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Post by shrewinjapan on Jun 10, 2010 9:58:42 GMT 1
I read a lot on my iphone. Just read Caught Stealing, by Charlie Huston. It was pretty good, and 'twas a free download so that made it all the better. The last paper book I read was The Ball Is Round, which was a lot of reading but something that every football fan should try to read.
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Post by Worthingshrew on Jun 10, 2010 12:35:46 GMT 1
Reading is one of life's great pleasures IMO. Favourite books - Tender is the Night & Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald, also got into Ian MacEwan - Enduring Love, Atonement, Amsterdam, and Saturday all worth reading - not read his more recnet stuff.
Currently reading short stories by W Somerset Maugham - a bit dated but great stories and so well written.
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Post by mysticmurray on Jun 10, 2010 14:35:13 GMT 1
I was reading before I was born.
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Post by jaytee on Jun 10, 2010 19:21:32 GMT 1
Going to get. Jackie Pallo. You grunt, I'll groan. My favourite was Les Kellett, a great comedian of the ring. My Bro told me he became a promoter for a short time. Went to see a tourny Les organised in Craven Arms.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 10, 2010 20:43:15 GMT 1
It may be an age thing but i, like Venceremos, have a bad habit of starting but not finishing books. I've also got 3 books on the go at the moment.
Mind you this is better than my previous "bad habit". I used to finish a book, make myself read it to the end, no matter how many warning bells were sounding in my head saying "this is a crock of s**t, bin it". Now, if a book is'nt working for me, it stays unread, but still in the collection.
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Post by Hippo on Jun 10, 2010 23:16:48 GMT 1
Am mad for anything "bodyline" and have 30 books on the subject. Any recommendations? I've read Bodyline Autopsy and enjoyed immensely. I was going to follow it up with " douglas Jardine: Spartan Cricketer" or Duncan Hamilton's book on Larwood, but didnt act quick enough and my reading impulses moved on to other subjects. Is Gideon Haigh's The Cricket War worth £20? That tops my cricket reading plan, along with Beyond a Boundary and Peter May's one on the rebel tours.
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Post by markglasgow on Jun 10, 2010 23:36:27 GMT 1
Love fiction from Clive Barker to Anne Tyler and anything inbetween! At the moment I've picked up De Bernières Captain Corelli'd Mandolin, which I had previously written off as some romantic nonsense. How wrong could I be..... can't recommend enough! NickO and I recommended 'Birds Without Wings' by De Bernieres on the 'history' thread. In my opininion that and his South American trilogy are better than Corelli. Cheers ST. Always on the look out for something new. Will check out your recommendations during the summer, however think the ole WC might get in the way!
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Post by rglenshrew on Jun 10, 2010 23:54:32 GMT 1
Not anywhere as much as I probably should be but I will stick to something if it starts off well.
Heading into counselling in the future so will no doubt read a lot about psychology and the likes. Currently reading "The Burn Journals" by Brent Runyon. About a 14 year old who survives a suicide attempt which leaves his skin 85% burnt and it talks alot about his recovery. True story as well.
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Post by barrynic on Jun 11, 2010 19:09:49 GMT 1
Am mad for anything "bodyline" and have 30 books on the subject. Any recommendations? I've read Bodyline Autopsy and enjoyed immensely. I was going to follow it up with " douglas Jardine: Spartan Cricketer" or Duncan Hamilton's book on Larwood, but didnt act quick enough and my reading impulses moved on to other subjects. Is Gideon Haigh's The Cricket War worth £20? That tops my cricket reading plan, along with Beyond a Boundary and Peter May's one on the rebel tours. Bodyline Autopsy is a great read and is one of the best. Gideon Haigh is a very good writer in my humble opinion not up there with the best but excellent nevertheless. Have a look for the old stuff well worth it --Just got out "Playing for England" by the legendary Denis Compton first edition 1948 and going to read it again. If you are going to take it seriously find a hero or a team or an era to start with and then the bug will hit you ---pay what you can afford and no more. Back on the subject of "Cricket War" Amazon seem to think so ! Got mine for a pound from a Sunday market --- a bit tatty but will not replace it with a better copy.
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Post by Shrewed on Jun 12, 2010 15:48:52 GMT 1
Very rarely without a book to read, Just finished the Millenium Trilogy by Steig Larsson found all three books to be excellent reads some of the best I've read in last few years. One point do read them in order.
Currently reading Imperium by Robert Harris
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