What are you reading now?

[Dirko]

Just got my Kindle today, so e-books for me!!

[woodublieve12]

'Cross' another book in the Alex Cross series.. James Patterson is the writer

[JK]

"An Epic Swindle" - Details the 44 months the Liverpool Football Club self-destructed under the "wolf in sheeps clothing" ownership of 2 American tycoons looking to line their own pockets at any and all expense of the club.

Never a read a book that has me so emotionally involved, and can't put the bloody thing down!!

[Mythical Creature]

Over the past 2 weeks have read the following on my Kindle:

Agassi - Thought this was a ripper. First 2/3 of book was sensational then was predictable but not as good as beginning of book - 9/10

All Bets are off, David Schwartz - Pretty good, didn't go a lot into footy just talked heaps on his addiction to gambling. A must read for all casual punters. - 7/10

The king of Spin, Craig Glazier - About a pair of mates ripping off drug dealers/trafficers then becoming under cover agents to finally writing a movie script and trying to sell it. Was a top read and highly recommended - 8.5/10

[ORDoubleBlues]

Legacy of Secrecy by Lamar Waldron

[Magpiespower]

Women by Charles Bukowski.

Each to their own.

But I'd love to stage a kindle burning rally...

[Q.]

Of course it's shit MP. Who in their right mind wants to read a novel about a successful writer

[HH3]

Pretty good so far (approx 100 pages in)

Havent seen the movie, but already dont think it would live up to the book.

[CK]

The Encyclopedia Of Dead Rock Stars. Goes from around 1960 to 2006, with a choronological look at musicians that died on days of each year, their biographical information, background, and how they died.

It sounds morbid but is very interesting, particularly for the number who were lost in plane crashes, and debunking popular myths (the legend of Mama Cass choking on a ham sandwich was apparently the result of a joking remark from a coronary assistant that found its way into some documenation). Some reports are very hard to read - the Lynyrd Skynrd plane crash has accounts from survivors that are extremely graphic - but if you can get past these, a fascinating read.

[woodublieve12]

just started reading the mark waugh biography... really good so far...

[woodublieve12]

Pretty good so far (approx 100 pages in)

Havent seen the movie, but already dont think it would live up to the book.

movie was awesome. keen to read the book..

[White Line Fever]

safooty.net

[CENTURION]

McShane Olekalns Travaglione's "Organisational Behaviour on The Pacific Rim."

[Rik E Boy]

A really good read. About halfway through it now.

regards,

REB

[Booney]

A really good read. About halfway through it now.

regards,

REB

LOL - Me too!

Have read Vince Neil ( Motley Crue ), Anthony Kiedis ( RHCP ) and now Richrds' books this year.

I'm thinking about taking up heroin, white leather, dirty women, clean women and Jack Daniels. All in the one night.

[CK]

"Touch me, I'm Sick - the 52 creepiest love songs you've ever heard", Tom Reynolds.

Just brilliant from start to finish. Self explanatory, it analyses the 52 creepiest love songs (by the author's reckoning), in reverse order of the most disturbing. Some of the more memorable ones are a dissection of Alanis Morrisette "You Ought Know" ("this song was responsible for men around the world not getting any action for at least three months, and getting phone calls out of the blue from ex-girlfriends"), Divinyls "I Touch Myself" (dissects the video, and is hilarious is doing so) and Melissa Etheridge's "Come To My Window" (will make any Etheridge fan chuckle on hearing the song ever again).

The sequel to "I Hate Myself And Want To Die - the 52 most depressing songs you've ever heard", which had some rolled gold in that also.

[Pseudo]

"Touch me, I'm Sick - the 52 creepiest love songs you've ever heard", Tom Reynolds.
...
The sequel to "I Hate Myself And Want To Die - the 52 most depressing songs you've ever heard",

Are the lists published anywhere outside of the books? I'm curious to know what made the cut, without going to the expense of actually purchasing either book.

Surely "Cold Ethyl" by Alice Cooper made the "creepy" list? I figure any song in which a bloke declares his physical love for a corpse just has to be called creepy.

