So where do you get your books ?

I am considering getting this two books too, seems very inspirational and deep..hehe.

Kinokuniya mostly because I love the comics section...can kill two birds with one stone. Once in a while I'll check out Borders.

My friend is a big fan of Neil Gaiman. How are his books? Anansi Boys is by him no? Whats all this about "God is dead, meet the kids?"

I have a copy of Anansi Boys but haven't got to it just yet (still reading other stuff). If you've never read anything by Neil Gaiman before then I wouldn't recommend starting on this just because the author has a slightly offbeat style that needs getting used to...viz. "God is dead, meet the kids".

Better for you to begin with Good Omens (co-authored by Terry Pratchett) and Neverwhere. If you like his style, only then proceed to Anansi Boys. Otherwise, you'll be lost and might not appreciate Gaimen's genius.

Since your friend is a Gaimen fan then you should have no problem acquainting yourself with all the abovementioned books for free...so you have nothing to lose.

i dun know whether there is any Micheal Crichton fans here. Anyway, i am one of his fans. I almost finish all of his books without realization. I like his style b'coz bside reading u actually get educated from his books (all the facts he stated look real to me). However, you must learn to exclude the fictional stuff lar. 'The Andromeda Strain', 'Timeline' grips me the most. I finished reading those books within two days for each book respectively. Despite of that, i am quite disappointed with his new books 'State of Fear'.

oops, now onli i noticed there is such other MC fans here. Yeah i like airframe too, i was pwned by the ending.

I like the facts but the storyline is flat in this book coz there is almost no twist in the story. However, it is onli my opinion

Eddings books are fun to read, but the endings in Belgariad and Mallorean fell flat, I prefer the Elenium and Tamuli is muich better.

Belgariad was what got me into reading novels:P Have read most of his books, except "The Rivan Codex" and his 1st book, forgot the name

Wheel of time was quite a good read, until i stopped at 9 , hard to keep up with the story cos he keeps laying the chicks and it's still not complete Forgot what happened in 1-8 when 9 came out..

Death Gate cycle was quite good and Darksword, Rose of the Prophet too!

Terry Pratchett books quite funny and imaginative but sometimes hard to get his jokes.

Raymond E. Feist's books are quite good, i liked the Riftwar saga a lot, Serpentwar also not bad, although i'd like Pug to be more involved.

Frank Herbert's Dune is excellent! book #2 as well, but i think the story was getting rather muddled in part #3- Paul getting killed so easily and his son becoming a monster... dunno whether to get book 4-6 liao any suggestions?

I'm also quite a fan of Jeffrey Archer. I especially recommend As the crow flies and The prodigal daughter.

Other authors i like: Stephen King (Shawshank redemption and The green mile), Tom Clancy (only read all the novels until the moment Jack Ryan became president).

Hey, I like Jeffrey Archer too! Its just that his books tend to run along the same plotlines. However his excellent writing and humor makes up for this.

Stephen King is a very very good author. I feel that he tends to be longwinded but man can he describe things. Definitely one og my favourites.

And Tom Clancy, lol, I also read all his books, up til Jack Ryan became president. After Executive Orders I kinda lost interest in ole Tom's 'US Superpower Crushes Everything in Righteous Fury' ideas.

Hey bruised, we got almost the same taste in books! The belgariad and mallorean I believe is a good fantasy book for virgin-fantasy readers. It doesn't delve to deeply into details, not unlike (Archer loves that phrase, notice that in most of his books) the shannara series. The Death Gate Cycle however, has too much detail in it that the casual fantasy reader would just close the book in confusion Darksword I must say is a good intermediate book, for those phasing from light fantasy to more hardcore fantasy

I must ask this, do you read the Dragon Lance series? Particularly those by Weis and Hickman. A really good read! I couldn't put the book down once I started it The best thing about these series is that the heroes aren't the larger than life type. They border on being the anti-hero (especially Raistlin, may Nuitari guide his path ). A must read for fantasy fans!

Prachett? Plain bizzare. His jokes, more oft than not, requires a deeper understanding of the language and of cynical humor. Pretty deep some of his jokes. But his stories are just plain bizzare. The discworld series. The weirdo grimreaper being santaclaus. How weird can you get? lol

Archer! One of my more favourite authors As the crow flies is a good inspirational book Kane and Abel is really good. Not to mention Shall We Tell The President? Old but gold

It's true that his plots tend to run along the same lines. The fourth estate, kane and abel, as the crow flies. It's one way or the other about accumulating wealth and the dirty politics behind them. But let's not forget A Matter of Honor. Good plot and different story line there

Stephen King, good author yes. BUT omg do i hate his endings. He builds up the story so much, then gives a really really dissapointing ending. Leaving the readers hanging. Dolores Clairborne (not sure if spelling is right), Tommy Knockers. Sigh. Ending is really....but the story itself, WOW. Great. I actually was scared when i read tommy knockers when I was in form 2

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The Secrets of Consulting (A Guide to Giving and Getting Advice Successfully) by Gerald M. Weinberg

Special thanks to dreamer101 for recommending this book

Review
They don't publish this book anymore, so I got this book at a rather high price which is around 19 GBP ...

