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Post by Squeekster on Jun 25, 2013 12:57:11 GMT
With using my ipod and phone a lot for music its getting a bit boring so have looked into the audible books.
Amazon do a monthly subscription thats 8 pound a month with a book credit but being a lord of the rings fan i was gonna use my next credit for that but they have split it into 8 books, and don't fancy paying for all of them.
Is there any sites that you can get them for free?
PS got Inferno by Dan Brown and has been excellent thus far.
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Post by harryburrows on Jun 25, 2013 17:07:02 GMT
Trying to get through the dan brown book at the moment , very much like his other books . Dull and predictable . Keep saying I won't buy any more of his
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Post by Deleted on Jun 25, 2013 17:27:50 GMT
Trying to get through the dan brown book at the moment , very much like his other books . Dull and predictable . Keep saying I won't buy any more of his I have to agree with you Harry , I find his stuff extremely boring ....I certainly have crossed him off my wish lists of reading material |
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Post by harryburrows on Jun 25, 2013 18:24:04 GMT
Trying to get through the dan brown book at the moment , very much like his other books . Dull and predictable . Keep saying I won't buy any more of his I have to agree with you Harry , I find his stuff extremely boring ....I certainly have crossed him off my wish lists of reading material Just read my first con igguldon book , very good read |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 25, 2013 19:11:36 GMT
I have to agree with you Harry , I find his stuff extremely boring ....I certainly have crossed him off my wish lists of reading material Just read my first con igguldon book , very good read He is one of my favourite authors mate ,I have just finished his latest " Blood Of Gods" ....which one have you read ? One of the Roman series or the Genghis Khan series ? He is starting a new series about the War of the Roses later in the year..I am looking forward to that |
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Post by harryburrows on Jun 25, 2013 19:19:01 GMT
Just read my first con igguldon book , very good read He is one of my favourite authors mate ,I have just finished his latest " Blood Of Gods" ....which one have you read ? One of the Roman series or the Genghis Khan series ? He is starting a new series about the War of the Roses later in the year..I am looking forward to that The one about kublai khan |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 25, 2013 19:30:38 GMT
He is one of my favourite authors mate ,I have just finished his latest " Blood Of Gods" ....which one have you read ? One of the Roman series or the Genghis Khan series ? He is starting a new series about the War of the Roses later in the year..I am looking forward to that The one about kublai khan " Conqurer " ....that's the last in the Khan series , when you have read that you need to start with " Wolf Of The Plains " and work your way through them , it doesn't matter that you read it first as its a novel in its own right and won't affect the story line or your enjoyment . |
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Post by harryburrows on Jun 25, 2013 19:38:59 GMT
The one about kublai khan " Conqurer " ....that's the last in the Khan series , when you have read that you need to start with " Wolf Of The Plains " and work your way through them , it doesn't matter that you read it first as its a novel in its own right and won't affect the story line or your enjoyment . I was looking for a new author so I'm chuffed , ill read them all |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 25, 2013 20:20:52 GMT
" Conqurer " ....that's the last in the Khan series , when you have read that you need to start with " Wolf Of The Plains " and work your way through them , it doesn't matter that you read it first as its a novel in its own right and won't affect the story line or your enjoyment . I was looking for a new author so I'm chuffed , ill read them all Some good reading ahead then......another nine books plus a new one in October  |
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Post by jonah77 on Jun 25, 2013 20:54:50 GMT
Harry-If you like Conn Iggulden you'll also be into Bernard Cornwell,the big dog of historical novels.
Bisp-What's Blood of the Gods about mate?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 25, 2013 21:05:25 GMT
I've said to my friends & family that Corrie & Easteanders would be good on the radio, i tried it too and made a couple of cds for people and they liked it.  TEST |
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Post by seasidestokie on Jun 25, 2013 21:07:09 GMT
Harry-If you like Conn Iggulden you'll also be into Bernard Cornwell,the big dog of historical novels. Bisp-What's Blood of the Gods about mate? Read "Azincourt"some months back... enjoyed! Quite a few historical books about at the mo... I've read all the C.J.Sansom books... The Shardlake series is top draw in my opinion. (Need to be read in sequence though, if anyone wants to read.) |
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Post by harryburrows on Jun 25, 2013 21:13:04 GMT
Harry-If you like Conn Iggulden you'll also be into Bernard Cornwell,the big dog of historical novels. Bisp-What's Blood of the Gods about mate? Yes mate read a few of cornwells , read one on Stonehenge recently . |
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Post by harryburrows on Jun 25, 2013 21:16:22 GMT
Harry-If you like Conn Iggulden you'll also be into Bernard Cornwell,the big dog of historical novels. Bisp-What's Blood of the Gods about mate? Read "Azincourt"some months back... enjoyed! Quite a few historical books about at the mo... I've read all the C.J.Sansom books... The Shardlake series is top draw in my opinion. (Need to be read in sequence though, if anyone wants to read.) Yes read all of those too azincourt was great , love all the c.j. Sansoms books , been waiting a long time for a new shardlake story must be 2 years . |
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Post by jonah77 on Jun 25, 2013 21:18:55 GMT
Harry-If you like Conn Iggulden you'll also be into Bernard Cornwell,the big dog of historical novels. Bisp-What's Blood of the Gods about mate? Read "Azincourt"some months back... enjoyed! Quite a few historical books about at the mo... I've read all the C.J.Sansom books... The Shardlake series is top draw in my opinion. (Need to be read in sequence though, if anyone wants to read.) I've just read 1356 and re-read The Fort.Absolute top notch. I think i'll give the Shardlake books a go. |
