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What's everyone been reading over these long lockdown months?
Always good to see a variety of books on here and there are usually some great suggestions too.
I've just finished L!ve TV by Horrie and Nathan. It gives an in-depth history of the channel that gave us topless darts, midget wrestling and the weather in Norwegian. But it also charts how the British mainstream media became 'tabloidised' by the likes of David Montgommery, Janet Street-Porter, Kelvin Mackenize, et al. Highly recommended to anyone interested in that sort of thing.
Also finished recently was Sources Close to the Prime Minister by Cockerell, Hennessy and Walker. Really good read on the history of lobby journalism, leaks and government news management. It also goes into detail about the suppression of various stories by the government, such as the Falklands and mining unions. Again, very good.
About to start A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole for summat a little more light-hearted.
Dear old footers KC - Private Counsel to Big Farmer - Liberator of Vichy TWTD
November book thread on 15:01 - Nov 5 by RobTheMonk
I'm halfway through book 7 for the first time. I've been doing a WOT book and then something in between to avoid burnout. I'm so mixed on this series. I love some of the characters, but some of them are so annoyingly written (some of the Aes Sedai crew - looking at you, braid tugger!).
My bus book is an utter guff Chris Ryan Extreme fiction book. It's glorious nonsense which is exactly what I need on the commute home.
Read a couple of Andy McDermott's Wilde and Chase books. Good, escapist action books. I switch off my brain and take it for what it is.
Matthew Reilly's Three Secret Cities was another action romp. His older stuff is head and shoulders above some of these newer books though.
She improves a bit actually, I would say something about some releases of tension but not wanting to give spoilers, she does get to a point where she thinks about tugging her braid and then refrains lol.
I must admit, it's very different to how I remember it on my first go, though I'm on to new ground now. I find it absorbing in parts and then just read almost out of habit for others. I'm sure he could have written it in 4 books but perhaps it wouldn't have been the same.
Be interesting to see how the TV show turns out.
No idea when I began here, was a very long time ago. Previously known as Spirit_of_81. Love cheese, hate the colour of it, this is why it requires some blue in it.
Today I have finished “The Time Machine” by H G Wells, having always loved the 1964 film, my better half bought me the Novella as a gift, I have read it in its entirety since Monday. Quite different to the film, still very good.
I have read a lot of books since March, but some of the best were surprising, Crossroads by Mark Radcliffe, a clear blue sky by Jonny Bairstow and on fire by Ben stokes being three worth a mention
this is not a football forum, its a forum for people who occasionally mention football.
Current cheese mood - Blacksticks Blue
The Nine Hundred: The Extraordinary Young Women of the First Official Jewish Transport to Auschwitz. Written by Heather Dune Macadam.
It's about 999 young, unmarried Jewish women who were tricked into boarding train to Auschwitz, believing they were going to work in a factory for a few months.
Not an easy read. The Mrs has previously read it and gave it to me.
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November book thread on 19:00 - Nov 5 with 1899 views
The Nine Hundred: The Extraordinary Young Women of the First Official Jewish Transport to Auschwitz. Written by Heather Dune Macadam.
It's about 999 young, unmarried Jewish women who were tricked into boarding train to Auschwitz, believing they were going to work in a factory for a few months.
Not an easy read. The Mrs has previously read it and gave it to me.
On a similar, but not quite the same, note, I've recently watched 'Life Is Beautiful.' What an amazing take on the holocaust that is.
Trust the process. Trust Phil.
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November book thread on 19:56 - Nov 5 with 1874 views
November book thread on 13:42 - Nov 5 by SpruceMoose
On the Spruce nightstand currently:
Brit(ish) by Afua Hirsch Waterlog: A Swimmer's Journey Through Britain by Roger Deakin Dying of Whiteness by Jonathan Metzl The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt
I flit between all four depending on my mood, but Roger Deakin is real favourite of mine. His writing is like a nice cup of tea in front of a warm fire in an old Suffolk farmhouse.
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Is Waterlog any good?
Did you see the guy that swam around Great Britain?
He wrote a book, called The Art of Resilience. It’s all based on what he learnt before, during, and after.
Have just broken off 'The Wilderness Journeys' by John Muir (I was getting towards halfway through its 676 pages) to read and return 'The Light of Evening' by Edna O'Brien to the library.
