Books!

[deltawhisky]

Hi Chaps.

So - what are we all reading (if reading anything) over a good cigar at the moment? Can be anything. Novel - autobiography - ?

And what's the best thing you've read over a good stick?

I'll start off. Great Expectations by Dickens is what I'm on at the moment ... and waiting for my next trip to the smoke shop - considering a Punch Punch, read good reviews of them.

Favourite read? Birdsong, by Faulks, I think. He gets the western front down to a tee through the imagery etc. Very well written book.

[bnelly]

Last 6 months has been taken up with the complete works of Irving Welsh (Trainspotting). Needless to say, totally addicted

[Simon-JG-hr]

I'm currently reading (when time allows), The Riddle of the Sands written by Erskine Childers in 1903. Commonly considered the first espionage novel. The Irish author, who at the time of writing the book was pro-Britain, was eventually executed for treason as an Irish nationalist. Not often you read a book by a chap executed for treason.

My favourite book? It has to be something like Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome, or possibly Black Sunday by Thomas Harris. I also enjoy anything by Bernard Cornwell, PG Wodehouse and Andy McNab (the last being a bit left field given the rest ).

[the mothman]

Most of the time its photography or wildlife books/magazines to add any bit of knowledge I can to help in my work. As for a favourite book, I can recall a great book I read years ago,Gerald Seymour 'Field of Blood'.

[TJCoro]

Well, you asked

Hi Chaps.

And what's the best thing you've read over a good stick?

I sometimes like to read Playboy or Hustler over my good stick. But mostly I just close my eyes and think of mi bird!!!

But hey! That's just me, Ray Jay, Ray Jay Coro, and TJ forgot to lock up his laptop.

[spacemonkey_no9]

Working my way through The Dragon Syndicates by Martin Booth, a history of the Chinese Triads, fascinating stuff.

Usually flick through fly fishing mags whilst chuffing away on a smoke in the shed.

[deltawhisky]

As soon as I have finished Pip's interesting experiences, I'm gonna have a look on amazon for childers' riddle of the sands, sounds great. Thanks.

I'm currently reading (when time allows), The Riddle of the Sands written by Erskine Childers in 1903. Commonly considered the first espionage novel. The Irish author, who at the time of writing the book was pro-Britain, was eventually executed for treason as an Irish nationalist. Not often you read a book by a chap executed for treason.

My favourite book? It has to be something like Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome, or possibly Black Sunday by Thomas Harris. I also enjoy anything by Bernard Cornwell, PG Wodehouse and Andy McNab (the last being a bit left field given the rest ).

[daverave999]

Still trying to finish Huxley's Island...

[TJ:01]

I've started reading the discworld books by Terry Pratchett as they were reccommended by a friend. So far so good....

[Stevieboy]

I never read anything vaguely wanky, wordy or worthy. I love horror and have just finished F Paul Wilson's 'Ground Zero'

Next up: Stoker's 'Dracula'

[HabanoSy]

Just finished reading the Flashman papers, which were very entertaining and I am currently reading Dirty Havana Trilogy by Juan Pedro Gutiererez which is a damning portrait of vice and poverty in a third-world country (the flip side of life under Castro...)

As for reading when I got a fine Puro on the go I usually either flip through a copy of the latest CA or one of the many cigar related books I have kicking around in my smokin shed...

Cheers, HabanoSy

[Mr Moore]

Just started " under and alone "
True story.

About Vietnam vet William Queen turned AFT agent who infiltrated the Biker gangs of America in the late 1990's.

It must take some balls to be an undercover agent in some of these deadly organisations.

I've just read one about a catholic agent who infiltrated the IRA for years and ended up ironically inside the internal security wing of the IRA !

How would you sleep at night.
Balls of steel !

[deltawhisky]

Interesting stuff! Sometimes, when I'm in the mood -- I have to be in the mood, though -- I dabble with military stuff. Clancy was never my favourite, but I enjoy a bit of Coonts somtimes. Right, I'm clocking off for Uni Challenge, will catch everyone tomorrow!

[Simon-JG-hr]

Didn't realise that UC is back on.

Just switched on, and I've got to say that there's something not quite right about the UCL captain...

Next book will be Facing the Frozen Ocean by Bear Grylls. Bought when I was having some weird ideas about circumnavigating the world by both poles...

[Alex]

Just reading Bushido way of the samurai, its like a hand book on how to you live your life as a samurai, its quite philosophical but quite amusing, it tells you stuff like yawning is rude and how to stop it.