| Reading (not the town) 08:06 - Mar 26 with 4936 views | Capt_Koons |
Anyone getting more opportunity to get amongst some literature now we're in lockdown?
I've just read 'The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists' by Robert Tressell , I highly recommend it.
What's everyone reading? [Post edited 26 Mar 2020 8:52]
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| Reading (not the town) on 08:09 - Mar 26 with 3904 views | SaintNick |
I bought a couple of books in one of those cheap bookshops.
1. Status Quo official autobiography- actually quite good as its a warts and all story
2. John Lennon biography - Just started reading it but written by Ray Connolly who has written a few decent biorgraphies in the past, only a couple of chapters in but an interesting read |  |
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| Reading (not the town) on 08:47 - Mar 26 with 3887 views | dirk_doone |
'A People's Tragedy: The Russian Revolution' by Orlando Figes
Of books I've read recently, I'd highly recommend 'The Forgotten Soldier' by Guy Sajer and all of David Downing's John Russell series, which I found so addictive that I read all of them in quick succession:
Zoo Station
Silesian Station
Stettin Station
Potsdam Station
Lehrter Station
Masaryk Station |  |
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| Reading (not the town) on 08:49 - Mar 26 with 3885 views | Capt_Koons |
I've read 10 of those. Good luck with reading Moby Dick, I managed 3 pages before giving it up as a bad job. | |
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| Reading (not the town) on 08:52 - Mar 26 with 3879 views | SaintNick |
| Reading (not the town) on 08:49 - Mar 26 by Capt_Koons |
I've read 10 of those. Good luck with reading Moby Dick, I managed 3 pages before giving it up as a bad job. |
a popular book in Wales so I believe | |
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| Reading (not the town) on 09:26 - Mar 26 with 3857 views | this_charming_man |
| Reading (not the town) on 08:49 - Mar 26 by Capt_Koons |
I've read 10 of those. Good luck with reading Moby Dick, I managed 3 pages before giving it up as a bad job. |
i've done 6, think there might be a couple of i give a swerve, Harry Potter doesn't really interest me, or Lord of the rings either. |  |
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| Reading (not the town) on 09:29 - Mar 26 with 3855 views | TheMoog |
I'm currently reading three books a day.
Yesterday was:
Simon Sock
Elmer and the Flood
Pip and Posy: The Bedtime Frog |  |
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| Reading (not the town) on 10:04 - Mar 26 with 3838 views | DorsetIan |
| Reading (not the town) on 08:49 - Mar 26 by Capt_Koons |
I've read 10 of those. Good luck with reading Moby Dick, I managed 3 pages before giving it up as a bad job. |
Ditto - anyone who can finish Moby Dick deserves a prize. But if you want a taste of Melville, the short story Bartleby The Scrivener is brilliant. It's about a bloke who goes to work as a scribe in a law office, and who 'works to rule' in the most extreme way possible. Whenever his boss asks him to do something he doesn't want to do he just says very gently 'I prefer not to'. It's about the frustrations that then ensure. Sounds a bit one dimensional but it's not.
Good try suggesting The Ragged Trousered Philanthropist on here!... | |
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| Reading (not the town) on 10:06 - Mar 26 with 3836 views | 1885_SFC |
I've just read a book called 'The History of Glue'.
I couldn't put it down... |  |
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| Reading (not the town) on 10:23 - Mar 26 with 3826 views | UlsterBaz |
Yes, just finished Ant Middleton’s book which was a bit disappointing. Now onto “From Russia With Blood” which is a good read. Putin doesn’t mess about. |  | | |
| Reading (not the town) on 10:35 - Mar 26 with 3823 views | dirk_doone |
I've read nearly all of the books on that list and must admit that, although they are all worthy, I found some of them quite boring.
This is an alternative list of books, which although they may not all be great works of literature, I found much more enjoyable:
Laurie Lee 'As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning'
E.B. Sledge 'With the Old Breed at Peleliu and Okinawa'
Joe Simpson 'Touching the Void'
Eowyn Ivey 'The Snow Child'
Hatuki Murakami 'Kafka On the Shore'
John le Carré 'The Spy Who Came in from the Cold'
Antony Beevor 'Stalingrad'
Paul Theroux 'The Great Railway Bazaar'
Barry Unsworth 'Stone Virgin'
Richard Price 'Clockers'
Cormac McCarthy 'All the Pretty Horses'
Herman Raucher 'Summer of '42'
Peter Blauner 'Slow Motion Riot'
Patrick Leigh Fermor 'A Time of Gifts'
Eric Newby 'A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush'
David Grann 'The Lost City of Z'
Olivia Manning 'The Levant Trilogy'
William Boyd 'Brazzaville Beach'
J.G. Ballard 'High-Rise'
Peter Hessler 'River Town'
James Clavell 'Shogun'
Charles Willeford 'The Way We Die Now'
Karl Marlantes 'Matterhorn'
William Least Heat-Moon 'Blue Highways'
A.S. Byatt 'Possession'
Bill Bryson 'The Lost Continent: Travels in Small Town America'
Franz Kafka 'The Castle'
If you want to binge on pulp fiction, Charles Willeford's Hoke Moseley series should see you through the coronavirus months.
