*What book are you reading ?
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At the moment I'm, reading "Big Chief Elizabeth," by Giles Milton. It's a history of early attempts to found colonies in America but it's really well written and reads like a novel. And I've got "The Riddle and the Knight" by the same author to keep me occupied while I'm away.
Then I'm going to start on the Harry Potter series because I read a bit of one while I was on holiday and was surprised to find that I really enjoyed it.
Then I'm going to start on the Harry Potter series because I read a bit of one while I was on holiday and was surprised to find that I really enjoyed it.
I know! I don't really know what I was expecting it to be like, but she writes really well I think. Certainly she knows how to tell a good story. I didn't want to get too into it because it was the last book in the series and I'd prefer to start at the beginning - and in any case Mum wanted her book back!
Definitely looking forward to starting on Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. I mighgt even get it in the airport tomorrow for in-flight entertainment.
Definitely looking forward to starting on Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. I mighgt even get it in the airport tomorrow for in-flight entertainment.
The Bang-Bang Club by Greg Marinovich & Joao Silva
"They were four young photographers who covered the township war in South Africa in the early 90's. They worked together, risked their lives together, partied together. Ken Oosterbroek died, shot by a stray bullet while working. Kevin Carter committed suicide a matter of weeks after he won a Pulitzer prize for a photograph of a starving child in the Sudan. In this remarkable book, Greg Marinovich and Joao Silva, the two surviving members of the group, tell their extraordinary and harrowing story."
I picked this up at Heathrow this morning, I have only read a few pages but it looks like an excellent read.
"They were four young photographers who covered the township war in South Africa in the early 90's. They worked together, risked their lives together, partied together. Ken Oosterbroek died, shot by a stray bullet while working. Kevin Carter committed suicide a matter of weeks after he won a Pulitzer prize for a photograph of a starving child in the Sudan. In this remarkable book, Greg Marinovich and Joao Silva, the two surviving members of the group, tell their extraordinary and harrowing story."
I picked this up at Heathrow this morning, I have only read a few pages but it looks like an excellent read.
*still* reading the epic 5th Jean Auel Novel
"The Shelters of Stone"
its one of those books that takes ages (765 pages) so I have skimm/speed read at the same time the brilliant :
"Aphrodisiacs and Love magic" The mystic lure of love charms by Pamela Allardice.
"The Shelters of Stone"
its one of those books that takes ages (765 pages) so I have skimm/speed read at the same time the brilliant :
"Aphrodisiacs and Love magic" The mystic lure of love charms by Pamela Allardice.
onemonkey
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I have just finished The Salmon of Doubt by Douglas Adams, or rather i haven't because tragically neither did he..
It was a Dirk Gently story that Adams had been working on (well, off and on) for the last ten years of his life.. when he died his editors pieced together a version from files on his laptop.
What they've come up with is classic Adams surrealism but all too brief.. there's about the first 70 tantalising pages of what would probably have been a 240 page book, in which the holistic detective is hired by someone he never meets for an unspecified job. With nothing better to do he starts following people at random and accidently finds himself in Santa Fe about to meet a rhinoceros called Desmond..
which is where it stops
the book itself also contains a collection of short stories, journalism and letters about life, the universe and some other things besides. A must for all Adams fans.. for the rest of you, who are not YET fans, start by reading The Hitchhiker's Guide to Galaxy
It was a Dirk Gently story that Adams had been working on (well, off and on) for the last ten years of his life.. when he died his editors pieced together a version from files on his laptop.
