Author Topic: Books (Read 16389 times)

lickslikefire · « **Reply #30 on:** May 18, 2006, 09:58:22 AM »

i start catch 22 today.....anybody read it....it going decent so far.....

kandi_tt · « **Reply #31 on:** May 18, 2006, 10:18:03 AM »

i started Mothman Prophecies....ah hope it better that d movie....but them...most books usually are....

Cantona007 · « **Reply #32 on:** May 18, 2006, 01:25:49 PM »

Quote from: lickslikefire on May 18, 2006, 09:58:22 AM

i start catch 22 today.....anybody read it....it going decent so far.....

I read this one several years ago... hilarious, but with a serious backbone. Enjoy.

morvant · « **Reply #33 on:** May 21, 2006, 07:36:22 PM »

lardddooo

whoever looking fuh ah good book read INTO THE WILD by JON KRAKAUER

and add holy blood, holy grail to my list of books

morvant · « **Reply #34 on:** June 20, 2006, 04:24:50 AM »

Quote from: Pointman on April 26, 2006, 09:40:12 AM

Judas my brother
The Da Vinci code

Mama Day

The Diamond people

currently reading...when ah ent posting... Holy Blood, Holy Grail.

pointman i now finish holy blood... how yuh think it was. i find it was ah good read but de ending was a little farfetched

Organic · « **Reply #35 on:** June 20, 2006, 08:33:10 AM »

catch 22-joseph heller
house for mr biswas- naipaul
green days by the river-micheal anthony
all of tolkien books, all, i have only 2 more to read
don juan cantos-lord byron
western isles of trinidad and tobago-father de vertiel
(its a history of down de islands )

Organic · « **Reply #36 on:** June 20, 2006, 08:34:59 AM »

Quote from: Cantona007 on May 18, 2006, 01:25:49 PM

Quote from: lickslikefire on May 18, 2006, 09:58:22 AM
i start catch 22 today.....anybody read it....it going decent so far.....
I read this one several years ago... hilarious, but with a serious backbone. Enjoy.

yes dat is one ah de bets books i ever read it funny fuh so...its very morbig but takes allook at corruption and so on. and futility of war. u guys should read the next part when yosassian and dem get old.its not as good but a great read. its called closing time.

Organic · « **Reply #37 on:** June 20, 2006, 08:37:11 AM »

Quote from: Touches on May 10, 2006, 08:39:33 AM

peong I find the angels and Demons weak compared to di vinci.....i get vex reading it all kinda thing.

nobody in TT have how they stole the game...I asking them bookstore about that long time.

Dragon cant dance is good.
Miguel Street
Embraced by the light
Conversations with God...plenty heights here
The historic attempt of the Trinidad and Tobago football team to qualify for Italy 1990.
I read a book by Victor headley ...named Yardie nice lil read
Alchemist was decent
Beyond the Boundary
Thank God its Friday....boy B.C Pires could talk shit..fuss he good

yes touches..i use to read it all the time B.c like ole talk. he had ah site www.skettel.com but like it donw or somehitng. it had all his articles aas wella s atrini ditcionaryc alled the skettictionary.

Organic · « **Reply #38 on:** June 20, 2006, 08:39:38 AM »

Quote from: kandi_tt on April 23, 2006, 08:08:25 PM

The Island of the Blue Dolphin

The Witching Hour
Lasher
Taltos

The Da Vinci Code
Angels and Demons
Deception Point
Digital Fortress

The Bourne Identity
The Bourne Supremacy
The Bourne Ultimatum
The Chancellor Manuscript
The Scarlatti Inheritence

just to nah ah few.........

i read all those ludlums u called including some others. i forget the name now was a lont time ago..bout when they kidnap the pope and when the general went to the supreme court to the idnian tribe.lol... i love some of tom clanciy's books also... like without remose is my favortie though.

Organic · « **Reply #39 on:** June 20, 2006, 08:42:04 AM »

GRANDE MAN ASK YOUR DAD ABOUT THE BEAUTIFUL ONES ARE NOT YET BORN BY KEWEI AMAH. LOL GOOD BOOK.

Organic · « **Reply #40 on:** June 20, 2006, 08:45:31 AM »

SORRY EH ALLYUH EVERYTIME I THINK I REMEBER MOR EBOOKS...LOL CANT FORGET JOHN LE CARRE'S BOOKS. BEST SPY NOVELIST EVER." SPY WHO CAME IN FORM THE COLD."
"THE LOOKING GLASS WAR"
TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY"
"THE CONSTANT GARDENER"- NOTHIGN LIKE THE MOIVE MIND U
AND ALL THE REST OF HIS BOOKS .. HIS DESCRIPTION OF HOW IT IS LIKE TO BE A SPY IS VERY PERFECT. EBCAUSE HE WAS ONE.
read alot of good war books also but i gonna shut up now

Grande · « **Reply #41 on:** June 26, 2006, 05:14:19 PM »

Quote from: Organic on June 20, 2006, 08:42:04 AM

GRANDE MAN ASK YOUR DAD ABOUT THE BEAUTIFUL ONES ARE NOT YET BORN BY KEWEI AMAH. LOL GOOD BOOK.

