Question What are you reading?

[MK Shrimper]

Not that different - in South Africa, I've known someone who pulled over after he saw a black man drive towards him.

Jensen Button and Lewis Hamilton? :unsure:

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

Not that different - in South Africa, I've known someone who pulled over after he saw a black man drive towards him.

Jensen Button and Lewis Hamilton? :unsure:

Ha!When I went to South Africa for the African Nations Cup in '96 our black coach/mini-cab driver always kept an automatic weapon, discretely under his seat.

 

[prawntobewild]

Glad I found this thread - love me reading - (Even read during half time) - just started "The Girl who kicked the Hornets Nest" - Third & Final part of the Stieg Larsson Trilogy it's about 750 pages.

 

[shrimpersfan9]

Been reading Soccernomics recently, it really makes for good reading. I've been going through it slowly for a week now.

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

King of Clubs.Anton Johnson.File under fiction, I think.Only one chapter of interest to SUFC fans and that's as full of tall stories as the rest of the book.
The lawyers must have had a good look at the chapter on us.Neither the Rubens nor Vic Jobson are mentioned by name.Indeed the only SU people from that era, who AJ actually names, are Peter Morris and Bobby Moore.
Incidentally,PM told him he thought "there were too many chiefs and not enough Indians at Southend".It would appear that the current chairman has sorted that one.
Bobby Moore was also apparently a great success at Southend.Funny that's not how I remember it.
Also, AJ didn't take 37,000 quid from the supporters Xmas Club.In fact he "did no more than give back the money out of my own pocket." :liar:
Pinochio is a far more believable fairy story.

 

[A Century United]

The Archimedes Palimpsest.

Alternate chapters discussing a: How you go about reading the original text of Archimedes on sheets of vellum which have been scraped, bleached, and then written and painted over, and b: The significance of the new evidence that is uncovered that shows that Archimedes had one of the most brilliant and original minds that this world has seen.

 

[MK Shrimper]

After finishing World War Z (which I must say got a bit stupid in the middle and boring towards the end), I'm going to give Nick Cave's The Death of Bunny Munroe a read.

 

[BrettieAngell]

Demon Seed by Dean Koontz.

 

[davewebbsbrain]

Finally downloaded Red Card Roy from Amazon so going to make a start on that when I get a chance

 

[Dick Bate's Protege]

Casino Royale - Ian Fleming

Decided to have a go through the Bond series.

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

Just finished Sebastian Faulkes's A week in December.Lent to me by a mate, after I'd passed on John Lanchester's Capital to him.
I can see where my mate was coming from but personally I think Capital is a much better book.That also goes for Zadie Smith's NW and JK Rowling's The Casual Vacancy.
However,I must say I liked the clear parallel that SF's draws between good old fashioned Islamic terrorism and insider trading on the stock market.:thumbsup:

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

Finally downloaded Red Card Roy from Amazon so going to make a start on that when I get a chance

Remember he could pull a bird,buy her a half,get some petrol,drive back to his place and get inside her knickers, all within half an hour,back in his heyday!

 

[Kent Shrimper]

Not dead yet - Peter James

Another Roy Grace cracker

 

[Bluesmanager]

Just got the first Harry Potter out ffrom my uni library for my dissertation. I'll get the next two next week.

Also got samples of The Silmarillion and a few of the other Lord of the Rings books, must re-read The Hobbit for next month, too...

 

[Shrimpers are Magic]

After finishing World War Z (which I must say got a bit stupid in the middle and boring towards the end), I'm going to give Nick Cave's The Death of Bunny Munroe a read.

If you haven't read it already I highly recommend "and the *** saw the angel" by Nick Cave

 

[MK Shrimper]

If you haven't read it already I highly recommend "and the *** saw the angel" by Nick Cave

Cheers, I'll see how I get on with Bunnykins.

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

After finishing World War Z (which I must say got a bit stupid in the middle and boring towards the end), I'm going to give Nick Cave's The Death of Bunny Munroe a read.

The Nick Cave is great.Full of Brighton gore.Saw him sign, read extracts from it,answer questions from the audience and play a two man concert here,a couple of years back.:thumbsup:

 

[prawntobewild]

Have now finished the Steig Larsson "Girl With/Who" trilogy - anyone else read 'em - If so what did you think?
Personally really enjoyed them all & have seen the Swedish Version of "Dragon Tattoo".

 

[Shrimpers are Magic]

Just finished the Karla trilogy by Le Carre with Smiley's People the best of the three easily.
Now on to Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts.

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

While the Women are Sleeping by Javier Marias.An interesting (and extremely quirky)collection of short stories by one of Spain's best contemporary writers.