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I'll play your game too... :) Finished: Alexandra Fuller - Scribling the Cat, Travels With an African Soldier Frederic Manning - Her Privates We J. Michael Cleverley - A Scent of Glory: The Times and Life of Larry A. Thorne Stephan Burgdorff & Christian Habbe - Hemel Stond in Brand Dan...

Worked for me too. I loved the movie Master and Commander, and happened to notice on the end titles that it was based on Patrick O'Brian's novels, and decided to check it out. He's my favourite writer now. :)

Okay, I didn't understand that part at first. Sounds better now, but you'd still have an organization, that has basically limitless power as there are no laws working as guidelines or barriers. And even while the police / court are independent from the government, there would eventually be...

I don't even attempt to keep track of books from years ago, but ever since last years August, I have however compiled a list of books I've finished. It's a simple list. Last updates go as follows: 1st October 2007: Onni Palaste - Minä, desantti (translation: "I am partisan") 12th October...

AAarrr! Now I'm hungry! :p

Hi Kdiggity! I'm new here too. Locals are friendly, but watch out for bookburnings taking place on the market square every tuesday, and beware of yellow ninjas. Remember to wear your hat at all times. ;)

I was thinking of taking a pic of Patrick O'Brian as my avatar, but he's an old man, and I didn't want you guys to think that's me, so instead I used this pic of an old war ship, because he writes 19th Century Naval War novels. The movie Master and Commander, starring Russell Crowe and Paul...

There'll be new heroes. :) Gretzky himself has said that Sidney Crosby will most likely beat his records. He's quite fanomanaononal (fancy word there, how so you spell it?). He had 110 points in his rookie season, at age 18-19. :cool:

I'm sorry, but I just can't help but point out once again, that this would most definately turn into a tyrannical dictatorship. What you're basically saying is that, the police / court, or who ever it is that has the throne of power, can pretty much kill off anyone they so desire, because...

As for WWII books I can recommend The Forgotten Soldier by Guy Sajer. This book is really one of a kind in giving a good idea of the horrors as experienced by a regular frontline soldier in the German Army during WWII. It tells the writers own story of signing as a volunteer to the German army...

Nice. Sounds good. SciFi-war :) You're giving me all kinds of good books to read. I'll have to see if they're translated to my language, when I get some room to my reading queue. Reading in English requires a dictionary by my side at all times. Although most of it I can understand, every...

When we was kids, we used to play hockey outside with a bunch of friends (yes, hockey again). My first name is quite common, and there was already a kid by that name, and my surname is too long to be used in the heat of the action, so they started calling me Tasku, which is short from my...

Whow, lots of hockey fans here, I feel right at home, thanks for the welcome everybody! :) No, I haven't. Is it a war book?

Hockeywise my main focus is on our domestic league: the Finnish SM-liiga, where I'm a big fan of Espoo Blues. But I also follow fhe NHL. While I can't say that I'm really a fan of any team there, I could say I support the Caps, but not a fan - by this I mean, I don't jump out of my chair if...

Nah, I'm just a fan, not a player :o

Thanks for the welcome! :) There's one thing that I don't like about this place though: at the hockey forums I feel smarter than average, but here I'm just another bookworm... :( :D

Haha! I recommend paperbacks for that. ;) ... How's Stardust burning? :rolleyes:

I haven't read the full thread, being that I've just registered here, but I did read the first couple of pages, and understand the basic concept of this little debate that has errupted here in the Introductions forum. Anyways, the above statement - and excuse me, if this issue has already...

Hi fellas! My first post outside the Introductions forum. :rolleyes: I sometimes re-read, but only after several years, if memories of the book are still with me; in another words, if the book rocked my world. I've read some of Sven Hassel's work twice, am planning to restart from the...

Hey people! :) I'm quite active at many different forums (admin at one that's ice hockey related), but when ever I try to initiate discussion about books or reading in the general discussion forums, the threads always die out pretty quickly. So for this reason, I turned to Google for...