Organic yuh call out real books dey boy

The Beautiful Ones are Not Yet Born...boy that is ah West African Classic but I have yet to read it. I study African literature fuh 2 years and I ain't come across that. I will have to order it online

I lookin to get into John LeCarre too...just for the entertainment factor...I enjoy dem books from time to time. But I doh like Ludlum nah

Allyuh men had call out some good ones that I lookin to get....Conversations with God...Into the Wild...catch 22. Pointman, morvant...how was holy blood, holy grail....it worth meh money?

I now finish "The Reader" by Bernard Schlink...was decent. Simple and straightforward but very engrossing.

Grande · « **Reply #42 on:** June 26, 2006, 05:22:06 PM »

I boycott Naipaul oui, I only read two books by him including Miguel Street which was nice at the time

I jess eh take to him as a person ...it have a book called "In Sir. Vidia's Shadow" by Paul Theroux allyuh might want to read...it is ah GOOD read regardless of what you may think....reveals a lot about Naipaul's character...in the end it is up to you to think what you want of him

torontotrinikey · « **Reply #43 on:** June 28, 2006, 05:26:35 PM »

metamorphorsis-Kafka

Meridian-Alice Walker

I started reading a lot of classics Hugo's Hunchback, Dumas-The Three Musketeers, and The Man in the Iron Mask-this one is great

Ludlum-all books

Gregory McDonald Fletch series was always a favorite

morvant · « **Reply #44 on:** July 02, 2006, 10:36:51 AM »

Quote from: Grande man on June 26, 2006, 05:14:19 PM

Quote from: Organic on June 20, 2006, 08:42:04 AM
GRANDE MAN ASK YOUR DAD ABOUT THE BEAUTIFUL ONES ARE NOT YET BORN BY KEWEI AMAH. LOL GOOD BOOK.

Organic yuh call out real books dey boy

The Beautiful Ones are Not Yet Born...boy that is ah West African Classic but I have yet to read it. I study African literature fuh 2 years and I ain't come across that. I will have to order it online

I lookin to get into John LeCarre too...just for the entertainment factor...I enjoy dem books from time to time. But I doh like Ludlum nah

Allyuh men had call out some good ones that I lookin to get....Conversations with God...Into the Wild...catch 22. Pointman, morvant...how was holy blood, holy grail....it worth meh money?

I now finish "The Reader" by Bernard Schlink...was decent. Simple and straightforward but very engrossing.

grandeman holy-blood holy-grail is ah book everyman must read at least once. i love it. and into the wild was shyttttttttttttttt.

Touches · « **Reply #45 on:** July 07, 2006, 09:01:23 AM »

I have a book for alyuh...

How Soccer explains everything...a new twist on globalization

dwolfman · « **Reply #46 on:** January 11, 2007, 07:51:45 AM »

Favourite book is - The Count of Monte Cristo by A. Dumas

For any Harry Potter fans the name of the last book is out. Deadly Hallows... not long again folks (relatively speaking).

Queen Macoomeh · « **Reply #47 on:** January 11, 2007, 08:46:05 AM »

Anyone here ever heard of or read anything by Dan Simmons? The Hyperion Series? (sci-Fi) Amazing stuff..

For Caribbean writers, my hat is off to Nalo Hopkinson for "Brown Girl In A Ring"
and Althea Prince for "Loving This Man"

I do a LOT of reading, hard to pick a favourite. Belong to book groups, reveiw books. Good books comes from all genres. Even managed to edumakate myself with stuff from Stephen Hawkings....meh head hurt afterwards but I came out with a little more wrinkle in my brain.

dwolfman · « **Reply #48 on:** January 11, 2007, 10:59:03 AM »

Quote from: Queen Macoomeh on January 11, 2007, 08:46:05 AM

Anyone here ever heard of or read anything by Dan Simmons? The Hyperion Series? (sci-Fi) Amazing stuff..

For Caribbean writers, my hat is off to Nalo Hopkinson for "Brown Girl In A Ring"
and Althea Prince for "Loving This Man"

I do a LOT of reading, hard to pick a favourite. Belong to book groups, reveiw books. Good books comes from all genres. Even managed to edumakate myself with stuff from Stephen Hawkings....meh head hurt afterwards but I came out with a little more wrinkle in my brain.

To the best of my recollection I have never read a Simmons' book. I have heard of him though. Didn't he write a book that ended up in the movies? Hollow Man or something like that... was that him?

ribbit · « **Reply #49 on:** January 11, 2007, 11:20:37 AM »

Quote from: Touches on July 07, 2006, 09:01:23 AM

I have a book for alyuh...

