What’s everyone reading at the moment

Tangerinemoss said:
How do you find them? I've read a lot of them , but gave up in the end as she was so depressed all the time. Or was that a reflection of my mood, not sure?
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Tangerinemoss said:
How do you find them? I've read a lot of them , but gave up in the end as she was so depressed all the time. Or was that a reflection of my mood, not sure?
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I quite enjoy the books, 3 so far, the relationships between the main characters take over the main plot sometimes. I find them a really good read, but certainly in Postmortem the ending is a bit of a damp squib, after a great build up.
 
Stephen King’s The Institute is my book in hand reading whilst I’ve got the excellent Neal Asher’s The Soldier going on the Kindle with an odd dip into Bill Bryson’s fascinating A Short History Of Nearly Everything
 
emmykoistangerine said:
Would recommend David Goldblatts' 'The Age Of Football' as a quarantine football read! It's a real magnum opus on the impact and status football has all across the world and its geopolitical implications. Otherwise fiction-wise I'm reading Milan Kundera's 'The Joke' and non-fiction Naomi Klein's 'On Fire'.
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I'm loving the Goldblatt book!
 
Who bumped this thread I've just nearly finished Stephen Leather-Tall Order Dan Shepherd that's my second book on one thread. 😄
 
Prisoners of geography by Tim Marshall. Brilliant book that explains politics being shaped by geography. It discusses Russia and why it's always struggled to be a major world player (lack of warm water ports) how the US has been blessed by geography, Chinese issues dominating the seas. The chapters on Africa and the arctic are very good. Well worth a read and not a complicated affair
 
Have just ordered Paddy Kenny's autobiography "The Gloves are off .." to see if we get any mentions

BTW - foreword by Neil Warnock!!
 
That's former loaded editor James Brown. Not funk legend James Brown btw. I'd totally by a book on 5-a-side by the latter mind...
 
I'm reading Clive James Unreliable memoirs about growing up in post war Sydney.
His dad survived a Japanese POW camp but was killed when his American repatriation flight crashed in Manila Bay.
 
I've just read both of James Deegan's books; 'Once A Pilgrim' and 'The Angry Sea', and thought they were brilliant. If you would like a more realistic, British Jack Reacher, written by someone who has walked-the-walk then I would recommend you give them a look. Hopefully the 3rd in the series will be released soon. Has anyone else read either?
 
NewburyOne said:
I've just read both of James Deegan's books; 'Once A Pilgrim' and 'The Angry Sea', and thought they were brilliant. If you would like a more realistic, British Jack Reacher, written by someone who has walked-the-walk then I would recommend you give them a look. Hopefully the 3rd in the series will be released soon. Has anyone else read either?
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Read Once a Pilgrim on Prime, very good. TBH, have read an enormous amount on Prime since the library shut, some good, some bad, but fed my addiction 😄
 
re reading Hi/lo split poker for advanced players by ray zee...a compelling read and a must read for any budding hi/lo Omaha or hi/lo stud players
 
The Body - a guide for occupants / Bill Bryson

Big fan of Iowa Bill and have managed to read most of his output over the years.
 
I'm currently reading Cruel Brittania by Ian Cobain, not an easy read, a very revealing book about how the UK has used different forms of 'persuasion' to gain information from suspects arrested during conflicts. The interesting parts are the cover-ups made by Governments, Ministers and Prime Ministers of all colours. So, if anyone ever tells you the British are clean and don't use torture techniques, tell them to read this book.

Here's a quote from it which may surprise you, it did me: One MP, Enoch Powell, from the right wing of the party, declared that a nation that behaved in this manner did not deserve an empire." (from "Cruel Britannia: A Secret History of Torture" by Ian Cobain)
 
Rotterdam+Sussex_Seasider said:
Currently reading Paul Tonkinson's book where Vassos gets a few mentions. Must read this next.

Seems a few on here into running, or at least reading running books.

Just finished reading Stephen Fry - Heroes.
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The best ever book about running is 'The long hard road' by Dr Ron Hill.
i've read it 3 times.
When you think of all sporting knights in this country,its a travesty that he has never become a Sir.
 
Fortunately I'm a slow reader, I absorb every word, so I've just finished the last of the books I got from the library at the start of 'Lockdown'.
This week I picked a book off my bookshelf. It is a Bill Bryson called 'Down Under'. I actually started reading it months ago then, for some reason, I only read a small part of it.
Started it again this week and, as I thought, it's a great read. Bryson is always funny and very dry.
Obviously it's about Aussie. One of the things he said is 'Australia has more things that can kill you in a very nasty way than anywhere else on Earth.
Of the 10 most deadly things on earth which can kill you, all of them are in Australia'.
He means poisonous etc. 😉
Always worth a read.
 
Nearly finished The Power of the Dog - Don Winslow

Got Above Head Height: A Five-A-Side Life - James Brown lined up next...after a recommendation on here.

AVFTT, more influential than the Richard and Judy Book Club.
 
Nothing and am utterly ashamed of that!
Have the concentration of a gnat right now after work and other projects.
Will make the effort to pick out one of the above recommendations and see if I can re train the brain 🥴 and get back into reading, a passion I once held dear.
Why is it you suddenly can’t do it anymore,simply don’t get that.
 
Really enjoyed James Brown's book (possibly because I knew a lot of the characters and played with them many times) but the themes should resonate with anyone who has played five/ six/ seven a side regularly.
 
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