Well, don't be fooled by the appearance of this book ... It is not only meant for consultants, they also prove to be a good read for non consultant ...

The book is filled with different interesting laws which we can relate to our everyday life and not only on consulting ... Besides that, I find this book to be very interesting and hillarious to read at times as the author is very down to earth with his writing and for all of the laws/situations, he relates them with actual things and as well as situation we encounter everday ...

All in all, I give a 5/5 to this book as it is indeed a very interesting book and for those who wants to know more about consulting and how to talk to people efficiently, this is one of the best book around ...

Next book I'll be reading is The 22 Immutable Laws of Branding by Al Ries and Laura Ries

I am a Salvatore fan and Drizzt, i believe is one of the most famous fantasy characters . Well, i got a the Icewindale Trilogy and The Path Of Darkness from Isohunt, The Legacy Of The Drow from Kazaa and I bought all the books for The Hunter's Blade Trilogy including The Two Swords from Singapore. I must say, the ending was pretty disappointing...

Most of David Eddings books are pretty much recycled. The main character in the Mallorean bears so much resemblance to Sparhawk... I only read the Tamuli though and i did not complete the Mallorean, did not find it quite interesting.

I'd recommend The Jester from James Patterson. That is one hell of a good read. . Angels and Demons from Dan Brown is good too.

Please do not tell us how you got the books via illegal means etc etc. If you do love Salvatore's books you would have no problem spending money buying them.

Anyone here read Stephen King's Dark Tower books? The Gunslinger woohoo! To think he dragged out the series for that long. Glad its finally over (I think).

I feel kinda isolated here

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Yea, I didn't realized this but Scyth3_, please do not mention how you get the books ... Please try and support original publications ya

lol, it is because we are talking mostly about fiction here and yours is mostly non-fiction. Dan Brown's book for da vinci's code and angel and demon is good but for digital fortress, i am kind of disappointing coz the story is almost predictable.

Title
The 22 Immutable Laws of Branding by Al Ries and Laura Ries

Review
This is a rather small and simple book, or more like a handbook. There's no fancy terms inside nor nicely drawn graphics ... It's really a simple book ...

Anyways, just as the title, the book mentions all the 22 laws in branding and with each different laws, a real life example is given and compared ... As we all know the real world/brands well due to exposure, we can understand the contents pretty easily ...

This book is not enough to make you a branding guru, but reading this book will give you an insight as to how branding actually works and what doesn't work in branding. Moreoever, some of the common mistakes made by megabrands are told here too in the books ..

After reading this book, you'll realized what you see in a brand everyday has alot of meaning behind them, they exist for a reason, not just for fun ..

All in all, this is a must read book for those who like to know more about branding

Edited: Currently reading "Common Sense On Mutual Funds by John C. Bogle" ... This book is quite thick, so might take a while before I can digest it

The Two Blades, I finally got it. After only importing the hardcover version for the past 5 months, now they have it in paperback. One night of good reading coming up. Tata.

looks like there's Drizzt and dragonlance here , i got most of the books on Drizzt except for icewind dale trilogy, which i planning to get soon

i was kinda disappointed with the ending of the hunter's blade trilogy as well, the ending was left hanging just like dat, hopefully the next trilogy will be better

btw u can easily get forgotten realm books in kino, klcc, they have most of it except for the two swords

i have also collected most of the main books in the dragonlance series, even book the annotated hardcover for dragonlance chronicles, i find the new characters is not as interesting as the first few books though,

i can say i'm a fan of Micheal Crichton as well.... the first book that really grab my attention is SPHERE. i read it a couple of times already until the book become "lunyai" aka "lembik" aka "hancur". Its the book i bring along during my study time a couple of years back and now i still have them in my car.
although the movie rendition of that novel is a bit let down (in my view ).

another one must be TIMELINE. the whole idea of time travelling is very intriguing... again.. the movie rendition is a SO-SO only...

and Jurassic Park, Congo, Andromeda Strain etc...

i still havent read the State of Fear. maybe i'll try to get it soon..

kuman

Nice book, where you get that book? MPH?
Well branding books are normally very expensive.
Try reading books from Ogilvy too. They are the popular media houses which have many ideas to share.