How Soccer explains everything...a new twist on globalization

ah saw that book in the bookstore during xmas. by franklin foer - he's the editor for the new republic.

Queen Macoomeh · « **Reply #50 on:** January 11, 2007, 03:14:16 PM »

Quote from: dwolfman on January 11, 2007, 10:59:03 AM

Quote from: Queen Macoomeh on January 11, 2007, 08:46:05 AM
Anyone here ever heard of or read anything by Dan Simmons? The Hyperion Series? (sci-Fi) Amazing stuff..

For Caribbean writers, my hat is off to Nalo Hopkinson for "Brown Girl In A Ring"
and Althea Prince for "Loving This Man"

I do a LOT of reading, hard to pick a favourite. Belong to book groups, reveiw books. Good books comes from all genres. Even managed to edumakate myself with stuff from Stephen Hawkings....meh head hurt afterwards but I came out with a little more wrinkle in my brain.
To the best of my recollection I have never read a Simmons' book. I have heard of him though. Didn't he write a book that ended up in the movies? Hollow Man or something like that... was that him?

Yes indeed that was him, but the Hyperion series he wrote is truly inspired. I was not much of a sci-fi reader until I read the first book. I saw it through all 3 and onto another series he wrote. I never read Hollow Man.

Grande · « **Reply #51 on:** January 11, 2007, 07:22:41 PM »

Quote from: Queen Macoomeh on January 11, 2007, 08:46:05 AM

Anyone here ever heard of or read anything by Dan Simmons? The Hyperion Series? (sci-Fi) Amazing stuff..

For Caribbean writers, my hat is off to Nalo Hopkinson for "Brown Girl In A Ring"
and Althea Prince for "Loving This Man"

I do a LOT of reading, hard to pick a favourite. Belong to book groups, reveiw books. Good books comes from all genres. Even managed to edumakate myself with stuff from Stephen Hawkings....meh head hurt afterwards but I came out with a little more wrinkle in my brain.

Queen, I always wanted to read Nalo Hopkinson you know....I hear she blends a lot of Caribbnean folklore/mythology into her fantasy fiction. I was interested to see how dat would mix. What book should I start off with?

Queen Macoomeh · « **Reply #52 on:** January 11, 2007, 07:36:49 PM »

I was introduced to her work with "Brown Girl in A Ring". She used very visual fantasy, a teaspoon of science fiction, spiced up with our own Caribbean storytelling style and a big, heaping pot spoon of our folklore and mysticsm. It worked so well. It prompted me to read more of her work like "Skin Folk, Midnight Robber and another that escapes me right now. I'd have to check my bookshelf.

WestCoast · « **Reply #53 on:** January 11, 2007, 08:04:00 PM »

well after reading about Nalo Hopkinson because of this thread, By the way had not heard about her before, will post her info link here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nalo_Hopkinson
I obviously miss alot of culture by not listening to CBC Radio One.

Queen Macoomeh · « **Reply #54 on:** January 11, 2007, 08:41:25 PM »

"Salt Roads", yes, that was the other title I read..thanks WestCoast.

If anyone knows of other Caribbean fantasy writers, let me know...now that I have the benchmark.

dwolfman · « **Reply #55 on:** January 12, 2007, 11:36:42 AM »

I shame... my Caribbean list of books read is short and my list of known authors even shorter. After Jumbie Bird and the Year in San Fernando I've read nothing from this region. I tried reading Beyond the Boundary (CLR James?) when I was in primary school, but that was ambitious and I never finished the 1st chapter.

zuluwarrior · « **Reply #56 on:** January 13, 2007, 12:11:47 AM »

jus finish readin ministers with white collars and black secrets by deborah smith. about these high paid ministers and the way they feed off the sheeps{women} they suppose to be protecting.interesting book.

Grande · « **Reply #57 on:** April 15, 2007, 06:28:23 PM »

Just finish "Life of Pi" ...I hadn't got around to reading it before but glad I finally did

is a REAL cool book...hopefully allyuh give it a chance, it will be hard to put down. Wanted to post it before I forget

Organic · « **Reply #58 on:** April 15, 2007, 09:16:53 PM »

Quote from: Grande man on April 15, 2007, 06:28:23 PM

Just finish "Life of Pi" ...I hadn't got around to reading it before but glad I finally did

is a REAL cool book...hopefully allyuh give it a chance, it will be hard to put down. Wanted to post it before I forget

i started reading it but put ti down to finish read some trini novelists..
hadda start over when i get chance

dwolfman · « **Reply #59 on:** April 16, 2007, 04:01:07 PM »

Just remembered that I enjoyed Great Expectations by Charles Dickens and The Green Mile by Stephen King.

1984 - George Orwell
A Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
Black Hawk Down - Mark Bowden

These are some others that came to mind that I really enjoyed.