Books

[Thomas/Coastline]

I ordered it from Ginza, a Swedish store. I think they only ship within EU though.

[Chris]

Mr. Mercedes- Stephen King

[Gibbo]

Mack The Life - the autobiography of comedian Lee Mack. Here's a tip - DON'T read this one on the train to work

[Gibbo]

Nobody Beats Us: The Inside Story of the 1970s Wales Rugby Team ... brought back some great memories of watching rugby with my Grandad

[Chris]

Code Zero- Jonathan Mayberry

[Gibbo]

Necroscope - Brian Lumley

[Nick C]

The Undiscovered Country : Journeys Among the Dead

[Thomas/Coastline]

Elvis and Ginger by Ginger Alden. The King's last love finally tells her story.

[Jeff]

Dracula - Bram Stoker

[Fat Freddy]

Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk by Legs McNeil

[martinsane]

Chainsaw Confidential by Gunner Hansen

 

Great stuff!

[nyoilers]

For X-mas I got the new Michael Connelly,John Sanford,james Patterson and Stephen King books.

[Gibbo]

For X-mas I got the new Michael Connelly,John Sanford,james Patterson and Stephen King books.

 

I lost track of Stephen King years ago, but I recently found a copy of 'Cell' in a charity shop and decided to pick it up ... I'm glad I did, as it's classic King all the way

[Gibbo]

I'm still ploughing through the Lee Child/Jack Reacher books ...

[Fat Freddy]

Crab Monsters, Teenage Cavemen and Candy-Stripe Nurses: Roger Corman, King of the B Movie by Chris Nashawaty

...an amazingly cool book covering Roger Corman's 60 eventful years in Hollywood, chock full of quotes from pretty much everybody who's ever worked for him (James Cameron, Martin Scorsese, Sylvester Stallone, Ron Howard, Dick Miller, Joe Dante, etc., etc.) and lavishly illustrated with tons of vintage photos, movie posters, and artwork. This is a treasure trove of movie-geek trivia!!

[Gibbo]

Just finished 'Alamein - War Without Hate', all about the North African campaign during WWII ... of particular interest to me, as my maternal grandfather served with the 8th Army (the 'Desert Rats') during this period

[Fat Freddy]

Just finished:

The Boy Who Loved Batman by Michael Uslan - an autobiography by the producer of 1989's megahit "Batman" film (as well as all Bat-films since then), who started out as just another comic-book obsessed kid growing up in 1960s New Jersey. The story of his strange road to Hollywood and the many years of struggle it took to finally bring his favorite superhero to the big screen was a very entertaining, inspiring read.

Next up:
Sean Connery: From 007 to Hollywood Icon by Andrew Yule

[Gibbo]

'We Fought At Arnhem' ... three veterans who dropped into Arnhem with the 1st Airborne share their memories of Operation Market ...

[Fat Freddy]

Currently:
My Life With Deth: Discovering Meaning in a Life of Rock & Roll by David Ellefson

 

on deck:

The Man Who Saved Britain: a Personal Journey into the Disturbing World of James Bond by Simon Winder

[Gibbo]

Currently:

My Life With Deth: Discovering Meaning in a Life of Rock & Roll by David Ellefson

 

on deck:

The Man Who Saved Britain: a Personal Journey into the Disturbing World of James Bond by Simon Winder

 

Is Ellefson's book any good? I really enjoyed Dave Mustaine's effort, and I'm a big 'Deth fan, so this quite appeals ....

[nyoilers]

Out of the 4 books I got for X-Mas I'd say the John Sanford book is the best one !

[Fat Freddy]

Is Ellefson's book any good? I really enjoyed Dave Mustaine's effort, and I'm a big 'Deth fan, so this quite appeals ....

 

It was OK. It got a little heavy on the God Squad stuff in the last quarter, which I somewhat expected, but otherwise it was a quick read. I preferred Mustaine's book, which was a little more down & dirty.

[Fat Freddy]

Currently:

The Man Who Saved Britain: a Personal Journey into the Disturbing World of James Bond by Simon Winder

 

Next:

A Brief Guide to James Bond: How 007 Changed the World by Nigel Cawthorne

[Gibbo]

'Watching War Films With My Dad - A Memoir' by Al Murray - very funny (and pretty interesting!)

[Gibbo]

Let The Old Dreams Die - a collection of short stories by John Ajvide Lindqvist (author of Let The Right One In) ... his writing kinda reminds me of Peter Straub, in that you get a feeling of unease throughout, without there necessarily being too much out-and-out, in-your-face horror ...