what is your favourite genre to read??

I'm very much sci fi or actual history preferably ww2.............

yourgraceisenough wrote:I'm very much sci fi or actual history preferably ww2.............

I am a big science fiction fan and also some fantasy.
If you like epic series I can recommend the honor harrington books. sometimes known as the honorverse series.
david Weber is a good writer IMO. he does space battles exceedingly well and really creates a real universe.

the first several are available for free at the baen free library http://www.baen.com/library/defaultTitles.htm

lots of different formats. and a good selection of other free books too.

I like books about WW2 although I've got quite interested in books about the "troubles"in NI just lately. i'm also a big fan of crime fiction.........Engleby by Sebastian Faulks was a good read.
A mixed bag really

I read mainly technical / non fiction that's why i am a realist
and don't live in a world of make believe like the lefties.

tom sawyer wrote:
I read mainly technical / non fiction that's why i am a realist
and don't live in a world of make believe like the lefties.

Same here Tom really but I like to throw in the odd crime thriller just for variety

I think some escapism is good for the mind. though I do prefer even sci fi to have a hint of realism...

tom sawyer wrote:
I read mainly technical / non fiction that's why i am a realist
and don't live in a world of make believe like the lefties.

Oi
I love sci fi and you could not call me a bloody leftie.

i'll read most types of books except sci fi and western love thrillers

I read Stephen King, and do not know of any other author who has had works made to movies as much as him.

I love Chick lits

Sydney Greenstreet wrote:I read Stephen King, and do not know of any other author who has had works made to movies as much as him.

i liked his needful things from what i remember of it

Mainly non-fiction, especially european history from the 16th-early 20th century with emphasis on France, Germany, Russia, and the UK.] , WW2, biographies of political or cultural icons. But I do like my agatha christies, ruth rendells and pd james. Just about to finish a book on Madame de Pompadour and looking forward to reading Robert Massie's Catherine the Great, Alison Weir's Mary Boleyn, Arguably Essays by Christopher Hitchens, and Ostkrieg:Hitler's War of Extermination in the East thanks to family pressies on amazon.

Cannot stand sci-fi and westerns ugh - sorry.

Cass wrote:Mainly non-fiction, especially european history from the 16th-early 20th century with emphasis on France, Germany, Russia, and the UK.] , WW2, biographies of political or cultural icons. But I do like my agatha christies, ruth rendells and pd james. Just about to finish a book on Madame de Pompadour and looking forward to reading Robert Massie's Catherine the Great, Alison Weir's Mary Boleyn, Arguably Essays by Christopher Hitchens, and Ostkrieg:Hitler's War of Extermination in the East thanks to family pressies on amazon.

Cannot stand sci-fi and westerns ugh - sorry.

try the 1632 or ring of fire series. It combines history with a touch of sci fi in that an small american town gets sent back through time to germany in the middle of the 100 years war and the effects they have on the history of the time. Initially it started out as a single title but has now developed into a whole series written by a variety of writers. In my opinion a couple are a little heavy on the historical side and not enough on the action, but I am on my 9th one now and only the first 2 were free.

It deals with the germanies, france, italy, sweden , denmark and now is moving east into poland.
Many of the characters were real people.
http://www.baen.com/library/defaultTitles.htm

its available as a free download for many different formats.

In A Flap wrote:

try the 1632 or ring of fire series. It combines history with a touch of sci fi in that an small american town gets sent back through time to germany in the middle of the 100 years war and the effects they have on the history of the time. Initially it started out as a single title but has now developed into a whole series written by a variety of writers. In my opinion a couple are a little heavy on the historical side and not enough on the action, but I am on my 9th one now and only the first 2 were free.

It deals with the germanies, france, italy, sweden , denmark and now is moving east into poland.
Many of the characters were real people.
http://www.baen.com/library/defaultTitles.htm

its available as a free download for many different formats.

cheers will download them to kindle and give them a gander after the others

Cass wrote:

In A Flap wrote:

try the 1632 or ring of fire series. It combines history with a touch of sci fi in that an small american town gets sent back through time to germany in the middle of the 100 years war and the effects they have on the history of the time. Initially it started out as a single title but has now developed into a whole series written by a variety of writers. In my opinion a couple are a little heavy on the historical side and not enough on the action, but I am on my 9th one now and only the first 2 were free.

It deals with the germanies, france, italy, sweden , denmark and now is moving east into poland.
Many of the characters were real people.
http://www.baen.com/library/defaultTitles.htm

its available as a free download for many different formats.

cheers will download them to kindle and give them a gander after the others

I found that site a bit like heroin dealers, they let you have the first fix or two free then it's $6 a book . I am now buying at least 1 sometimes 2 a month now.


its an interesting premise though, how would 17th century europe fare if a 21st century small american town was dumped in the middle of them.

they have it all though, romance, intrigue and action.

In A Flap wrote:

I found that site a bit like heroin dealers, they let you have the first fix or two free then it's $6 a book . I am now buying at least 1 sometimes 2 a month now.


its an interesting premise though, how would 17th century europe fare if a 21st century small american town was dumped in the middle of them.

they have it all though, romance, intrigue and action.

If there is any chick lit in it, i reserve the right to swear at you



as regards amazon, yeah i know, but i try and limit myself and luckily i have a good library to use. What i tend to do is write down a list of books that i want to read and will buy only the ones that i really really really want and then wait to buy them from the marketplace as they are a lot cheaper. I rarely buy brand new hardbacks unless i know i can't live without it!

Cass wrote:

In A Flap wrote:

I found that site a bit like heroin dealers, they let you have the first fix or two free then it's $6 a book . I am now buying at least 1 sometimes 2 a month now.


its an interesting premise though, how would 17th century europe fare if a 21st century small american town was dumped in the middle of them.

they have it all though, romance, intrigue and action.

If there is any chick lit in it, i reserve the right to swear at you



as regards amazon, yeah i know, but i try and limit myself and luckily i have a good library to use. What i tend to do is write down a list of books that i want to read and will buy only the ones that i really really really want and then wait to buy them from the marketplace as they are a lot cheaper. I rarely buy brand new hardbacks unless i know i can't live without it!

well in one of them a handsome prince rescues a princess.

well sort of.

has anyone read any books by LEE CHILDS,he has a main character called JACK REACHER.he is an ex army mp.according to desription he is six feet five inches tall and an expert in unarmed combat.as you may expect there are lots of action in these books.there is going to be a film made of one of these books,guess who they have chosen to play JACK REACHER,none other than TOM CRUISE

nicho216 wrote:has anyone read any books by LEE CHILDS,he has a main character called JACK REACHER.he is an ex army mp.according to desription he is six feet five inches tall and an expert in unarmed combat.as you may expect there are lots of action in these books.there is going to be a film made of one of these books,guess who they have chosen to play JACK REACHER,none other than TOM CRUISE

everyone knows tom cruise if 6foot 6

i love jack reacher books and was totally shocked to find out tom cruise had been chosen to play him in the film maybe tom payed lee child to gain popularity

nicho216 wrote:has anyone read any books by LEE CHILDS,he has a main character called JACK REACHER.he is an ex army mp.according to desription he is six feet five inches tall and an expert in unarmed combat.as you may expect there are lots of action in these books.there is going to be a film made of one of these books,guess who they have chosen to play JACK REACHER,none other than TOM CRUISE

You are kidding...well bang goes that fantasy then

Hardcore skank.

what do you mean by ;hardcore skank;?

still waiting for explanation andy.