Question What are you reading?

[Tangled up in Blue]

Fascinating. I'll take that one to the beach :nope:

Just finished it.It's a good read but not exactly beach material.:winking:

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

Just picked up (literally) Wilko Johnson's autobiography:Don't you leave me here.

Looks a good poolside read.:smile:

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

Just started Mark Hadon's excellent collection of short stories.The Pier Falls.

The title story is surely destined to become a short story classic.

Must be every Southend fan's worst nightmare (after SUFC going bankrupt, I suppose).

 

[Greebosan]

I'm sure this was recommended by someone on here, but can't for the life of me find who. Anyway, just finished Ben Smith's 'Journeyman', which is an excellent read. Refreshing and honest, detailing the lower leagues dealings that go on every day. Was certainly an eye-opener, only a tiny bit on Southend, but still a cracking read. The portrait he paints of Steve Evans is a joy, although I did pause more than once to wonder if our very own El Tango has very similar characteristics!

 

[fatshrimp]

I have a sudden urge to read Don Quixote for some reason. Anyone read it?

I've had the same for somewhile and instead of reading it I opted for the Audiobook instead. It is invaluable when trying to sleep.

 

[MK Shrimper]

I've had the same for somewhile and instead of reading it I opted for the Audiobook instead. It is invaluable when trying to sleep.

Haha, that urge passed me by. Doubt it'll make my pool side reading list.

 

[Bearded Shrimper]

I'm sure this was recommended by someone on here, but can't for the life of me find who. Anyway, just finished Ben Smith's 'Journeyman', which is an excellent read. Refreshing and honest, detailing the lower leagues dealings that go on every day. Was certainly an eye-opener, only a tiny bit on Southend, but still a cracking read. The portrait he paints of Steve Evans is a joy, although I did pause more than once to wonder if our very own El Tango has very similar characteristics!

brilliant book, i really enjoyed that one

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

Man at the Helm.Nina Stibbe.Funny.

Good pool side reading MK.:smile:

 

[southend4ever]

Bounce - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bounce-Myth-Talent-Power-Practice/dp/0007350546

 

[banjo saviola]

The Grapes of Wrath. A book that I've intended to read for sometime. It really is a classic and the ending is certainly, er, different.

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

The Grapes of Wrath. A book that I've intended to read for sometime. It really is a classic and the ending is certainly, er, different.

Life affirming.:thumbsup:

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

Just started Thomas Piketty's Chronicles.Excellent economic journalism.

Not pool side or beach reading material though,MK.:winking:

 

[MK Shrimper]

Just started Thomas Piketty's Chronicles.Excellent economic journalism.

Not pool side or beach reading material though,MK.:winking:

Thanks I'll put it on the "you must be ****ing kidding me" list.

 

[Bearded Shrimper]

nearly finished Consider Phlebas, the first Culture novel by Ian M Banks

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

Halway through Nina Stibbe's Love,nina.Not as good as the TV series but definitily qualifies as holiday reading.

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

The Many.Wyl Mennur.Very strange (but well written) novel set in a Cornish fishing village.This emmet enjoyed it.

 

[MK Shrimper]

Holiday reads - The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monks Kidd, Viv Albertine's autobiog Clothes.....Music......Boys, and All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr. All different and all great page turners.

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

Halfway through Ian McEwan's The Children Act.Easily the UK's best writer at the top of his game.

 

[Jai]

Just finished Suffolk Shrimper's Roots to the 92 in four days, really enjoyed it partly because it puts our current woes into perspective. As long as there's always a Southend United, whatever level we happen to be at, we'll all have somewhere to go on a Saturday with friends and family and enjoy the camaraderie that the game brings.

Andy's quest spans five decades and the tales within it of friends/acquainances made in pubs and terraces all over the country make you realise how lucky we are to support a club like ours. Even if we are crap at the moment.

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

Just finished Patti Smith's M Train.

Old hippies don't die-they just go on to write rather good books.:smile: