Author Topic: What was the last book you read? (Read 587092 times)

Maggie May · « **Reply #280 on:** December 13, 2004, 02:46:26 pm »

Quote from: One of the Naughty Elves on December 13, 2004, 02:33:40 pm

No more sex ever and she'll throw me out of the country. Relatively dire.

Now what do you have against Harry, Hermione and Dumbledore?

Well .... put like that ... no. Perhaps Santa Claw can assist?

Nothing. Never read Harry Potter books.

nidgemo · « **Reply #281 on:** December 13, 2004, 02:53:45 pm »

Quote from: Maggie May on December 13, 2004, 02:46:26 pm

Nothing. Never read Harry Potter books.

You should. Really.

Yes they're kids books, but they're enjoyable, engrossing and very easy to get lost and involved in.

Great for moving on to after spending a week or two finishing something heavy.

The Kopster · « **Reply #282 on:** December 13, 2004, 02:55:40 pm »

Quote from: nidgehohoho on December 13, 2004, 02:53:45 pm

You should. Really.

Yes they're kids books, but they're enjoyable, engrossing and very easy to get lost and involved in.

Great for moving on to after spending a week or two finishing something heavy.

Especially if Hermione is in them!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Tosh · « **Reply #283 on:** December 13, 2004, 02:57:23 pm »

Quote from: nidgehohoho on December 13, 2004, 02:53:45 pm

You should. Really.

Yes they're kids books, but they're enjoyable, engrossing and very easy to get lost and involved in.

Great for moving on to after spending a week or two finishing something heavy.

*points to Franz Kafka's Amerika in Spanish*

Now can I have my mindless childrens' books?

Waiting to hear the eternal wisdom of the Claw.... or maybe I need to go and post in the women are doing my head in thread...

hooded claw · « **Reply #284 on:** December 13, 2004, 02:58:28 pm »

They're not bad books- they're written with a good pace and a genuine concern to keep the reader guessing. My problem with them is their familiarity- it's basically the English public-school genre (Jennings etc) with the magical bits thrown into the mix.
If you want books about a wizard school, try The Earthsea Chronicles by Ursula Le Guin. Far superior stuff IMO, genuinely strange stuff as magic stories should be- a real sense of the mystical, the dark and the forbidden.
The HP books are the Big Mac of literature- easy to digest, undemanding but comforting, you know what you're getting.

Maggie May · « **Reply #285 on:** December 13, 2004, 03:01:12 pm »

Quote from: nidgehohoho on December 13, 2004, 02:53:45 pm

they're enjoyable, engrossing and very easy to get lost and involved in.

Great for moving on to after spending a week or two finishing something heavy.

Erm.... thank you. Most kind - but no. I regret Harry Potter doesn't ring my chimes. I'm embellishing my tastes with "Angelique and the Sultan".

Tosh · « **Reply #286 on:** December 13, 2004, 03:02:06 pm »

Quote from: santa claw on December 13, 2004, 02:58:28 pm

They're not bad books- they're written with a good pace and a genuine concern to keep the reader guessing. My problem with them is their familiarity- it's basically the English public-school genre (Jennings etc) with the magical bits thrown into the mix.
If you want books about a wizard school, try The Earthsea Chronicles by Ursula Le Guin. Far superior stuff IMO, genuinely strange stuff as magic stories should be- a real sense of the mystical, the dark and the forbidden.
The HP books are the Big Mac of literature- easy to digest, undemanding but comforting, you know what you're getting.

Good old Sparrowhawk. An excellent trilogy that one, it's been a long time since I read it. Not familiar with the English public-school system myself (luckily?).. haven't gotten far yet but so far enjoying the book. The dire consequences may have something to do with that though

nidgemo · « **Reply #287 on:** December 13, 2004, 03:02:59 pm »

Quote from: santa claw on December 13, 2004, 02:58:28 pm

They're not bad books- they're written with a good pace and a genuine concern to keep the reader guessing. My problem with them is their familiarity- it's basically the English public-school genre (Jennings etc) with the magical bits thrown into the mix.
If you want books about a wizard school, try The Earthsea Chronicles by Ursula Le Guin. Far superior stuff IMO, genuinely strange stuff as magic stories should be- a real sense of the mystical, the dark and the forbidden.
The HP books are the Big Mac of literature- easy to digest, undemanding but comforting, you know what you're getting.

Perhaps Philip Pulman's "His Dark Materials" Trilogy?

What's your opinion on these Mr Claw?

Tosh · « **Reply #288 on:** December 13, 2004, 03:06:48 pm »

Quote from: Maggie May on December 13, 2004, 03:01:12 pm

Erm.... thank you. Most kind - but no. I regret Harry Potter doesn't ring my chimes. I'm embellishing my tastes with "Angelique and the Sultan".

You've got chimes? Very sophisticated Mrs. May!

Maggie May · « **Reply #289 on:** December 13, 2004, 03:21:06 pm »

Quote from: One of the Naughty Elves on December 13, 2004, 03:06:48 pm

You've got chimes? Very sophisticated Mrs. May!