[CK]

"Touch me, I'm Sick - the 52 creepiest love songs you've ever heard", Tom Reynolds.
...
The sequel to "I Hate Myself And Want To Die - the 52 most depressing songs you've ever heard",

Are the lists published anywhere outside of the books? I'm curious to know what made the cut, without going to the expense of actually purchasing either book.

Surely "Cold Ethyl" by Alice Cooper made the "creepy" list? I figure any song in which a bloke declares his physical love for a corpse just has to be called creepy.

This is the list of I Hate Myself and Want To Die, haven't found the other one yet, but may post it tonight:

52. "Same Old Lang Syne" - Dan Fogelberg
51. "Artificial Flowers" - Bobby Darin
50. "Love Will Tear Us Apart" - Joy Division
49. "Teen Angel" - Mark Dinning
48. "Landslide" - Stevie Nicks
47. "Lucky Man" - Emerson, Lake & Palmer
46. "Captain Jack" - Billy Joel
45. "Indiana Wants Me" - R. Dean Taylor
44. "Sylvia's Mother" - Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show
43. "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" - Gordon Lightfoot
42. "In the Year 2525" - Zager and Evans
41. "Send in the Clowns" - Misc. Artists
40. "Without You" - Mariah Carey
39. "It Must Be Him" - Vikki Carr
38. "Alone Again (Naturally)" - Gilbert O'Sullivan
37. "Let Her Cry" - Hootie & the Blowfish
36. "At Seventeen" - Janis Ian
35. "Beth" - Kiss
34. "Goodbye to Love" - The Carpenters
33. "Don't Cry Out Loud" - Melissa Manchester
32. "Mandy" - Barry Manilow
31. "Last Kiss" - J. Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers/Pearl Jam
30. "The End" - The Doors
29. "I Will Always Love You" - Whitney Houston
28. "Round Here" - Counting Crows
27. "MacArthur Park" - Richard Harris
26. "In the Air Tonight" - Phil Collins
25. "Sam Stone" - John Prine
24. "My Immortal" - Evanescence
23. "You Don't Bring Me Flowers" - Neil Diamond and Barbra Streisand
22. "The River" - Bruce Springsteen
21. "Tell Laura I Love Her" - Ray Peterson
20. "All by Myself" - Celine Dion
19. "Women's Prison" - Loretta Lynn
18. "Prayers for Rain" - The Cure
17. "The Freshmen" - The Verve Pipe
16. "The Rose" - Bette Midler
15. "Maggie's Dream" - Don Williams
14. "Comfortably Numb" - Pink Floyd One of my favorite songs of all time but his piece on this made me laugh for ages
13. "Brick" - Ben Folds Five
12. "Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town" - Kenny Rogers and the First Edition
11. "One" - Metallica
10. "People Who Died" - The Jim Carroll Band
9. "Sister Morphine" - Marianne Faithfull
8. "Hurt" - Nine Inch Nails
7. "Strange Fruit" - Billie Holiday
6. "D.O.A." - Bloodrock
5. "Seasons in the Sun" - Terry Jacks
4. "Total Eclipse of the Heart" - Bonnie Tyler
3. "Honey" - Bobby Goldsboro
2. "The Shortest Story" - Harry Chapin
1. "The Christmas Shoes" - NewSong

[BIG SEXY]

im not a big reader but currently am about half way through a book called batavia
about a ship of the same name (pride of the dutch trading company) on a journey to the then dutch east indies when it becomes ship wrecked near the abroholos islands. true story that happened well before european settlement of australia. so far its a fantastic read

[Kahuna]

im not a big reader but currently am about half way through a book called batavia
about a ship of the same name (pride of the dutch trading company) on a journey to the then dutch east indies when it becomes ship wrecked near the abroholos islands. true story that happened well before european settlement of australia. so far its a fantastic read

Is that by the rugby (ex)player now commentator whose name escapes me?
I'm currently reading the third volume (A Storm of Swords) of GRR Martins "A Song of Ice and Fire".Some heavy going but a cracking story line.