*What book are you reading ?
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Just finished What a Carve Up myself! Really funny and a good trip down memory lane to the thatcherite 80s, *shudder*- was left feeling dissatisfied by the revenge though...
at the moment I'm reading Dirty Havana Trilogy by Pedro Juan Gutierrez....it's rather rude as the title suggests but I'm obsessed with all things Cuban...and I'm partial to a bit of rudeness too
And I'm usually halfway through Ham on Rye by Bukowski for when I need a good laugh- if anyone is looking for recommendations, read it!
ChrisFilter
Like a boss.
V.S. Naipaul - A Way in the World
Yes - but only in non fiction - usually stuff like "cv author x" and "if so, what about theory x" - capitalist authors get hardcore criticised!
Currently - "Mutiny" by Lindsey Collen. Fantastic, very poetic/word-play-loving novel set in a prison in Mauritius. I am trying to alternate between reading a fiction and a non-fiction book - the last non-fiction was "Alas Poor Darwin" by Hilary & Steven Rose.
Bajie
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No Logo - by Naomi Klein, sure many people on U75 have allready read it. An essential read.
Was sitting in some mall today; a Disney shop one side, Gap on the other and Old Navy to the front. Kind of made me feel sick knowing exactly how their products are produced.
Needless to say, I didnt buy anything.
Was sitting in some mall today; a Disney shop one side, Gap on the other and Old Navy to the front. Kind of made me feel sick knowing exactly how their products are produced.
Needless to say, I didnt buy anything.
Nina
muftysludge
Just finished re-reading Catch 22 very early this morning, still as fabulous as ever!
But now I'm tired
Bond, interested in what you thought of Hornby's How to be Good? I was disappointed.
I am reading 'The Weekenders:Travels in the heart of Sudan' various authors including Alex Garland and Irvine Welsh, some Hunter S Thompson and something about emergency rooms which is a bit gruesome and a Paul Coelho.
But now I'm tired
Bond, interested in what you thought of Hornby's How to be Good? I was disappointed.
I am reading 'The Weekenders:Travels in the heart of Sudan' various authors including Alex Garland and Irvine Welsh, some Hunter S Thompson and something about emergency rooms which is a bit gruesome and a Paul Coelho.
Ffyona Campbell, The Whole Story
its a truely amazing and moving story
blurb about the book#
One of the most famous endurance cheating stories of all-time belongs to Ffyona Campbell, who admitted she cheated during the United States portion of her attempt to become the first woman to walk around the world.
She admitted to skipping 1,000 miles after she became pregnant by her then boyfriend-handler and found she was unable to keep up the distances her sponsors expected. It was only after she had an abortion at four months that she resumed her normal walking schedule.
The lie would have gone undiscovered but for one reason -- it haunted her so badly when her celebrated run was over, and she had been hailed as a hero, that she turned to drugs to live with the sense of guilt she felt.
Eventually she confessed, and later returned to the U.S. to walk the miles she had skipped. "The truth is hard enough to live with, but deceit is even harder. Once you've lied about your achievements, you've created a burden for yourself which you can never, never put down. My lie almost destroyed me."
its a truely amazing and moving story
blurb about the book#
One of the most famous endurance cheating stories of all-time belongs to Ffyona Campbell, who admitted she cheated during the United States portion of her attempt to become the first woman to walk around the world.
She admitted to skipping 1,000 miles after she became pregnant by her then boyfriend-handler and found she was unable to keep up the distances her sponsors expected. It was only after she had an abortion at four months that she resumed her normal walking schedule.
The lie would have gone undiscovered but for one reason -- it haunted her so badly when her celebrated run was over, and she had been hailed as a hero, that she turned to drugs to live with the sense of guilt she felt.
Eventually she confessed, and later returned to the U.S. to walk the miles she had skipped. "The truth is hard enough to live with, but deceit is even harder. Once you've lied about your achievements, you've created a burden for yourself which you can never, never put down. My lie almost destroyed me."
exosculate
a stagger with a beat
Books I have read recently
Catcher in the Rye - Salinger
Periodic Table - Primo Levi
Darkness at Noon - Koestler
Slaughterhouse 5 - Vonnegut
All fab books and I commend them to the forum
People are reading some great books on here, some I've never heard of and I must investigate them further.
The last book I read was Survivor by Chuck Pahlniuk, anyone read that its a great book ?
Im currently reading the Pooh book of Tao - but my attention is not on it at the moment.