Nah - not really. B&Q will sort you out. £5.00 per £25 spent. Or is that Matalan? Oh well ... whatever

Quote from: One of the Naughty Elves on December 13, 2004, 02:57:23 pm

Waiting to hear the eternal wisdom of the Claw.... or maybe I need to go and post in the women are doing my head in thread...

See what I mean about The Claw. Don't he talk pretty

Tosh · « **Reply #290 on:** December 13, 2004, 03:24:40 pm »

Quote from: Maggie May on December 13, 2004, 03:21:06 pm

Nah - not really. B&Q will sort you out. £5.00 per £25 spent. Or is that Matalan? Oh well ... whatever

See what I mean about The Claw. Don't he talk pretty

Mystical, dark and forbidden. Sounds like Claw!!

nidgemo · « **Reply #291 on:** December 13, 2004, 03:29:53 pm »

Quote from: Maggie May on December 13, 2004, 03:21:06 pm

See what I mean about The Claw. Don't he talk pretty

Yessiree. He sure has a purty mouth.

Tosh · « **Reply #292 on:** December 13, 2004, 03:31:19 pm »

Quote from: nidgehohoho on December 13, 2004, 03:29:53 pm

Yessiree. He sure has a purty mouth.

I think Maggie has sauntered off to the Ugly thread for closer inspection...

ps. Loving these Christmas smilies

Maggie May · « **Reply #293 on:** December 13, 2004, 03:32:00 pm »

Quote from: One of the Naughty Elves on December 13, 2004, 03:24:40 pm

Mystical, dark and forbidden. Sounds like Claw!!

Indeed. That was my previous opinion. Alas.

I refer you to the "nervous" thread where sweating, farting and such other things are ...........

I can't go on .............

walshys_mullet · « **Reply #294 on:** December 13, 2004, 03:45:57 pm »

Who on earth is tom baker

That guy is nuts!

nidgemo · « **Reply #295 on:** December 13, 2004, 04:00:18 pm »

Quote from: walshys_mullet on December 13, 2004, 03:45:57 pm

Who on earth is tom baker

That guy is nuts!

Tom Baker was Who.

(depending on the inflection you read that with, you've got both the answer AND the question.)

Tosh · « **Reply #296 on:** December 13, 2004, 04:09:18 pm »

Quote from: Maggie May on December 13, 2004, 03:32:00 pm

Indeed. That was my previous opinion. Alas. I refer you to the "nervous" thread where sweating, farting and such other things are ........... I can't go on .............

Best not to delve into the mysteries of male inner workings....

Redders · « **Reply #297 on:** December 13, 2004, 04:11:38 pm »

Mr. Claw farts?

Let's see.....dandruff, leather elbow patches, lazy monkeys and now farting!!

He's a complicated sort.

Maggie May · « **Reply #298 on:** December 13, 2004, 04:26:02 pm »

Quote from: Redders on December 13, 2004, 04:11:38 pm

Mr. Claw farts?

Let's see.....dandruff, leather elbow patches, lazy monkeys and now farting!!

He's a complicated sort.

He did other things as well... possibly ....sweat (not in manly way). Ohhh I can't bear to look. Alas..... when one's idols are destroyed ....

Tosh · « **Reply #299 on:** December 13, 2004, 04:27:52 pm »

Quote from: Maggie May on December 13, 2004, 04:26:02 pm

He did other things as well... possibly ....sweat (not in manly way). Ohhh I can't bear to look. Alas..... when one's idols are destroyed ....

listens to Ronan Keating too...

Redders · « **Reply #300 on:** December 13, 2004, 04:30:02 pm »

Quote from: One of the Naughty Elves on December 13, 2004, 04:27:52 pm

listens to Ronan Keating too...

Aaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Tosh · « **Reply #301 on:** December 13, 2004, 04:33:32 pm »

Quote from: Redders on December 13, 2004, 04:30:02 pm

Aaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

possibly not actively listens though..

Lynz · « **Reply #302 on:** December 13, 2004, 04:38:20 pm »

I'm reading Cecilia Aherns PS, I love you at the moment and it's great

hooded claw · « **Reply #303 on:** December 13, 2004, 04:51:39 pm »

Quote from: nidgehohoho on December 13, 2004, 03:02:59 pm

Perhaps Philip Pulman's "His Dark Materials" Trilogy?

What's your opinion on these Mr Claw?

Not read them Nidge, so shall stay stumm... for now...

EDIT:

Bugger me with a prize winning mango, you pop off to actually do the job you're paid for (hateful concept) and they start all this.
A man's diction is his own private matter! And as for my mouth, monkeys and sweating...

Nidge/Ange/San/Tosh...You have been warned...

Maggie May · « **Reply #304 on:** December 13, 2004, 04:55:26 pm »

Quote from: One of the Naughty Elves on December 13, 2004, 04:27:52 pm

listens to Ronan Keating too...

Who he? Why so awful. $:-\$

hooded claw · « **Reply #305 on:** December 13, 2004, 04:57:34 pm »

Quote from: Maggie May on December 13, 2004, 04:55:26 pm

Who he? Why so awful. $:-\$

Lead singer of Boyzone, twinkly of eye, virginal of aspect (not your type at all , San )- and mauler of a wonderful song with leaden 'Oirish' whimsicality and bowdlerized lyrics.

