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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

'Garden Notebook' by Beth Chatto.

What about you?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I'm reading a thread by p6545.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The third Jack Reacher book.

Plus two others, one called The Other Wife, the other The New Guy.

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By *uietlykinkymeWoman
over a year ago

kinky land

Commandos, and A helmet for my pillow is next on my reading stack

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"I'm reading a thread by p6545."

I fabbed your aubergine.

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By *ive Bar Beauty QueenWoman
over a year ago

Stoke

The Sunday papers

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

Nineteen Eighty Four by George Orwell.

I’m a literary student so dystopian fiction is very much the theme.

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By *he Mac LassWoman
over a year ago

Hefty Hideaway

Bill Bryson’s Shakespeare is probably the lightest reading.

I’m also reading a some weighty texts for uni which is a real bloody chore!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Bill Bryson’s Shakespeare is probably the lightest reading.

I’m also reading a some weighty texts for uni which is a real bloody chore! "

I feel ya!

Lolita is an uncomfortable read

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Thus spoke Zarathustra- Nietzsche

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By *JohnMan
over a year ago

Newcastle upon Tyne

Aesop's Fables. There's a lot that I wasn't expecting after the heavily edited and abridged version I encountered as a child.

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By *umalotagainMan
over a year ago

a town called malice

Mindset

All about changing the way you think to maximise performance

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

My next read will be canterbury tales by Chaucer as our next module is on the history of the English Language.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"My next read will be canterbury tales by Chaucer as our next module is on the history of the English Language. "

I hated Chaucer

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By *he Mac LassWoman
over a year ago

Hefty Hideaway

"My next read will be canterbury tales by Chaucer as our next module is on the history of the English Language. "

We’re approaching ‘plays’ in English Lit. The Duchess of Malfi is kicking things off. What a pleasant read

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"My next read will be canterbury tales by Chaucer as our next module is on the history of the English Language.

We’re approaching ‘plays’ in English Lit. The Duchess of Malfi is kicking things off. What a pleasant read

We just looked briefly at the The Tempest because of its links to Brave New World. I love Shakespeare but studying him at length is difficult.

My next assignment is 1500 words on English language and society. So quite ambiguous

What are you studying? What year are you? Xx

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By *he Mac LassWoman
over a year ago

Hefty Hideaway

Joint Hons English Lit and History. First year at brick uni but have years of OU under my belt. I need a new bookcase already!

Good luck!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"The Godfather" yet again. Brilliant book!

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By *icecouple561Couple
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over a year ago

East Sussex

The Kings and Queens of England by Ian Crofton a kindle sample of The Kingdom by Emmanuel Carriere and a kindle sample of 21 Lessons for the 21st Century by Yuval Noah Harari.

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By *ljamMan
over a year ago

Edinburgh

Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino. Incredible book

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By *viatrixWoman
over a year ago

Redhill

“Aztec”, Gary Jennings. Really enjoying it! It was on my parents’ bedside table for years but I never thought of reading it then...

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By *icecouple561Couple
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over a year ago

East Sussex

"My next read will be canterbury tales by Chaucer as our next module is on the history of the English Language. "

Ooo, I attempted this earlier this year. Eventually I bought a "retelling" by Peter Ackroyd and enjoyed it very much. I hadn't read any of the original text since school and found it impenetrable without a tutor to help me.

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By *JohnMan
over a year ago

Newcastle upon Tyne

"My next read will be canterbury tales by Chaucer as our next module is on the history of the English Language.