November book thread on 19:56 - Nov 5 by NewcyBlue
Is Waterlog any good?
Did you see the guy that swam around Great Britain?
He wrote a book, called The Art of Resilience. It’s all based on what he learnt before, during, and after.
If you like rambling books that take off on tangents about obscure stuff then yeah it's a jolly good read.
I probably preferred his book Wildwood though.
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Pronouns: He/Him/His.
"Imagine being a heterosexual white male in Britain at this moment. How bad is that. Everything you say is racist, everything you say is homophobic. The Woke community have really f****d this country."
My book's rambling and goes off on tangents. I hope you buy it!
How much nudity does it involve? There is a bit of that in Waterlog!
Pronouns: He/Him/His.
"Imagine being a heterosexual white male in Britain at this moment. How bad is that. Everything you say is racist, everything you say is homophobic. The Woke community have really f****d this country."
November book thread on 13:42 - Nov 5 by SpruceMoose
On the Spruce nightstand currently:
Brit(ish) by Afua Hirsch Waterlog: A Swimmer's Journey Through Britain by Roger Deakin Dying of Whiteness by Jonathan Metzl The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt
I flit between all four depending on my mood, but Roger Deakin is real favourite of mine. His writing is like a nice cup of tea in front of a warm fire in an old Suffolk farmhouse.
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Roger Deakin is a great favourite of mine also. A life cut tragically short.
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November book thread on 22:06 - Nov 5 with 1802 views
Something to cheer me up through the doom and gloom. I read them all about 30 years ago but enjoyed them so much more this time as I understood his humour so much more.
Spike Milligan war memoirs:
Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall Rommel? Gunner Who? Monty: His Part in My Victory Mussolini: His Part in My Downfall Where Have All the Bullets Gone? Goodbye Soldier
(3 books left for lockdown part 2: The Boris Strikes Back!)
Top class silliness and a wonderful way to see the world in the face of such awful times of death and destruct. Still as funny as ever from alt Comedies Great Grandfather!!!!
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November book thread on 22:23 - Nov 5 with 1795 views
Something to cheer me up through the doom and gloom. I read them all about 30 years ago but enjoyed them so much more this time as I understood his humour so much more.
Spike Milligan war memoirs:
Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall Rommel? Gunner Who? Monty: His Part in My Victory Mussolini: His Part in My Downfall Where Have All the Bullets Gone? Goodbye Soldier
(3 books left for lockdown part 2: The Boris Strikes Back!)
Top class silliness and a wonderful way to see the world in the face of such awful times of death and destruct. Still as funny as ever from alt Comedies Great Grandfather!!!!
I'll check these out. Don't know if it's quite your humour but 'Yes Man' by Danny Wallace is the funniest book I've ever read. It's cringe humour, which I appreciate isn't everyone's cup of tea.
I really want to read Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall, but I keep forgetting about it. I'm going to put it on my Amazon wish list right now.
Trust the process. Trust Phil.
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November book thread on 22:25 - Nov 5 with 1793 views
I'll check these out. Don't know if it's quite your humour but 'Yes Man' by Danny Wallace is the funniest book I've ever read. It's cringe humour, which I appreciate isn't everyone's cup of tea.
I really want to read Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall, but I keep forgetting about it. I'm going to put it on my Amazon wish list right now.
I didn't say anyone would be shopping there. It's just a good place to store things you want.
I know.
I've really been trying to not use them for some time now.
In fact only in the past week or 2 there was an item I was desperate for that absolutely everywhere else had sold out bar them. I was tempted but stuck to my guns and luckily sourced it a few days later elsewhere.
I wonder if Harry from Bath's store (is it his or does he work for them) sells online and if there's an opportunity to support him a bit this Xmas maybe.
Don't get me wrong, Amazon is more affordable to many of us, including me, but if the difference isn't too mad, then I'd rather look to support a business that needs a boost.
I'll check these out. Don't know if it's quite your humour but 'Yes Man' by Danny Wallace is the funniest book I've ever read. It's cringe humour, which I appreciate isn't everyone's cup of tea.
I really want to read Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall, but I keep forgetting about it. I'm going to put it on my Amazon wish list right now.
Thanks for the tip there I will give it a go. I seem to remember a Jim Carey film with a similar premise to the book.
If your interested there is an signed copy for sale on Oxfam's on line shop for £29.99
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