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What are you reading?| Martin |
Posted: May 26 2009, 03:03 AM
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Perhaps not the right section, but hey-ho. Thought this might be a decent place for the boosters to discuss their present reading material. At the minute I'm reading this:
 Yet another mediocre Asda 'real life military' yarn, although I do have a slight fetish for military hardware so I always come back for more.  Much along the lines of 'Vulcan 607' if you've read that. It does demonstrate what an unstoppable killing machine the Apache is, and how little chance the Taliban fighters have/had against it in Afganistan. It also explores the feelings of doubt/remorse/guilt the pilots sometimes had/have, when especially being able to see their targets so clearly as the die through the apache's advanced magnification targeting technology, and then again on a plasma screen at the debrief back at base as they review the 'gun tapes'. Interesting in places, but I've read better. 5/10 --------------------  |
 
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| KickAss MkII |
Posted: May 26 2009, 10:04 AM
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 Oderint dum metuant. Group: Admin Posts: 1,053 Member No.: 200 Joined: 4-October 07 |
At the moment I have a stack of books I wanna get through whilst I'm Uni reading free.
 I'm currently on Communion by Whitley Strieber that Hadyn lent to me. After that its Angels & Demons by Dan Brown, then The Host by Stephanie Meyer, then a Langston Hughes poetry book, then My Boring Ass Life by Kevin Smith. I'll give my opinions when I've finished them all  -------------------- |
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| KickAss MkII |
Posted: Jun 8 2009, 02:45 PM
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Finished Communion last night, review on H's thread. Gonna start Kevin Smith's autobiography tonight, need something light and funny after being scared by aliens for a couple of weeks
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| Martin |
Posted: Jun 8 2009, 07:03 PM
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Kevin Smith as in Dogma, Mall Rats, Clerks and all that? Awesome films. Let me know how you get on with that!
I've just started: JOINT FORCE HARRIER! ( x10,000) I keep these ex military/wannabe author types in business I swear... -------------------- |
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| KickAss MkII |
Posted: Jun 8 2009, 07:15 PM
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Yep, that Kevin -------------------- |
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| Tap or Snap |
Posted: Jul 21 2009, 10:45 AM
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 -------------------- It is time once again for Simon Belmont to call forth the powers of good to aid him in his battle. Armed with his mystical whip, his courage and the centuries-old knowledge of Belmont family training, he sets forth on his mission . . .
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| hadyn |
Posted: Jul 22 2009, 11:32 AM
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Crikey, didnt realise Forrest had such bad cauliflower ears!!    -------------------- 
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| Martin |
Posted: Aug 1 2009, 02:07 PM
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Whats the verdict Ben?
I've just started this: "Notes from the frontline of a hip hop planet"  Definitely one for Hadyn and Stu... in fact, if it wasnt my sister's I'd send it down to Wolvo when I'd finished. Review: http://www.spannered.org/books/443/ -------------------- |
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| hadyn |
Posted: Aug 2 2009, 03:21 PM
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Ill have to check that one Martin
Im currenty sinking my teeth into this:  --------------------
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| KickAss MkII |
Posted: Aug 18 2009, 10:30 AM
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I finished Kevin Smith's auto-biog when on holiday and it was pretty cool I have to say once I got past exactly how candid it was (I really don't need to know what time the dude goes for a dump.......). Gave me a good few chuckles and it was nice to learn what happened to Jay after he went drug-mad.
I also read 'The Liar' by Stephen Fry and it made me laugh a lot, it was a little pretentious but that was part of the humour so it was enjoyable. I've just started 'The Time Travellers Wife' as I'd quite like to see the flick but hate not having read the book beforehand so After that it'll be prep reading for Uni so lots of SPSS and Critical Social Psychology and other stuff -------------------- |
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| Tap or Snap |
Posted: Aug 19 2009, 12:12 AM
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Forrest's book is really funny, not as funny as his performance against Anderson Silva, but funny nontheless
 -------------------- It is time once again for Simon Belmont to call forth the powers of good to aid him in his battle. Armed with his mystical whip, his courage and the centuries-old knowledge of Belmont family training, he sets forth on his mission . . .
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| hadyn |
Posted: Aug 20 2009, 04:52 PM
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| hadyn |
Posted: Sep 12 2009, 08:25 PM
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Got all this lot to get my teeth into:
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| KickAss MkII |
Posted: Sep 12 2009, 10:48 PM
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Let me know what the Tom Holland one is like H, I have another of his books (The Vampyre) and its the mutts nuts.
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| Martin |
Posted: Sep 13 2009, 02:39 AM
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Running on 100+ Octane Group: Members Posts: 3,534 Member No.: 149 Joined: 20-August 06 |
lol Leaf read that last one dude...
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