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The Six Sacred Stones - Matthew Rielly

After completing a 10-year mission to acquire the Golden Capstone of the Great Pyramid from what's left of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, Jack West Jr. has retired to the Australian outback to raise his adopted daughter, Lily. Jack's pal, Professor Max T. Epper, known as Wizard, has discovered that the Dark Sun, a mysterious heavenly body, is due to emerge in nine days, triggering the Apocalypse. Ultimate disaster can only be averted if someone can locate the six legendary Pillars, cleanse them with the Philosopher's Stone and insert them in the 6 Vertices, thereby causing the Great Machine to power on and negate the fatal blast from the Dark Sun. If anyone can perform these Herculean labors, it's Reilly's resourceful hero.
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Just started reading Jon Krakauer - Into the Wild, which was the basis for the recent film of the same name. Very interesting.

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Just finished reading this, and I absolutely loved it. I found it a little difficult to get into to begin with but it really picked up half way through. I loved the inclusion of the quotes and some very apt insights by the author. I think I would probably have enjoyed the book more had I not already seen the film.

8/10
 
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^ I read that last year in just a couple days :) Excellent book. I also recommend 2 of his other books.

Into Thin Air - true story about his disastrous Everest expedition. Truly fascinating and gripping. Everyone should read this book, it's amazing.

Under the Banner of Heaven - About them crazy Mormons!
 
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gurusan said:
That's a bummer. A bit how I feel about the late Michael Crichton's latest books. :( He'll be remembered well though, he did write some incredible novels.
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Agreed - Didn't like Next at all.

As for currently reading:

Crossfire - Andy McNab (not enjoying this too much really)

Deal Breaker - Harlen Coben (Like this guy, thought i'd start from the beginning of the Myron Bolitar series)
 
Harry Potter and The Philosophers Stone - I've finally folded under pressure to read the series!

EgonSpengler - I've just finished Bravo Two Zero, and whilst it was amazing I don't know if I would fancy Andy McNabs fictional stuff?
 
Crizzy said:
Harry Potter and The Philosophers Stone - I've finally folded under pressure to read the series!

EgonSpengler - I've just finished Bravo Two Zero, and whilst it was amazing I don't know if I would fancy Andy McNabs fictional stuff?
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That's what I'm finding, Bravo Two Zero was great, bought Crossfire on the back of that.... 150 pages in and I'm finding it dull.
 
EgonSpengler said:
That's what I'm finding, Bravo Two Zero was great, bought Crossfire on the back of that.... 150 pages in and I'm finding it dull.
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I would say his first few fiction books are much better than any of his more recent ones.

If you enjoyed Bravo Two Zero try Immediate Action and Seven troop his other non-fiction works.
 
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Dexter by Design by Jeff Lindsay.

The fourth novel in the Dexter series (Miami police blood splatter analyst/serial killer of bad guys) that the TV series is based on. The first two books were great, the third not so great but I'm hopeful the fourth one will be back to form.

Well I will when I get time to start it.
 
ElliorR said:
Dexter by Design by Jeff Lindsay.

The fourth novel in the Dexter series (Miami police blood splatter analyst/serial killer of bad guys) that the TV series is based on. The first two books were great, the third not so great but I'm hopeful the fourth one will be back to form.

Well I will when I get time to start it.
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Got the second one (Dearly Devoted...) sitting on my shelf doing nothing, do I need to read the first one? I've seen the T.V. series, having watched it before knowing that it was based on a series of novels. Picked up the second one at 'The Works' for about £2.

And to validate; 'The Devil's Picnic' by Taras Grescoe. The tagline reads 'a tour of everything the governments of the world don't want you to try' It's a non-fiction book exploring the whys and wherefores of certain food products banned by different countries, then actually getting his hands on them. So there's a chapter that centres around Grescoe's attempt to find Epoisses the unpasturised cheese banned on the French Metro but he also examines the banning of unpasturied cheese in the US, which in turn leads to a debate about terroir. Highly reccomended if you're into arm-chair travel, a bit of a foodie or just looking for something different.

Also got 'Naming of the Dead' by Ian Rankin on-the-go (the one set around the G8 summit), was reading it about 18 months ago but got interrupted when I moved to Uni and have only just found it again!
 
Since you've seen the first season of Dexter you pretty much know what happens in the first book except for a few differences, one major one I won't mention. Dearly Devoted is well worth reading as it has one of the best bad guys ever, who is quite horrific, and is one of those books, for me, that is very hard to put down. Dexter has had 3 seasons so far but only the first one is based on one of the books.
 
Sink the Belgrano by Mike Rossiter
On the evening of March 30, 1982 Commander David Hall of the Britsh nuclear submarine HMS Conqueror received a telephone call giving him and his crew the order to ‘store for war’. At first he didn’t believe it. In the early hours of 2 April, Argentine forces invaded the Falkland Isles.

The sinking of the Belgrano was one of the most iconic moments of the Falklands conflict. For many it signalled Britain’s entry into the war and has been seen as a politically motivated decision deliberately designed to take the country irrevocably into the fight. Now Mike Rossiter – with unprecedented access to the servicemen on both sides of the battle; sailors from the Belgrano and HMS Conqueror – gives us a dramatic and definitive retelling of the events that lead up to, and the drama of, the sinking.
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Only about a quarter of the way in so far but I am really enjoying it. Full of really interesting information and is written in such a way that it is an easy read. I urge anyone with any interest in the subject to read it.
 
Shamikebab said:
the legend :D I've never read any books by him, does he have many?
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Are you thinking of the skateboarding and videogame legend (Tony Hawk) or his almost namesake and all round entertainer (Tony Hawks)? The latter has five books as listed on his website, Round Ireland With A Fridge is probably the funniest, Playing The Moldovans At Tennis is strangely poignant and A Piano In The Pyrenees is somewhat whimsical - that covers the three that I've definitely read, can't recall One Hit Wonderland although I suspect I've read it somehow.

I think my next book will be Stephen King - Nightmares and Dreamscapes for a bit of a change of pace, I may read it concurrently with Dominic Raab's - The Assault On Liberty as it is an interesting subject.
 
ElliorR said:
Since you've seen the first season of Dexter you pretty much know what happens in the first book except for a few differences, one major one I won't mention. Dearly Devoted is well worth reading as it has one of the best bad guys ever, who is quite horrific, and is one of those books, for me, that is very hard to put down. Dexter has had 3 seasons so far but only the first one is based on one of the books.
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Sweet, will definitely be picking this up soon then. After I found out there were books I stopped watching the T.V. show but if the second series =/= the second book I might have to watch that too. Ta mate.
 
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