We’re approaching ‘plays’ in English Lit. The Duchess of Malfi is kicking things off. What a pleasant read

My memory of seeing that at the theatre is being glad I didn't have the job of cleaning the blood off the stage afterwards

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Contents of a cornflakes box

Never heard of riboflavin before

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I am about to read 'Corrupt Bodies' by Peter Everett

It sounds incredible to the point of being unreal, but apparently it is a memoir

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By *issMeSlowlyMan
over a year ago

Northampton

I'm flicking through a photography book at the moment - Outdoor Action and Adventure Photography

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By *ily WhiteWoman
over a year ago

The Silmarillion by Tolkien

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By *emini ManMan
over a year ago

There and to the left a bit

Finishing up Bernard Cribbins auto-biography...and a marvellous read it is too

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By *icecouple561Couple
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over a year ago

East Sussex

"I am about to read 'Corrupt Bodies' by Peter Everett

It sounds incredible to the point of being unreal, but apparently it is a memoir

Just looked at that on Amazon. Sounds v interesting

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Currently half way through Stephen Kings dark tower series

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I am about to read 'Corrupt Bodies' by Peter Everett

It sounds incredible to the point of being unreal, but apparently it is a memoir

Just looked at that on Amazon. Sounds v interesting"

I'll try and remember to let you know what I thought of it

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Finishing up Bernard Cribbins auto-biography...and a marvellous read it is too "

Gosh there's one i would never have thought to try!

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By *ily WhiteWoman
over a year ago

"Currently half way through Stephen Kings dark tower series "

I love that series...don't bother with the film though

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By *heRazorsEdgeMan
over a year ago

Wales/ All over UK

Finishing Handmaids Tale, The Sacraments up next, then probably one I have by Stephen Baxter

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"My next read will be canterbury tales by Chaucer as our next module is on the history of the English Language. "

One of my faves!

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By *emini ManMan
over a year ago

There and to the left a bit

"Finishing up Bernard Cribbins auto-biography...and a marvellous read it is too

Gosh there's one i would never have thought to try! "

It's written very much as if he's reading it to you as well, can "hear" his voice in the style of writing

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By *icecouple561Couple
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over a year ago

East Sussex

"I am about to read 'Corrupt Bodies' by Peter Everett

It sounds incredible to the point of being unreal, but apparently it is a memoir

Just looked at that on Amazon. Sounds v interesting

I'll try and remember to let you know what I thought of it "

Please do

. I'm currently sitting surrounded by books "I really must get round to reading" but I usually end up with a new one

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By *rHotNottsMan
over a year ago

Dubai & Nottingham

"Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

Nineteen Eighty Four by George Orwell.

I’m a literary student so dystopian fiction is very much the theme. "

Both great books , read them both when backpacking.

I’m reading a book of aboriginal poetry and The Bolshevik Poster, but that’s mostly pictures

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By *ud and BryanCouple
over a year ago

Boston, Lincolnshire

Caroline - Is This A Witch's House? By Ros Mackenzie

Dave - Tournament by David Crouch & A Year In The Life Of Medieval England by Toni Mount.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Love this post. thanks for all the recommendations people. X

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Arsene Wenger autobiography

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The Ruins of Gorlan by John Flanagan started today and most likely finish today

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The Shadowlands by Cherise Sinclair on audio books.

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By *evoncream2017Couple
over a year ago

exeter

Wow I think any fab analysis will be impressed by the literature read here !

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"The third Jack Reacher book.

Plus two others, one called The Other Wife, the other The New Guy."

Is the Other Wife by Alfair Burke?

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By *yrdsisWoman
over a year ago

Gleam Street

I've given up on the world.. am re-reading all of Sir Terry Pratchett's finest... all of em

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I'm reading Jodi Picoult book of two ways. She is my favourite author but I'm struggling with this one

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By *andyfloss2000Woman
over a year ago

ashford

Alan titchmarsh nowt but a lad x

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By *iamondCougarWoman
over a year ago

Norfuck! / Lincolnshire

Bill Bryson - the body - a guide for occupants

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"The third Jack Reacher book.

Plus two others, one called The Other Wife, the other The New Guy.

Is the Other Wife by Alfair Burke? "

No, it’s by Claire McGowan.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Bill Bryson - the body - a guide for occupants "

Oh that's on my list of reads for lockdown!

