What are you reading tonight?
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It's very funny and not just nostalgic. I don't know how accurate but very entertaining. President Harding sounded like a reet piece of work, as they say over there!Bruce Rioja wrote: ↑Fri Aug 26, 2022 9:25 amIf they have two, get me oneHarry Genshaw wrote: ↑Thu Aug 25, 2022 11:21 pmLove his stuff. I have read that one but was a while ago, might have a look in a charity shop myselfKeyserSoze wrote: ↑Thu Aug 25, 2022 6:28 pmOne Summer by Bill Bryson, this morning's purchase at a charity shop near Huddersfield Station for a paltry 50p. Three chapters in and I feel like I've already fleeced them.
I have most of his stuff but that one's escaped my attention.
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I just finished The Go-between by L P Hartley after a recommendation from Bruce.
Famous for its memorable first line, but I knew nothing else about it. Expected a spy novel but it's nothing of the sort. A child's view of the British class system in 1900 and how socially oppressive it was.
Famous for its memorable first line, but I knew nothing else about it. Expected a spy novel but it's nothing of the sort. A child's view of the British class system in 1900 and how socially oppressive it was.
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Trigger Warning by Neil Gaiman
Having just finished his Netflix series 'The Sandman' (which I highly recommend)
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Bit of name dropping here. He's a customer of mine. Thoroughly decent chap.Gary the Enfield wrote: ↑Thu Sep 01, 2022 9:28 amTrigger Warning by Neil Gaiman
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That is very cool. I'm a big fan.Abdoulaye's Twin wrote: ↑Thu Sep 01, 2022 9:41 amBit of name dropping here. He's a customer of mine. Thoroughly decent chap.Gary the Enfield wrote: ↑Thu Sep 01, 2022 9:28 amTrigger Warning by Neil Gaiman
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He likes to keep a very low profile, but we see him a couple of times a year usually. I didn't know him from Adam until he was pointed out to me.Gary the Enfield wrote: ↑Thu Sep 01, 2022 11:05 amThat is very cool. I'm a big fan.Abdoulaye's Twin wrote: ↑Thu Sep 01, 2022 9:41 amBit of name dropping here. He's a customer of mine. Thoroughly decent chap.Gary the Enfield wrote: ↑Thu Sep 01, 2022 9:28 amTrigger Warning by Neil Gaiman
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Does he live on the island or just have a holiday home there?Abdoulaye's Twin wrote: ↑Thu Sep 01, 2022 1:59 pmHe likes to keep a very low profile, but we see him a couple of times a year usually. I didn't know him from Adam until he was pointed out to me.Gary the Enfield wrote: ↑Thu Sep 01, 2022 11:05 amThat is very cool. I'm a big fan.Abdoulaye's Twin wrote: ↑Thu Sep 01, 2022 9:41 amBit of name dropping here. He's a customer of mine. Thoroughly decent chap.Gary the Enfield wrote: ↑Thu Sep 01, 2022 9:28 amTrigger Warning by Neil Gaiman
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He has a 2nd (3rd/4th?) home here and I believe he sometimes comes here to write given the peace and quiet...if you ignore the camper vans!Gary the Enfield wrote: ↑Thu Sep 01, 2022 3:46 pmDoes he live on the island or just have a holiday home there?Abdoulaye's Twin wrote: ↑Thu Sep 01, 2022 1:59 pmHe likes to keep a very low profile, but we see him a couple of times a year usually. I didn't know him from Adam until he was pointed out to me.Gary the Enfield wrote: ↑Thu Sep 01, 2022 11:05 amThat is very cool. I'm a big fan.Abdoulaye's Twin wrote: ↑Thu Sep 01, 2022 9:41 amBit of name dropping here. He's a customer of mine. Thoroughly decent chap.Gary the Enfield wrote: ↑Thu Sep 01, 2022 9:28 amTrigger Warning by Neil Gaiman
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I see Robert Harris has a new novel out, "Act of Oblivion " with great reviews. I still have some of his to read, but he is a master writer who never fails
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I'm also a big fan, Tango. He's also branched out from purely historical stuff, which is interesting. Have you read The Second Sleep?TANGODANCER wrote: ↑Sat Sep 03, 2022 9:09 amI see Robert Harris has a new novel out, "Act of Oblivion " with great reviews. I still have some of his to read, but he is a master writer who never fails
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Currently halfway through the new Strike novel by Robert Galbraith (JKR). Great characters, but not my favourite plot-wise.
