BooksWe love books. Tell us about your favourite books and authors, and why they are so good. And while you're at it - having dined out for years on the time I threw Dan Brown out of a train window - tell us who to avoid.
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 5 Jan 2012, 13:40)
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Shattered SwordThis is a new re vison of the Battle of Midway, and is utterly fascinating, and really well written; not just about the decisions that were made, it puts a very "human" face on the battle. Also it's a change to read about it from the Japanese Point of view. The decription of the mortally wounded carrier Hiryu fleeing, on fire, and then reading the details of the engine crew seeing the paint begin to flake of the roof, then the bare steel start to glow as the deck above them became to hot is chilling.
Anything by Bill Bryson is devoured, often repeatedly (Ive read "Short History..." about 5 times and I still love it.
Worst? At school we had to read "The Bell" by Iris Murdoch; what a bunch of poorly written toss.
(, Sat 7 Jan 2012, 12:43, 3 replies)
I've read Shattered Sword. Great book. I always thought the Yorktown was fairly unlcuky. Patched up in about 48 hrs to get to the battle, takes a number of bomb hits, and torpedo hits, abandoned and on fire, but eventually recrewed. Gets underway, only to be sunk by a japanese submarine while on its way home.
(, Sat 7 Jan 2012, 15:32, closed)
i fancy reading thisbut it costs a bloody fortune on Amazon. Did they bind the cover in unicorn scrotums or something?
(, Sun 8 Jan 2012, 7:02, closed)
Amazon£16.58, and its a hefty tome. With pictures and stuff.
(, Sun 8 Jan 2012, 17:03, closed)
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