thomasfansince1983
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Hi there,I've been a big fan of Thomas since I was born in 1983,it's great to find such a nice site.
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Post by thomasfansince1983 on Apr 22, 2015 19:23:01 GMT
I'm reading The Eddie Stobart Story by Hunter Davies (a paperback about the evolution of the haulage company first published back in 2001) I have recently become very interested in the Eddie Stobart company, I have all 5 Trucks & Trailers DVD sets, a t shirt, another book about the history which was published within the last few years, a few fridge magnets & several die cast vehicles on my model railway layout including a Lledo Days Gone Stobart Foden Steam Lorry, which I am most proud of.
Anyway, The Eddie Stobart Story is definitely proving to be a great read.
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thomasfansince1983
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Hi there,I've been a big fan of Thomas since I was born in 1983,it's great to find such a nice site.
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Post by thomasfansince1983 on Jul 15, 2015 18:45:53 GMT
I'm now reading "A Piano In The Pyrenees" by Tony Hawks, after reading "Round Ireland With A Fridge" previously, I was most eager to read more of his work, this is proving to be a very funny read too, I also have "Playing The Moldovans At Tennis" & "One Hit Wonderland" to read too, good stuff.
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Thomas the Tank Engine, Doctor Who, nothing else in the world
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Post by paulgwr on Jul 30, 2015 18:01:03 GMT
I have read "Slaughterhouse-five" around May and I have recently finished the Doctor Who novel "The Sands Of Time" a sort of sequel to "Pyramids of Mars"
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thomasfansince1983
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Hi there,I've been a big fan of Thomas since I was born in 1983,it's great to find such a nice site.
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Post by thomasfansince1983 on Sept 17, 2015 19:52:36 GMT
I am currently reading "Tickling The English" by Dara O'Briain (the Irish stand up comedian) very funny stuff indeed.
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Post by Deleted on May 3, 2018 4:56:08 GMT
Currently I have so many books to read that I have a stack of them on top of my bookcase. The one I am reading at the moment is Into The Black by Rowland White. It isn't the usual kind of book that I'd read but this is about the first flight of the space shuttle and the men that flew it. It goes back to the beginning with the Apollo missions and then focuses on the challenges that they had to get men to the moon as well as some of the problems they had encountered. Then it gets stuck into how the space shuttle came about and the challenges that the teams had to get it to launch as well as return home. Just got to the part where Young and Crippen are about to launch.
I have another book which is about the English Electric Lightning and the rest are various railway books of which I have one on the Midland Railway and one on the LNWR. The LNWR has some cracking photos of the early years. The locomotives are certainly a mixture, many of them I have never seen before.
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Post by ozfan95 on Jun 22, 2018 2:23:37 GMT
I just finished reading The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale. It is an adaptation (in the form of a novel) of my favorite Grimm's fairy tale. It was a good adaptation too. I'm glad to have read it.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2018 19:25:58 GMT
Just finished Munich by Robert Harris. He really put a lot of research into the book and that is to be applauded but I certainly don't think it was a spy story that it was advertised to be. Still a good read and I enjoyed it but it didn't keep me on the edge of my seat wondering whether the characters would survive.. It is about the Peace in Our Time meeting and the run up to it.
Have picked an older book up to have a read of. Supernatural England. Mixture of ghost tales by a variety of authors.
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Post by Litchfield the A2 on Aug 1, 2018 19:48:30 GMT
I'm reading Around the World in 80 Days. It's one of my favorite books due to Phileas Fogg and the French servants journey changing them from quiet bachelor's to married happy men. The other reason is Verne observations on various cultures
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Post by EdwardTerence on Aug 3, 2018 17:48:35 GMT
I have just started reading Five on Kirrin Island Again. I bought the complete The Famous Five books on Ebay in January this year after seeing a question of the series on my Millionaire PC game and suddenly remembered reading them in Primary School, so I bought before I could forget and so I've got to Five on Kirrin Island Again.
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Post by Deleted on May 21, 2019 11:40:55 GMT
About 3/4 of the way through Wilbur Smith's Vicious Circle. A chap retired at work and left many of his books behind. This has been a fascinating read. Need to read the previous one in this series though.
Makes a change to the Biggles collection that I have slowly waded my way through
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Post by SteamArt on May 21, 2019 19:03:59 GMT
Starting from September, I've read the following books:
All 5 Percy Jackson books by Rick Riordan Watership Down by Richard Adams Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett Tom's Midnight Garden by Philippa Pearce Redwall by Brian Jacques The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman The Silver Sword by Ian Serraillier
Right now, I'm most of the way through Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones. I'd recommend this and all the aforementioned books.
Throughout my undergraduate course, I worked my way through all 41 Discworld novels. I'd also recommend these, best read in chronological order.
I've also noticed the number of time Animal Farm's cropped up given that I studied that at secondary school, but didn't enjoy it as much as I thought I would.
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Post by Rusty Red Scrap Iron on Aug 11, 2019 15:36:25 GMT
I keep varying when it comes to Books, because usually I'm more of a TV/Film Watcher than a Book Reader.
But I've currently began to read Star Wars Heir of the Empire by Timothy Zahn, who I know is a renowned Star Wars Novelist and of course having seen the Original Trilogy numerous times and know the main antagonist of what is a trilogy of books, it certainly helps when reading the first volume of this trilogy. So far I'm enjoying what I'm reading.
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So earlier this year, I brought a copy of Demeter City the lost episode of Gerry Anderson's Space Precinct written by Richard James who portrayed Officer Orrin in the series and upon reading the whole thing upon delivery I must say that its worth an absolute read to any fan of Space Precinct because its just like watching an episode that sadly never was and it really gives that introductory insight to the series that never was.
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