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Post by seasidestokie on Jun 25, 2013 21:23:08 GMT
Read "Azincourt"some months back... enjoyed! Quite a few historical books about at the mo... I've read all the C.J.Sansom books... The Shardlake series is top draw in my opinion. (Need to be read in sequence though, if anyone wants to read.) Yes read all of those too azincourt was great , love all the c.j. Sansoms books , been waiting a long time for a new shardlake story must be 2 years . Yes it must be that long... bought his "Dominion" the other week, not started it yet... "Winter in Madrid" was quite good too, though I thought the main character was a bit "wimpy"!  |
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Post by seasidestokie on Jun 25, 2013 21:25:58 GMT
Read "Azincourt"some months back... enjoyed! Quite a few historical books about at the mo... I've read all the C.J.Sansom books... The Shardlake series is top draw in my opinion. (Need to be read in sequence though, if anyone wants to read.) I've just read 1356 and re-read The Fort.Absolute top notch. I think i'll give the Shardlake books a go. Ah!... saw "1356" and the "Fort" in Waterstones... I'll give them a whirl next time I go up town... cheers for that. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 25, 2013 21:28:48 GMT
Harry-If you like Conn Iggulden you'll also be into Bernard Cornwell,the big dog of historical novels. Bisp-What's Blood of the Gods about mate? It's the final chapter of his Julius Caesar series mate, it carries on from Caesars assassination , dealing with the aftermath , Octavian, Mark Anthony and Marcus Brutus and others ...it's excellent ! |
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Post by jonah77 on Jun 25, 2013 21:29:37 GMT
Harry-If you like Conn Iggulden you'll also be into Bernard Cornwell,the big dog of historical novels. Bisp-What's Blood of the Gods about mate? It's the final chapter of his Julius Caesar series mate, it carries on from Caesars assassination , dealing with the aftermath , Octavian, Mark Anthony and Marcus Brutus and others ...it's excellent ! Sounds good.I shall invest. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 25, 2013 21:31:36 GMT
Harry-If you like Conn Iggulden you'll also be into Bernard Cornwell,the big dog of historical novels. Bisp-What's Blood of the Gods about mate? Yes mate read a few of cornwells , read one on Stonehenge recently . Cornwell's Saxon series featuring Lord Uthred of Northumria is a must if you like historical fiction |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 25, 2013 21:38:24 GMT
For all readers of Historical Fiction , here is a list of authors I would reccomend ( most of them you will probably know )
Conn Iggulden
Anthony Riches
Ben Kane
Simon Scarrow
Bernard Cornwell
William Napier
Christian Cameron
Robyn young
Jack Hight
Mk Hume
Valerio Massimo Manfredi
There are many more of course but I read all these and they are first class
Add Robert Fabri and Nick Brown to that list as well
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Post by Deleted on Jun 25, 2013 21:59:27 GMT
I've just read 1356 and re-read The Fort.Absolute top notch. I think i'll give the Shardlake books a go. Ah!... saw "1356" and the "Fort" in Waterstones... I'll give them a whirl next time I go up town... cheers for that. I get my books off amazon , always cheaper than Waterstones ...and if you ever go into Asda check the book shelf , I have picked up some hard backs by top authors at five or six pounds cheaper than anywhere else , its always worth a look |
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Post by harryburrows on Jun 26, 2013 4:00:26 GMT
Ah!... saw "1356" and the "Fort" in Waterstones... I'll give them a whirl next time I go up town... cheers for that. I get my books off amazon , always cheaper than Waterstones ...and if you ever go into Asda check the book shelf , I have picked up some hard backs by top authors at five or six pounds cheaper than anywhere else , its always worth a look Yes bish that's how I came to read the new dan brown £6 in sainsbury |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 26, 2013 5:30:16 GMT
I get my books off amazon , always cheaper than Waterstones ...and if you ever go into Asda check the book shelf , I have picked up some hard backs by top authors at five or six pounds cheaper than anywhere else , its always worth a look Yes bish that's how I came to read the new dan brown £6 in sainsbury Get a room grandads |
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Post by ukcstokie on Jun 26, 2013 16:37:50 GMT
With using my ipod and phone a lot for music its getting a bit boring so have looked into the audible books. Amazon do a monthly subscription thats 8 pound a month with a book credit but being a lord of the rings fan i was gonna use my next credit for that but they have split it into 8 books, and don't fancy paying for all of them. Is there any sites that you can get them for free? PS got Inferno by Dan Brown and has been excellent thus far. Try librivox.org/All free. Some of the reading isn't brilliant. You'll only get out-of-copyright stuff on there though. |
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Post by harryburrows on Jun 26, 2013 16:46:43 GMT
Yes bish that's how I came to read the new dan brown £6 in sainsbury Get a room grandads BASTARD  |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 26, 2013 17:49:34 GMT
Get a room grandads BASTARD [/quote That's a bit uncivil mate  |
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Post by harryburrows on Jun 26, 2013 17:59:29 GMT
BASTARD [/quote That's a bit uncivil mate He's a cynical old sod bish , bet he's never read a book since 3rd year  |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 26, 2013 18:10:35 GMT
He's a cynical old sod bish , bet he's never read a book since 3rd year I bet he hasn't mate |
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Post by AlliG on Jun 26, 2013 19:30:56 GMT
Try your local library.
Audiobooks are around a £1 each to loan.
I spend a lot of time on the train and a good audiobook is a brilliant way to relax.
Have to say I have used librivox but I find computerised voices (or some of the dreary yanks they also use) very difficult to listen to.
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