Present suggestions!

[hellison]

It is teh little brother's birthday today (26! Not quite so little anymore) and I need to go get a pressie, because I am a Nice Sister.
His request was 'a good book, or something', which is fairly non specific, so suggestions welcome! I may also donate some of the left-over beer from the party, tho I think it's mostly bud, so, maybe not ;p

UPDATE!
For him, I have purchased Lemmy's autobiography, because everyone should read it, the man is a Legend. Also a freak of nature.
And this, because opening it a random, I found it describing Prince Charles as "...the looney feudal shithead jug-eared parasite bastard." and I figure the Brat will enjoy that kind of thing.

For myself I bought another Tom Holt (tho I did give up on him a while back when they were just getting over twisty and pointless) and "The Dumas Club",as per malvino's recommendation, because how can I tell if the brother will like if I haven't tried it? These things are important to test out you know!

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[tyrell.livejournal.com]

Anything from http://www.firebox.com/ .

Especially the Flying Car (http://www.firebox.com/index.html?dir=firebox&action=product&pid=415).

[hellison.livejournal.com]

ooh firebox, good call. I wonder if he'd mind waiting ;p

[malvino.livejournal.com]

Do you have a gadget shop in town? They normally sell the same stuff as firebox and iwantoneofthose.com. If not, perhap something by Arturo Perez-Reverte, one of the best novelists around and largely unknown in the UK.

[hellison.livejournal.com]

We did have a gadget shop, but it shut I think. There is some great stuff on firebox tho, sorely tempted by the electric-shock laser guns ;p

But since it is actually his b'day today, I may just have to run round to Waterstones and see what I can find!

[being-here.livejournal.com]

anansi boys?

[hellison.livejournal.com]

hmm possibly... I shall have a nosey about the bookshop and see what I can find.

Shockingly, I have yet to finish Anansi Boys, it disappeared for ages, but I found it the other day buried in the back of the car. So my reading for the weekend is sorted at least ;)

[thesme-01.livejournal.com]

OMG WHY DID I READ THAT AS ARSE BOYS?

[being-here.livejournal.com]

because you're a dirty, dirty girl?

[thesme-01.livejournal.com]

or because you have Ruined My Mind?

[being-here.livejournal.com]

Meh. Could be that I suppose

[thesme-01.livejournal.com]

Because before I met you (oh em, and rediscovered _unhurt_) would it have crossed my mind to watch Harry Potter in order to spot hot boy love potential?

[being-here.livejournal.com]

It might have done - I'd never thought about the Hoff and the car before I met you!

[thesme-01.livejournal.com]

That was _unhurt_.
ha!

[being-here.livejournal.com]

Only via you.

Ha back!

[thesme-01.livejournal.com]

it was she that started it!

[thesme-01.livejournal.com]

I warned you not to click in fact!

[being-here.livejournal.com]

Oh come on! The quickest way to get me to click something is to tell me not to. You should know that!

[thipe.livejournal.com]

What kind of books is she into?

[hellison.livejournal.com]

Hard to say, he used to like all the same fastasy type stuff I do, which made it easier, but he seems to have gone off allt hat now. I shall have to find something boyishly amusing I think...

[thesme-01.livejournal.com]

nudge nudge thipe called your brother a girl ahahaha

[hellison.livejournal.com]

Obviously he is confusing him with my *older* brother, who is a big girl really anyway ;p

[thipe.livejournal.com]

Yes, obviously *nodnods*

[reuss.livejournal.com]

Haha, that "Is It Me.." book is top. Read the entry on Keane. Read it now. It makes me laugh just remembering it :)

[hellison.livejournal.com]

ROFL
Look at them! Just look at them!

Excellent stuff ;p

[reuss.livejournal.com]

...like runny cheese.

[being-here.livejournal.com]

The Dumas Club is great! Have you read Secret History by Donna ... Can't remember. It is also great. Different, but great.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_unhurt_/]

tartt. the name of the writer, not you. well, as far as i know...

[being-here.livejournal.com]

It is! Excellent. It was on the tip of my tongue (as it were) :)

[malvino.livejournal.com]

The Dumas club is grate, doubly so if you know Dumas reasonably well (particularly the three muskahounds). Is the disc down btw? I can read the boards but can't get in at all, but I can't get through to my uni email either so it might just be me :/

[hellison.livejournal.com]

It's just you. Looks like teh Worst Connection Evar just got even worse

sux2bu tonight!

[malvino.livejournal.com]

At least I don't have crappy cartoon music stuck in my head :)

But no, no sign at all of anything hapenning, it's not even trying to connect anymore, just disconnecting instantly. I think it knows it's not going to happen.

[hellison.livejournal.com]

well the mud was actually down there just now ;p try again!

[malvino.livejournal.com]

nothing doing.

[hellison.livejournal.com]

ps ARRGGH now i have the theme tune from Dogtanion in my head, damn you!

[http://users.livejournal.com/_unhurt_/]

just went to read the amazon reviews of the lemmy book:

Lemmy, the thinking person's Ozzy Osbourne

HEH.