Not long finished "how to ruin a record label" by Larry Livermore. Quite a humorous insight into the lookout record label.
Now reading "do what you want - the story of bad religion" which is pretty much what it says it is and the story of one of the best American punk bands.
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17-02-2021 08:42 PM #91
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19-02-2021 10:32 PM #92
Currently working through The complete Sherlock Holmes by our very own Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Bit of a Sherlock fan. Top notch
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20-02-2021 11:08 AM #93This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Definitely a nice thing to do.
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20-02-2021 11:12 AM #94This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
My partner and I do it a lot. It perhaps harks back to childhood, if we had parents reading to us.
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20-02-2021 11:07 PM #95He remembered Bud Lawson. His wasn’t a face for forgetting. Angry, it belonged on a medieval church. Laidlaw had seen him angry in outrage, demanding that they bring out their proof, as if he was going to have a fist-fight with it. But he wasn’t angry now, or at least he was as near to not being angry as was possible for him – which meant his anger was displaced. It was in transit, like a lorry-load of iron, and he was looking for someone to dump it on. His jacket had been thrown on over an open-necked shirt. A [REDACTED]football-scarf was spilling out from the lapels.
Brilliant bit of writing.
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There are also stories about Erchie MacPherson (IIRC), a Glasgow waiter.
It's definitely of it's time but great to read for 10-15 minutes at a time then just forget about it.
It's just when you spoke about a book being comfy - it's the first thing I thought of.
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Thinking about it's making me long for the coast, been stuck in the city for months now!
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22-02-2021 03:59 PM #99
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22-02-2021 04:32 PM #101
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Published by Penguin.
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Finished Tim Peake's excellent book and have now moved on to "The greatest footballer you never saw".
This book is about Robin Friday. A name a lot of you wont be familiar with but in Cardiff he is a cult hero. Was only with Cardiff for a season and moved on. A sublime talent who ultimately self destructed.
They are making a film of the book with Sam Clafin playing Friday. The man was an absolute lunatic!!
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26-02-2021 09:46 PM #106This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show QuoteThis is how it feels
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08-08-2021 05:09 PM #108
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Reading The Secret History of The World by Johnathan Black.
Fantastic read.
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08-08-2021 05:57 PM #109
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Just finished the Danny Trejo biography, what a life he has had, done so much work for his community and comes across as a person who cares about people who are struggling in life, he was in and out of jail, heroin user all from a very young age, just shows you, you don't know what is around the corner and your life can change at anytime
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22-08-2021 09:30 PM #110
Took me a while to get round to it but just finished the blade artist. Fantastic read
Read "The Women in the window" recently too. Was hooked.
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23-08-2021 01:15 PM #111
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Just finished doctor socrates by Andrew downie which was thoroughly enjoyable.
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23-08-2021 05:02 PM #112
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Just started a book about a guys memoirs growing up in an Indian Reservation in the 50/60s called A Pale faced Lie by David Crow, what a read so far, the boy and his siblings suffered mental and physical abuse by his parents probably in a time when people turned a blind eye, only about 100 pages in but rally enjoying it so far.
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26-05-2022 12:14 PM #113
I picked up Yellow Dog by Martin Amis for a quid in a charity shop the other day. I've never read anything by him and, from looking at reviews post-purchase, it's meant to be his worst book. Enjoying it ok so far, 40-odd pages in. If nothing else, Marie Curie gets a quid out it (or two quid, as I bought Armadillo by William Boyd at the same time - another writer I've never read anything by before).
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26-05-2022 02:48 PM #116
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If anyone enjoys travel books then I can recommend the following:
Around the world in 80 trains.
Tears at La Bombanera (this is about travelling around South America, watching football games).
Both were really enjoyable.
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‘El Infierno’ by Pieter Tritton is decent too. That one’s in Ecuador.PERSEVERE
Verb: pə:ːsɪ'ˈvɪə/
To not give up.
To go the distance.
To stop at nothing.
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07-07-2022 11:04 PM #119
Just finished Porno. Good read. Bought a few more IW books so I'll return to them over the coming months
Started The Lincoln Lawyer tonight after watching the series on Netflix
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09-07-2022 01:56 AM #120
The Reckoning by John Grisham. This is a slight departure from the normal legal thriller by one of the experts. There are courtroom scenes but they're a sideline to a family saga that takes in small town life in the deep south and World War Two. It's intense stuff. Gripping.
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