Catcher in the Rye - Salinger
Periodic Table - Primo Levi
Darkness at Noon - Koestler
Slaughterhouse 5 - Vonnegut
All fab books and I commend them to the forum
People are reading some great books on here, some I've never heard of and I must investigate them further.
The last book I read was Survivor by Chuck Pahlniuk, anyone read that its a great book ?
Im currently reading the Pooh book of Tao - but my attention is not on it at the moment.
it is indeed!!
also try infinite jest by david foster wallace (junior tennis - wtf?, addiction, AA, Mario) - get past the first fifty or so pages (it took me three goes) and you will be hooked - fucking amazing masterpiece
also life after god by douglas coupland - forget the "zeitgeisty, gen x, voice of the counterculture" bollox that is talked about him - this is timeless, pure and heartbreakingly sad
pennimania
still dre and drooling
loved that 10 years or more ago, inspired to read it again.
Shippou-Sensei
4:1:2.5
just finised reading
The Odyssey - Homer
The Barber of Seville and The mariiage of Figaro - Beaumarchais (the origanal scripts)
book on 3D AutoCad (ver 12 so no help)
The Unadulterated Cat - T Pratchett
Doctor Who the completely useless Encyclopedia and Star trek the completely useless Encyclopedia (very very funny)
and the pile i leave on the toilet... mostly larson
The Odyssey - Homer
The Barber of Seville and The mariiage of Figaro - Beaumarchais (the origanal scripts)
book on 3D AutoCad (ver 12 so no help)
The Unadulterated Cat - T Pratchett
Doctor Who the completely useless Encyclopedia and Star trek the completely useless Encyclopedia (very very funny)
and the pile i leave on the toilet... mostly larson
Reg in slippers
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Walter Mosley - RL's Dream
Cold Comfort Farm - Stella Gibbons
and I've just started the autobiography of Joice NanKivell Loch. I'd never heard of her but picked up the book in a second hand bookshop because it looked interesting and some of her descriptions made me laugh - so this morning I had a look on the Internet:
'Joice Loch was an extraordinary Australian. She had the inspired courage that saved many hundreds of Jews and Poles in World War II, the compassion that made her a self-trained doctor to tens of thousands of refugees, the incredible grit that took her close to death in several theatres of war, and the dedication to truth and justice that shone forth in her own books and a lifetime of astonishing heroism.
Born in a cyclone in 1887 on a Queensland sugar plantation, she grew up in grinding poverty in Gippsland and emerged from years of unpaid drudgery by writing a children's book and freelance journalism. In 1918 she married Sydney Loch, Gallipoli veteran and writer, with whom she was commissioned to produce a book on Ireland. After a dangerous time in Dublin during the Troubles, they escaped from possible IRA vengeance to work with the Quakers in Poland. There they rescued countless dispossessed people from disease and starvation and risked death themselves.
In 1922, Joice and Sydney went to Greece to aid the 1,500,000 refugees fleeing Turkish persecution. Greece was to become their home. They lied in an ancient tower by the sea in the shadows of Athos, the Holy Mountain, and worked selflessly for decades to save victims of war, famine and disease.
During World War II, Joice Loch was an agent for the Allies in Eastern Europe and pulled off a spectacular escape to snatch over 1,000 Jews and Poles from death just before the Nazis invaded Bucharest, escorting them via Constantinople to Palestine. By the time she died in 1982, she had written ten books, saved many thousands of lives, and was one of the world's most decorated women. At her funeral, the Greek Orthodox Bishop of Oxford named her 'one of the most significant women of the twentieth century'.
It looks like I could be in for an interesting read!
and I've just started the autobiography of Joice NanKivell Loch. I'd never heard of her but picked up the book in a second hand bookshop because it looked interesting and some of her descriptions made me laugh - so this morning I had a look on the Internet:
'Joice Loch was an extraordinary Australian. She had the inspired courage that saved many hundreds of Jews and Poles in World War II, the compassion that made her a self-trained doctor to tens of thousands of refugees, the incredible grit that took her close to death in several theatres of war, and the dedication to truth and justice that shone forth in her own books and a lifetime of astonishing heroism.
Born in a cyclone in 1887 on a Queensland sugar plantation, she grew up in grinding poverty in Gippsland and emerged from years of unpaid drudgery by writing a children's book and freelance journalism. In 1918 she married Sydney Loch, Gallipoli veteran and writer, with whom she was commissioned to produce a book on Ireland. After a dangerous time in Dublin during the Troubles, they escaped from possible IRA vengeance to work with the Quakers in Poland. There they rescued countless dispossessed people from disease and starvation and risked death themselves.
