Time for a change.

[Sandy Buttcheeks]

Having just about read everything Dean Koontz has written, I'm now looking for a wee change of genre. I was thinking of re-reading the Spike Milligan war memoirs since I need a good laugh, but if anyone comes up with a better idea, I may put Spike on hold.

[Vulture]

Well, if you REALLY want a laugh, what about the Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy?

[Sandy Buttcheeks]

Actually read the first one to see what all the hype was about. There are no expletives that would do it justice.

[Diane CBPFC]

What I like about Amazon is that it tells you what other people are buying that have read books you like. Sounds like you should be reading Stephen King.

I recently read, "The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry" by Rachel Joyce - an ordinary bloke having a big adventure at an unexpected time in his life.

[Sandy Buttcheeks]

What I like about Amazon is that it tells you what other people are buying that have read books you like. Sounds like you should be reading Stephen King.

I recently read, "The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry" by Rachel Joyce - an ordinary bloke having a big adventure at an unexpected time in his life.

Was he any relation to Stephen Fry? I like Stephen Fry.   

[Diane CBPFC]

What I like about Amazon is that it tells you what other people are buying that have read books you like. Sounds like you should be reading Stephen King.

I recently read, "The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry" by Rachel Joyce - an ordinary bloke having a big adventure at an unexpected time in his life.

Was he any relation to Stephen Fry? I like Stephen Fry.   

I think he borrowed his dress jacket.

[Mince]

if anyone comes up with a better idea

The Belgariad by David Eddings. It gets really good by the middle of the second book, so don't give up on it too quickly.

[Sandy Buttcheeks]

if anyone comes up with a better idea

The Belgariad by David Eddings. It gets really good by the middle of the second book, so don't give up on it too quickly.

Read all The Belgariad and The Mallorean, Mince. Sheer class. Got my daughter hooked on them too. I think they even beat Stephen Donaldson's Chronicles of Thomas Covenant...well, maybe. Might try and get a hold of Julian May's Saga of the Exiles again. Read them as a kid and remember them as being a great bit of fantasy.

[Bilthehut]

if anyone comes up with a better idea

The Belgariad by David Eddings. It gets really good by the middle of the second book, so don't give up on it too quickly.

Read all The Belgariad and The Mallorean, Mince. Sheer class. Got my daughter hooked on them too. I think they even beat Stephen Donaldson's Chronicles of Thomas Covenant...well, maybe. Might try and get a hold of Julian May's Saga of the Exiles again. Read them as a kid and remember them as being a great bit of fantasy.

Hang on a minute there, buttycheeks.  I'm the one wot's read those books, and got the little miss into reading them, buying her own copies, then getting them on her kindle. Well, the last bit was her own idea).  Ditto for the 'Exiles' saga.  Even bought the wifey a lovely golden necklace that could be thought of as a torc - thank heavens it does not work.

[Sandy Buttcheeks]

Wow ! I think your the first person I've ever talked to that's read the 'Exiles' stuff. Funnily enough I can still vividly remember buying them, and many others, from The Forbidden Planet bookshop in Glasgow (a superb geek haunt, now wasted).

If you haven't read Micheal Scott Rohan then I thoroughly recommend him. His "Winter Of The World" series was absolutely engrossing for a young mechanical apprentice.

Hang on...it's me who is looking for ideas for new reads.   

[Jack]

Personally I think these are well worth a read.

[Roger Kettle]

I have fond memories of reading the Mr Men books to my kids. Thankfully, they were too young to know that my Arthur Lowe impersonation sounded like a Welshman who'd lived in Inverness for ten years.
The request for book recommendations surfaces on here every so often and I can never get past Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry. It is one of the great American novels and is absolutely superb. I have never been more gripped by a book. An astonishing read.

[Sandy Buttcheeks]

Cheers Roger, I shall add it to the list. As long as there isn't a bean eating contest around the campfire, I'm sure it'll be fine.

(Can't help but think you should have recommended Beau Peep though).