CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 Gravity's Rainbow. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 (edited) I have a 15 hour flight in a couple days, any suggestions? (Not crime novels, and preferrably not too heavy stuff - probably going to end up beside a toddler, knowing my luck) Haven't read novels for a while but used to love Mario Puzo or Richard Laymen stuff. Non fiction I'd go for Alistair Campbell's new book. Pretty inspiring. Edit: who the hell reads on a plan when you can drink and watch movies!! Edited August 23, 2015 by Vive_La_Villa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 I have a 15 hour flight in a couple days, any suggestions? (Not crime novels, and preferrably not too heavy stuff - probably going to end up beside a toddler, knowing my luck) Pirate Coast by Richard Zacks. True story, fun easy read, and well written. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrDuck Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 I've got this one on deck, looks good Read about the Batavia recently in an Australian shipwrecks book. Truly horrific tale! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marka Ragnos Posted August 24, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted August 24, 2015 Poetry. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrDuck Posted August 24, 2015 Share Posted August 24, 2015 Having recently visited the place on a recent trip to Cornwall, I felt obliged to read this.... Cracking read it was too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAuthority Posted August 24, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted August 24, 2015 Bloody bookworms! What are your favourite biographies of all time? Really enjoying "Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton" by Edward Rice. Incredible life story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted August 24, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted August 24, 2015 I have a 15 hour flight in a couple days, any suggestions? (Not crime novels, and preferrably not too heavy stuff - probably going to end up beside a toddler, knowing my luck)Haven't read novels for a while but used to love Mario Puzo or Richard Laymen stuff. Non fiction I'd go for Alistair Campbell's new book. Pretty inspiring. Edit: who the hell reads on a plan when you can drink and watch movies!! I do. The chance of the movies being any good is very slim. Good reading time. I have no specific suggestions though, I would just take whatever book(s) I happen to be currently reading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboyangel Posted August 24, 2015 Share Posted August 24, 2015 I have a 15 hour flight in a couple days, any suggestions? (Not crime novels, and preferrably not too heavy stuff - probably going to end up beside a toddler, knowing my luck) Would recommend: The Martian by Andy weir The truth about the harry quebert affair by Joel dicker I am pilgrim by terry hayes All a little different to each other but good holiday/flight reads (Imo) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted August 24, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted August 24, 2015 I've started "Trainspotting" **** hell it's a struggle. it's like reading a Sunderland message board! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villaglint Posted August 24, 2015 Share Posted August 24, 2015 Has anybody read Paul Masons new book Postcapitalism? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted August 24, 2015 Share Posted August 24, 2015 Planes are great for reading. Although, on long journeys one can easily get through one's entire holiday reading. I recall one flight in which a paranoid teenage CED found Michael Moore's 'Dude Where's My Country' in the airport and subsequently read it on his flight to Italy, only to become increasingly convinced that CIA operatives could be on the plane and may have decided that a long-haired teen reading such a book posed a danger to national security... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Designer1 Posted August 24, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted August 24, 2015 I've started "Trainspotting" **** hell it's a struggle. it's like reading a Sunderland message board! It gets easier as you get into the ryhthm of the writing and the language. After a chapter or two you'll be golden. (It's a superb book btw) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted August 24, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted August 24, 2015 Hope so. Took me about half an hour to read the first page! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted August 24, 2015 Share Posted August 24, 2015 Hope so. Took me about half an hour to read the first page! Turn it around so it's right side up haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 Started Roth's 'The Human Stain'. Only read 'American Pastoral' previously and enjoyed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted September 1, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted September 1, 2015 Started Roth's 'The Human Stain'. Only read 'American Pastoral' previously and enjoyed it. Liked them both, but preferred Pastoral. The Plot Against America is also good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xann Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 I've started "Trainspotting" **** hell it's a struggle. it's like reading a Sunderland message board! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 I'm reading Propaganda by Edward Bernays, after watching 'Century of the Self'. A very interesting character and book. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MakemineVanilla Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention by Manning MarableHaving been brought up on the Martin Luther King version of the history of the struggle for human rights, this was a total re-education for me.I found it as horrifying as I found it instructive and it offers all sorts of insights into the racial politics of modern America. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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