In 1922, Joice and Sydney went to Greece to aid the 1,500,000 refugees fleeing Turkish persecution. Greece was to become their home. They lied in an ancient tower by the sea in the shadows of Athos, the Holy Mountain, and worked selflessly for decades to save victims of war, famine and disease.
During World War II, Joice Loch was an agent for the Allies in Eastern Europe and pulled off a spectacular escape to snatch over 1,000 Jews and Poles from death just before the Nazis invaded Bucharest, escorting them via Constantinople to Palestine. By the time she died in 1982, she had written ten books, saved many thousands of lives, and was one of the world's most decorated women. At her funeral, the Greek Orthodox Bishop of Oxford named her 'one of the most significant women of the twentieth century'.
It looks like I could be in for an interesting read!
MysteryGuest
beyond boring and interesting
The Mystery of Consciousness by John R Searle. Trouble is I keep tinkering with my consciousness at the weekend so it's taking a bit of time to read...
Soft as Shite
S.a.S.
Someone Help Me!!!
I normally pride myself on my excellent diverse and often "high brow" reading habits
!! But going through a roung patch, I turned to Jilly Cooper to help me through.
I'm now stuck in a Jilly loop of doom....doomed never to read another 'serious' book again. I re-read Polo, then Man who made Husbands Jealous, then my Mum bought me the new Pandora in hardback, which I devoured in 4 days and I've now stooped to re-reading Appassionatta, truely the worst of her offerings.
I need a book that will not challenge my diminished brain too much, keep me turning the pages, make me laugh and above all, free me from Jilly! Or I'll start at Riders again and never be free.
Any recommendations?
I normally pride myself on my excellent diverse and often "high brow" reading habits
!! But going through a roung patch, I turned to Jilly Cooper to help me through.I'm now stuck in a Jilly loop of doom....doomed never to read another 'serious' book again. I re-read Polo, then Man who made Husbands Jealous, then my Mum bought me the new Pandora in hardback, which I devoured in 4 days and I've now stooped to re-reading Appassionatta, truely the worst of her offerings.
I need a book that will not challenge my diminished brain too much, keep me turning the pages, make me laugh and above all, free me from Jilly! Or I'll start at Riders again and never be free.
Any recommendations?
pennimania
still dre and drooling
You sound like me. I have been through the whole series more than once- I think Score is the worst but I've read it twice. I can go from Riders to Crime and Punishment and back to Rupert Campbell Black again. Perhaps there is some homeopathic cure for it. let me know if you find one.
admirablenelson
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The Collected Short Stories of JG Ballard
About fifty years worth of writing, mostly dystopian visions of the future, all wonderfully imagined. It's great.
About fifty years worth of writing, mostly dystopian visions of the future, all wonderfully imagined. It's great.
"It was a long time since he had kissed a still breathing body..."
I can't believe the book I am reading at the moment. It was a recommendation from someone on U75 and I'm going to track down that old thread, find out who recommended it, and make an appointment at the shrink for them.
If you want the scariest-in-a-completely-level-headed-matter-of-fact-way type book, I don't believe you could find worse than 'Exquisite Corpse' by Poppy Z Brite (who's name alone is brilliant).
She manages the amazing feat of writing as a whole series of gay men, some of whom are deeply scary indeed, without it being at all (consciously or otherwise) anti-gay (imho - though I'd be interested in other people's opinions).
I was disturbed when one character mentions one of my all-time favourite tracks (Coil covering 'Tainted Love') - it really worries me that I share the same tastes as a... (I won't spoil it)
So - soft as shite, or whoever
If you are looking for sleepless nights, fear, shaking, horror, disgust, the tremours...
I can't believe the book I am reading at the moment. It was a recommendation from someone on U75 and I'm going to track down that old thread, find out who recommended it, and make an appointment at the shrink for them.
If you want the scariest-in-a-completely-level-headed-matter-of-fact-way type book, I don't believe you could find worse than 'Exquisite Corpse' by Poppy Z Brite (who's name alone is brilliant).
She manages the amazing feat of writing as a whole series of gay men, some of whom are deeply scary indeed, without it being at all (consciously or otherwise) anti-gay (imho - though I'd be interested in other people's opinions).
I was disturbed when one character mentions one of my all-time favourite tracks (Coil covering 'Tainted Love') - it really worries me that I share the same tastes as a... (I won't spoil it)
So - soft as shite, or whoever
If you are looking for sleepless nights, fear, shaking, horror, disgust, the tremours...
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