Recommend me a book

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Autumnleaves Jul 2012 9:49am, 6 Jul 2012 331 posts	0 Autumnleaves Just finished Robert Harris' The Fear Index - good page-turner and a bit nightmarish.
DeeGee Jul 2012 9:50am, 6 Jul 2012 12,256 posts	0 DeeGee Aha, Rosie Swale-Pope's book. Good idea. Combines my love of running with my love of being elsewhere. Some other great ideas, though, gang. Keep 'em coming. Did Brave New World for GCSE Engliish, BAW, which was only 20 years ago. I agree, it is a great book.
Curly45 Jul 2012 9:51am, 6 Jul 2012 706 posts	0 Curly45 Minardi I am reading it now and finding it a proper snore fest (not seen the movie either). Does it get better because so far it is so poorly written it makes me want smack someone. I will finish though cause I am stubborn and i am already half way through!
Vancouver Jul 2012 10:35am, 6 Jul 2012 26 posts	0 Vancouver Black Heart Blue by Louisa Reid - it's her first novel, very good. I also really enjoyed The Sisters Brothers - Patrick DeWitt. I am re-reading A Fine Balance - Rohinton Mistry
Derby Tup Jul 2012 10:40am, 6 Jul 2012 1,711 posts	0 Derby Tup I'm a big fan of the Viz Billy the Fish Football Yearbook. It's available on Amazon for 1p, which seems about right amazon.co.uk
DeeGee Jul 2012 10:44am, 6 Jul 2012 12,257 posts	0 DeeGee £1.64! Is it full of reports from E.I.Erewego?
Willymo Jul 2012 10:56am, 6 Jul 2012 900 posts	0 Willymo A fine balance was gripping
Chrisull Jul 2012 11:47am, 6 Jul 2012 4,830 posts	0 Chrisull runner_duck - Eugenides has done 3 now :-). Do you mean The Virgin Suicides or Middlesex?
.B. Jul 2012 11:49am, 6 Jul 2012 2,343 posts	0 .B. I'm not a triathlete but really enjoyed Chrissie Wellington's book
Chrisull Jul 2012 11:52am, 6 Jul 2012 4,831 posts	0 Chrisull Oh and my favourite recent book is still "Half Blood Blues" by Edu Edugyan, Booker Prize and Orange prize shortlisted but don't let that put you off, it was too good to win either. Story of American jazz musicians under the Third Reich, by turns uplifting and heartbreaking, ending brought a tear to my eye and I'm too grizzled an old dog to get moved by much these days.