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By *iamondCougarWoman
over a year ago

Norfuck! / Lincolnshire

"Bill Bryson - the body - a guide for occupants

Oh that's on my list of reads for lockdown! "

Brilliant book

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Street Gang; the history of Sesame Street

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Bill Bryson - the body - a guide for occupants

Oh that's on my list of reads for lockdown!

Brilliant book "

Just bought 12 new books for lockdown ... off to order this one too! Thanks

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By *iamondCougarWoman
over a year ago

Norfuck! / Lincolnshire

"Bill Bryson - the body - a guide for occupants

Oh that's on my list of reads for lockdown!

Brilliant book

Just bought 12 new books for lockdown ... off to order this one too! Thanks

It’s a bit human biology overkill but none the less great if you’re into that sort of thing

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By *imon_hydeMan
over a year ago

Stockport

To Sleep in a Sea of Stars by Christopher Paolini. It's a newly released SF book, the reviews were okay and the premise sounded interesting. I'm about half way through and it's not grabbing me, some nice ideas but the execution isn't great. I'll finish it, hopefully I'll grow to like it.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The Last House Guest - Megan Miranda

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By *xonman53Man
over a year ago

Thame

Just restarted the honor Harrington series by David weber.. Think hornblower but set in space... And the central character is female

Brilliant series and several subseries.

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By *unsexual MemelordWoman
over a year ago

Midlothian

Re-reading Coldheart Canyon by Clive Barker. His way of describing fantastical places and characters is a joy to read.

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By *uxley7777Man
over a year ago

wrexham

Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss for pleasure and Mastering RegEx by Cambridge for work..you guess which is more appealing lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The Plague by Camus.

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By *rHotNottsMan
over a year ago

Dubai & Nottingham

I started reading the grapes of wrath, because everyone keeps telling to, the first page took about an hour to read, re read and think about, I gave up

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I started reading the grapes of wrath, because everyone keeps telling to, the first page took about an hour to read, re read and think about, I gave up

I don't think it would be my lockdown choice

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

P G Wodehouse - Hot Water

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By *2000ManMan
over a year ago

Worthing

The late UFO bass player Pete Ways autobiography.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

I'm still reading 'Garden Notebook' by Beth Chatto. I enjoy it when I'm reading it but once I've put it down it's not compelling enough for me to keep picking up.

I also have 'Shadows on the Tundra' by Dalia Grinkeviciute which as it says on the blurb is 'an extraordinary piece of international survival literature ...' - a memoir about a girl who escaped a Siberian labour camp and spent most of her life in hiding in Lithuania; her writing was only found in 1991 four years after her death.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Slam by Nick Hornby on my Kindle.

Shagged, Married, Annoyed by Chris & Rose Ramsey in deadtree book.

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By *mmmMaybeCouple
over a year ago

West Wales

"'Garden Notebook' by Beth Chatto.

What about you?"

Her gardens lovely, went there a few times when we lived in North Essex.

Currently reading Fighter Boys by Patrick Bishop. Unsurprisingly it’s about the Battle of Britain.

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By *arriLadMan
over a year ago

North West

Anyone recommend a good read? I like true crime and crime fiction

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Anyone recommend a good read? I like true crime and crime fiction"

The last true crime book I read which was exceptional was 'I'll Be Gone in the Dark' by Michelle McNamara. It's about her obsession with finding out who the Golden State Killer was.

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By *arriLadMan
over a year ago

North West

"Anyone recommend a good read? I like true crime and crime fiction

The last true crime book I read which was exceptional was 'I'll Be Gone in the Dark' by Michelle McNamara. It's about her obsession with finding out who the Golden State Killer was."

