuggling cos desperate for cash,only read two and theyve been good. I agree with what you said bout the abuse ones, since a boy called it, theres been one out every week, read one and their all the same. Like I said though, the cupcake one isnt the same kinda thing, its a bit different,hard to describe really.
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