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My memory isn't what it was L.E., I've read a lot of his. You may laugh but I read Jane Austen over and over and always find something new there. Sir Walter Scott and Rudyard Kipling were big Austen fans, so I'm not alone. Dan Brown's "Origin" was the latest book I've bought and that, to put it mildly, was a load of Horlicks.LeverEnd wrote: ↑Sat Sep 03, 2022 10:57 pmI'm also a big fan, Tango. He's also branched out from purely historical stuff, which is interesting. Have you read The Second Sleep?TANGODANCER wrote: ↑Sat Sep 03, 2022 9:09 amI see Robert Harris has a new novel out, "Act of Oblivion " with great reviews. I still have some of his to read, but he is a master writer who never fails
My midddle daughter recently bought me a Fire 7 reader which I'm fiddling with right now. Far cry from Shepherd Cross Street library..
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Not started it yet, but my daughter bought me for my birthday "Agatha Christie, A very Elusive Woman" the biography by Lucy Worsley. Everything Lucy does is class, so looking forward to it.
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Just bought the Spanish Game by Charles Cumming and will start on that today. Find myself completely overawed in books shops and just end up getting books in the same genre, or by the same Author
Anyone got any tips on where they get inspiration, or recommendations?
Anyone got any tips on where they get inspiration, or recommendations?
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Spanish Game is good. Takes a while to get going and not an action novel, more old-fashioned intrigue.boltonboris wrote: ↑Mon Sep 19, 2022 12:45 pmJust bought the Spanish Game by Charles Cumming and will start on that today. Find myself completely overawed in books shops and just end up getting books in the same genre, or by the same Author
Anyone got any tips on where they get inspiration, or recommendations?
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Or wild imaginations; in Dan Brown's latest "Origin" The Archbishop has a homosexual relationship with the King of Spain. Had to tell you to save you paying 8 or 9 Quid on sheer rubbish.LeverEnd wrote: ↑Tue Sep 20, 2022 10:03 pmSpanish Game is good. Takes a while to get going and not an action novel, more old-fashioned intrigue.boltonboris wrote: ↑Mon Sep 19, 2022 12:45 pmJust bought the Spanish Game by Charles Cumming and will start on that today. Find myself completely overawed in books shops and just end up getting books in the same genre, or by the same Author
Anyone got any tips on where they get inspiration, or recommendations?
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Just found out this is in hardback and cost my daughter £25-50. (the cost is inside the cover) That's a lot of money for something you'll probably read once.TANGODANCER wrote: ↑Sun Sep 18, 2022 9:27 amNot started it yet, but my daughter bought me for my birthday "Agatha Christie, A very Elusive Woman" the biography by Lucy Worsley. Everything Lucy does is class, so looking forward to it.
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Back to the charity shop last week and picked up Jonathan Wilson's biography of Brian Clough, Nobody Ever Says Thank You. Currently still in his Boro days but already comes across as somebody who hid quite a lot of frailty behind his boisterous nature. Also learned that apparently he sold Gary Megson not long after signing him because our famed tiara-maker kept throwing up before games. Enjoyable.
Also purchased The Corner David Simon's and Ed Burns' profile of a year in gang-rife Baltimore streets in the early 90s, and to mix it up a bit, I, Partridge
All three for a quid.
Also purchased The Corner David Simon's and Ed Burns' profile of a year in gang-rife Baltimore streets in the early 90s, and to mix it up a bit, I, Partridge
All three for a quid.
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You've just reminded me; I still have an as-of-yet unread copy of 20 Years with Brian Clough here.KeyserSoze wrote: ↑Mon Sep 26, 2022 10:09 amBack to the charity shop last week and picked up Jonathan Wilson's biography of Brian Clough, Nobody Ever Says Thank You.
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I, Partridge is sensational.
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