What they've come up with is classic Adams surrealism but all too brief.. there's about the first 70 tantalising pages of what would probably have been a 240 page book, in which the holistic detective is hired by someone he never meets for an unspecified job. With nothing better to do he starts following people at random and accidently finds himself in Santa Fe about to meet a rhinoceros called Desmond..
which is where it stops
the book itself also contains a collection of short stories, journalism and letters about life, the universe and some other things besides. A must for all Adams fans.. for the rest of you, who are not YET fans, start by reading The Hitchhiker's Guide to Galaxy
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ive just finished Fingersmith by sarah waters
and am about to start:
Otherland by tad williams
and
The Night Listener by armistead maupin
and am about to start:
Otherland by tad williams
and
The Night Listener by armistead maupin
Mrs Magpie
On a bit of break...
oooh foo! I've heard this is a good book...I shall seek out a copy. Let's hope I'm more successful than in my attempts to meet you at various Urbanites gatherings....I sought you out and couldn't find you...
foo
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lol, Mrs M. I know. Hatboy and I went in search of you....then I lost him too 
. If you're going to the next one (bank holiday) we'll definitely have a chat (about the Archers mebbe eh? )
As for Kitchen. If you want to PM your address I'll send it to you in the post. It's a lovely book imo.
. If you're going to the next one (bank holiday) we'll definitely have a chat (about the Archers mebbe eh? )As for Kitchen. If you want to PM your address I'll send it to you in the post. It's a lovely book imo.
Spud Murphy III
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I have 3 books on the go at the moment:
Some short stories by Chekhov.
Civilisations of Africa: A History to 1800 by Christopher Ehret. This is a bit textbook-y but a good introduction to a subject I know nothing about. Could do with more pictures!
Dancing with Dogma by Ian Gilmour. Account by a former Tory 'wet' Cabinet minister of the Thatcher years. Scathing in the extreme!
Some short stories by Chekhov.
Civilisations of Africa: A History to 1800 by Christopher Ehret. This is a bit textbook-y but a good introduction to a subject I know nothing about. Could do with more pictures!
Dancing with Dogma by Ian Gilmour. Account by a former Tory 'wet' Cabinet minister of the Thatcher years. Scathing in the extreme!
tijuanadonkeyshow
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Just finished Sour Sweet by Timothy Mo.
Really enjoyed it, its not the sort of thing I'd usually touch with a barge pole but a mates mum was reading it on the beach and I borrowed it just as something to read. Its a fictional but very believable account of a Chinese family in 60s London who get mixed up with the Yakuza through no fault of their own and shifts dramatically from day-to-day family life to extremely violent gangland activities. Cracking book.
Really enjoyed it, its not the sort of thing I'd usually touch with a barge pole but a mates mum was reading it on the beach and I borrowed it just as something to read. Its a fictional but very believable account of a Chinese family in 60s London who get mixed up with the Yakuza through no fault of their own and shifts dramatically from day-to-day family life to extremely violent gangland activities. Cracking book.
I've broken one of my golden rules and am now in the middle of several books:
Also, because I currently have a job, I've been listening to a lot of books on tape recently, including:
I also have many more books and tapes in the pipeline.
- 'The Silmarillion' - J.R.R. Tolkein
[*]'In Defence of History' - Richard Evans
[*]'The King's Peace' - C.V. Wedgwood
Also, because I currently have a job, I've been listening to a lot of books on tape recently, including:
- 'The Hundred Days' - Patrick O'Brian
[*]'The Lord of the Rings' - Tolkein
[*]'Scoop' - Evelyn Waugh
I also have many more books and tapes in the pipeline.
VenalDominance
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Revolutionary Suicide by Huey P. Newton.
... btw, hi .. I'm a newbie
... btw, hi .. I'm a newbie
onemonkey
winmonkey
this one will run and run
glad to see this thread is turning into this forum's
On the CD player today (contd)
as evry 1 knew urbanites are a well read bunch!
atm i'm mainly reading:
The Ape and the Sushi Master - Frans de Waal
Georges' Marvellous Medicine - Roald Dahl
Underground - Haruki Murakami
glad to see this thread is turning into this forum's
On the CD player today (contd)
as evry 1 knew urbanites are a well read bunch!
atm i'm mainly reading:
The Ape and the Sushi Master - Frans de Waal
Georges' Marvellous Medicine - Roald Dahl
Underground - Haruki Murakami
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