Sounds right up my street, Il check it out thanks

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

What a flanker by James haskell

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By *emini ManMan
over a year ago

There and to the left a bit

"Anyone recommend a good read? I like true crime and crime fiction"

Have you tried the Roy Grace series by Peter James - easy but excellent reads - don't have to be read in order but it helps build the picture

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By *arriLadMan
over a year ago

North West

"Anyone recommend a good read? I like true crime and crime fiction

Have you tried the Roy Grace series by Peter James - easy but excellent reads - don't have to be read in order but it helps build the picture"

Il add it to the list thanks

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Just finished The Trials of Rumpole by Johm Mortimer ... bit of a reading machine lately

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Just finished The Trials of Rumpole by Johm Mortimer ... bit of a reading machine lately "

You're certainly getting through them

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I finished Corrupt Bodies - very interesting/would recommend..eye widening memoir!

Moved onto platform seven.. Its very irritating so far

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Just finished The Trials of Rumpole by Johm Mortimer ... bit of a reading machine lately

You're certainly getting through them

Oh not having a tv for most of my life and every wall covered in bookshelves helps

that and covid for the last eight months and many more to come!

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By *ud and BryanCouple
over a year ago

Boston, Lincolnshire

"I've given up on the world.. am re-reading all of Sir Terry Pratchett's finest... all of em

Ooh - Dave (at least one of his medieval characters) is in Making Money - albeit briefly - as a security guard at the Unseen University.

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By *ndy58Man
over a year ago

Birmingham

Currently re-reading Iain M Banks, I'm on Look To Windward at the moment.

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By *imon_hydeMan
over a year ago

Stockport

I've started an old school fantasy, The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan. It's pretty formulaic but sometimes that kind of works.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The Complete Short Stories of JG Ballard. I read it about 20 years ago and this is my first ever re-read. It's over 1,100 pages long so I'm reading a couple of stories every time I finish a novel and staggering through it

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over a year ago

"The Complete Short Stories of JG Ballard. I read it about 20 years ago and this is my first ever re-read. It's over 1,100 pages long so I'm reading a couple of stories every time I finish a novel and staggering through it

What an amazing mind/imagination he had

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By *imon_hydeMan
over a year ago

Stockport

The Last Ritual by SA Sidor, pulp Lovecraft and that's fine by me.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The Ghost Tree - Barbara Erskine

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Funny Amazon reviews

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Angela Carter - The Bloody Chamber. Studying gothic text in college..

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By *apiomanMan
over a year ago

Shipley

"My next read will be canterbury tales by Chaucer as our next module is on the history of the English Language.

I hated Chaucer

He introduced the nob joke into England!

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By *apiomanMan
over a year ago

Shipley

The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt. Good but my expectations were sky high after Secret History.

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By *ionelhutzMan
over a year ago

liverpool

2 hit wonder

Lisa jewell

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Angela Carter - The Bloody Chamber. Studying gothic text in college.. "

Love her - though I think 'Wise Children' is her best.

I'm reading an oral history of the Colony Room in Soho. It's equal parts tragic and hilarious.

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By *ljamMan
over a year ago

Edinburgh

For the Good Times by David Keenan. Good, but not up to the standard of This is Memorial Device

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Darkness Visible. William Golding

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt. Good but my expectations were sky high after Secret History. "

I loved the teeny bit I read so far

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Men who hate women by Laura Bates

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By *olex99Man
over a year ago

Hull

Sweet Dreams -The story of the New Romantics by Dylan Jones.

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By *oelDorianMan
over a year ago

vanaheim

Stephen king’s the dark tower

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Peter James 'Dead like you'

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Mr Midshipmen Hornblower - C S Forester

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Eisenhorn by Dan Abnett

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Men who hate women by Laura Bates

Hope it's good, I have this to read next!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

Haruki Murakami

Its long but its good.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I've always got several on the go because I read at night and find it hard to concentrate on any one at a time when I'm tired. Right now if I find my mind wandering from Patrick Hamilton's Slaves of Solitude (a wartime novel), I pick Colin Wilson's Written in Blood (a history of forensic detection). If I keep reading the same line over and over of that, it's the Viz annual - never fails.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Lieutenant Hornblower - C S Forester

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