Wookster · « **Reply #306 on:** December 13, 2004, 05:03:36 pm »

Catcher in The Rye - J D Salinger

Absolute classic, read it 4 times now

Lynz · « **Reply #307 on:** December 13, 2004, 05:05:20 pm »

Excuse me - whats wrong with Ronan Keating?

I'm going to see him on Sunday

Jon G · « **Reply #308 on:** December 13, 2004, 05:21:35 pm »

Quote from: Wookster on December 13, 2004, 05:03:36 pm

Catcher in The Rye - J D Salinger

Absolute classic, read it 4 times now

Read that in less than a day, just could not put it down.

Need some decent reading material, will have a good butchers through this thread for some ideas.

Maggie May · « **Reply #309 on:** December 13, 2004, 05:33:45 pm »

Quote from: Lynz on December 13, 2004, 05:05:20 pm

Excuse me - whats wrong with Ronan Keating?

I'm going to see him on Sunday

Well, since you ask, from what Santa Claw says he sounds like a total unmanly wimpish twat who can't hold (and indeed mangles) an otherwise reasonable tune and lyrics in a faux irish mode.

Anyway, do have an enjoyable evening.

BIGdavalad · « **Reply #310 on:** December 13, 2004, 05:37:16 pm »

Quote from: Maggie May on December 13, 2004, 05:33:45 pm

Well, since you ask, from what Santa Claw says he sounds like a total unmanly wimpish twat who can't hold (and indeed mangles) an otherwise reasonable tune and lyrics in a faux irish mode.

Anyway, do have an enjoyable evening.

Spot on!

Tosh · « **Reply #311 on:** December 13, 2004, 05:42:11 pm »

Quote from: Lynz on December 13, 2004, 05:05:20 pm

Excuse me - whats wrong with Ronan Keating?

I'm going to see him on Sunday

as Claw put it so succinctly.. he's a fucking travesty.

Have fun!

Redders · « **Reply #312 on:** December 13, 2004, 05:42:57 pm »

Cruel..........but true, Maggie.

Lynz · « **Reply #313 on:** December 13, 2004, 05:43:55 pm »

Quote from: Maggie May on December 13, 2004, 05:33:45 pm

Well, since you ask, from what Santa Claw says he sounds like a total unmanly wimpish twat who can't hold (and indeed mangles) an otherwise reasonable tune and lyrics in a faux irish mode.

Anyway, do have an enjoyable evening.

Opinions are are wonderful thing

Redders · « **Reply #314 on:** December 13, 2004, 05:45:37 pm »

Quote from: santa claw on December 13, 2004, 04:51:39 pm

Bugger me with a prize winning mango

New custom title for Mr. Jonathan.

Tosh · « **Reply #315 on:** December 13, 2004, 05:49:10 pm »

Quote from: Redders on December 13, 2004, 05:45:37 pm

New custom title for Mr. Jonathan.

That'll teach him for trying to educate the youth of today.

Maggie May · « **Reply #316 on:** December 13, 2004, 05:54:25 pm »

Quote from: One of the Naughty Elves on December 13, 2004, 05:49:10 pm

That'll teach him for trying to educate the youth of today.

Damn right. There's no future in it you know.

hooded claw · « **Reply #317 on:** December 13, 2004, 05:55:34 pm »

Quote from: Redders on December 13, 2004, 05:45:37 pm

New custom title for Mr. Jonathan.

I've had three inflicted on me already...

Quote from: One of the Naughty Elves on December 13, 2004, 05:49:10 pm

That'll teach him for trying to educate the youth of today.

McNasty's turned me down...what's a boy to do

Quote from: Lynz on December 13, 2004, 05:05:20 pm

Excuse me - whats wrong with Ronan Keating?

I'm going to see him on Sunday

Nowt wrong with him generally Lynz (just had this conversation with a colleague of mine, also Ronan-bound soon)- it's the song in question. 'Fairytale of New York' is about regret, about broken hearts and dreams, about what might have been... what it is not about is twinkly Oirish sentiment and changing the words to avoid offending your key demographic.

Wrong choice for Ronan- just as if Shane Magowan or Nick Cave were to cover 'When you say nothing...'

nidgemo · « **Reply #318 on:** December 13, 2004, 05:58:12 pm »

Quote from: santa claw on December 13, 2004, 05:55:34 pm

Wrong choice for Ronan- just as if Shane Magowan or Nick Cave were to cover 'When you say nothing...'

Which, you have to say, WAS the perfect song choice for Ronan.

He DOES say it best, when he says nothing at all.

hooded claw · « **Reply #319 on:** December 13, 2004, 06:00:19 pm »

Quote from: nidgehohoho on December 13, 2004, 05:58:12 pm

Which, you have to say, WAS the perfect song choice for Ronan.

He DOES say it best, when he says nothing at all.

Actually if I had to choose one by him I'd go for that one...

locks himself in cupboard til the feeling passes...