Of the many football books, Garry Nelson's 'Left Foot Forward: A Year in the Life of a Journeyman Footballer,' is one of the best. [Post edited 26 Mar 2020 11:24]
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| Reading (not the town) on 10:56 - Mar 26 with 3803 views | Newdawn2014 |
Kindle v real book ? | | | |
| Reading (not the town) on 10:56 - Mar 26 with 3802 views | this_charming_man |
| Reading (not the town) on 10:23 - Mar 26 by UlsterBaz |
Yes, just finished Ant Middleton’s book which was a bit disappointing. Now onto “From Russia With Blood” which is a good read. Putin doesn’t mess about. |
Which one? I read first man in thought it was very good. Not read the fear bubble yet
I’m told the best one is Mark Billinghams books need to read that | |
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| Reading (not the town) on 11:19 - Mar 26 with 3778 views | UlsterBaz |
| Reading (not the town) on 10:56 - Mar 26 by this_charming_man |
Which one? I read first man in thought it was very good. Not read the fear bubble yet
I’m told the best one is Mark Billinghams books need to read that |
It was ‘First Man In’. I really liked a lot of the content but I didn’t like how it was written as a ‘Lesson’ based book. His documentary about Everest was brilliant though if you didn’t see it. | | | |
| Reading (not the town) on 11:21 - Mar 26 with 3774 views | UlsterBaz |
And if it’s footy books you like as dirk said Garry Nelson’s is definitely worth a read. I also liked Paul Ferris’ “The Boy On The Shed”. | | | |
| Reading (not the town) on 11:55 - Mar 26 with 3753 views | this_charming_man |
| Reading (not the town) on 11:19 - Mar 26 by UlsterBaz |
It was ‘First Man In’. I really liked a lot of the content but I didn’t like how it was written as a ‘Lesson’ based book. His documentary about Everest was brilliant though if you didn’t see it. |
Yeah saw the Everest thing, he's done some very good stuff. I thought the book was good, but like you say the who "lesson" thing was a bit self righteous.
Football books a season with Verona is a great read. Its a diary of a English journalist living in Verona who follows them home and away for a season, great read. | |
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| Reading (not the town) on 11:58 - Mar 26 with 3751 views | RednWight |
50 books to read before you die
At the moment I think I’ll stop after 49 |  |
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| Reading (not the town) on 11:59 - Mar 26 with 3746 views | grumpy |
| Reading (not the town) on 11:58 - Mar 26 by RednWight |
50 books to read before you die
At the moment I think I’ll stop after 49 |
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| Reading (not the town) on 12:04 - Mar 26 with 3740 views | UlsterBaz |
| Reading (not the town) on 11:58 - Mar 26 by RednWight |
50 books to read before you die
At the moment I think I’ll stop after 49 |
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| Reading (not the town) on 12:12 - Mar 26 with 3733 views | RonManager |
A Consice history of the Great Western Railway, 1833-1948 in three volumes. You'll never guess how it ends.
The Telephone Directory. Bit thin on plot and far too many characters. |  |
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| Reading (not the town) on 12:15 - Mar 26 with 3730 views | this_charming_man |
| Reading (not the town) on 11:58 - Mar 26 by RednWight |
50 books to read before you die
At the moment I think I’ll stop after 49 |
Very good. | |
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| Reading (not the town) on 12:40 - Mar 26 with 3716 views | Capt_Koons |
| Reading (not the town) on 10:35 - Mar 26 by dirk_doone |
I've read nearly all of the books on that list and must admit that, although they are all worthy, I found some of them quite boring.
This is an alternative list of books, which although they may not all be great works of literature, I found much more enjoyable:
Laurie Lee 'As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning'
E.B. Sledge 'With the Old Breed at Peleliu and Okinawa'
Joe Simpson 'Touching the Void'
Eowyn Ivey 'The Snow Child'
Hatuki Murakami 'Kafka On the Shore'
John le Carré 'The Spy Who Came in from the Cold'
Antony Beevor 'Stalingrad'
Paul Theroux 'The Great Railway Bazaar'
Barry Unsworth 'Stone Virgin'
Richard Price 'Clockers'
Cormac McCarthy 'All the Pretty Horses'
Herman Raucher 'Summer of '42'
Peter Blauner 'Slow Motion Riot'
Patrick Leigh Fermor 'A Time of Gifts'
Eric Newby 'A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush'
David Grann 'The Lost City of Z'
Olivia Manning 'The Levant Trilogy'
William Boyd 'Brazzaville Beach'
J.G. Ballard 'High-Rise'
Peter Hessler 'River Town'
James Clavell 'Shogun'
Charles Willeford 'The Way We Die Now'
Karl Marlantes 'Matterhorn'
William Least Heat-Moon 'Blue Highways'
A.S. Byatt 'Possession'
Bill Bryson 'The Lost Continent: Travels in Small Town America'
Franz Kafka 'The Castle'
If you want to binge on pulp fiction, Charles Willeford's Hoke Moseley series should see you through the coronavirus months.
Of the many football books, Garry Nelson's 'Left Foot Forward: A Year in the Life of a Journeyman Footballer,' is one of the best. [Post edited 26 Mar 2020 11:24]
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Joe Simpson 'Touching the Void' is a hell of a book, and perfect for a lock down situation. I had frostbite by proxy for six months after reading it. | |
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| Reading (not the town) on 12:54 - Mar 26 with 3706 views | TheMoog |
| Reading (not the town) on 12:12 - Mar 26 by RonManager |
A Consice history of the Great Western Railway, 1833-1948 in three volumes. You'll never guess how it ends.
The Telephone Directory. Bit thin on plot and far too many characters. |
Then there's the Dictionary. No plot at all but they explain every word. | |
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| Reading (not the town) on 14:13 - Mar 26 with 3685 views | thissceptredsaint |
I have read The Castle by Franz Kafka but it was a long while ago. Found it irritating but was determined to finish it |  | | |
| Reading (not the town) on 14:24 - Mar 26 with 3680 views | dirk_doone |
| Reading (not the town) on 14:13 - Mar 26 by thissceptredsaint |
I have read The Castle by Franz Kafka but it was a long while ago. Found it irritating but was determined to finish it |
A bit like K's quest to reach the castle. | |
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