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Post by Dutchpeter on Mar 5, 2017 20:27:22 GMT
Last man on the moon by Eugene Cernan. Another brilliant Apollo/Space race memoir.
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Post by chuffedstokie on Mar 6, 2017 7:04:40 GMT
Going over the George East collection I've got. Light and humorous stuff about relocation from being a publican in Portsmouth to Normandy. Helped in keeping the spirits up while in hospital a couple of years ago. Not too taxing.
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Post by lordherefordsknob on Mar 6, 2017 7:43:30 GMT
Viz.
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Post by felonious on Mar 6, 2017 7:58:40 GMT
Just read the first chapter of Go set a watchman. Been putting it off because you just know it's not going to live up to the previous offering.
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Post by Waggy on Mar 7, 2017 18:44:11 GMT
Bill Bryson - Neither Here Nor There Any good? Ive read notes from a small island ( think title right) , America one and Australian one.
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Post by capto on Mar 7, 2017 18:52:51 GMT
Brewers dictionary of phrase and fable - honestly. I used to read a lot of fiction when I was commuting but more and more novels left me flat and I started reading factual books. Been reading it , bit by bit of course, for at least eight months! On letter S at moment!
Match of the Day: fighting the corner of the under dog and the small clubs since 1964
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Post by harryburrows on Mar 7, 2017 20:22:52 GMT
Just read the first chapter of Go set a watchman. Been putting it off because you just know it's not going to live up to the previous offering. Try reading catcher in the rye . Still trying t work it out 30 years on
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Post by iamcliveclarke on Mar 7, 2017 21:18:33 GMT
The Infected trilogy by Scott Sigler
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Post by felonious on Mar 8, 2017 7:28:48 GMT
Just read the first chapter of Go set a watchman. Been putting it off because you just know it's not going to live up to the previous offering. Try reading catcher in the rye . Still trying t work it out 30 years on I've read it twice over the years. Equally as dull the second time around.
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Post by murphthesurf on Mar 8, 2017 10:44:43 GMT
Try reading catcher in the rye . Still trying t work it out 30 years on I've read it twice over the years. Equally as dull the second time around. Yep. Did it for English O-level GCE.
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Post by murphthesurf on Mar 8, 2017 10:50:04 GMT
I've read it twice over the years. Equally as dull the second time around. Yep. Did it for English O-level GCE. Thank God we also did The Canterbury Tales and Macbeth at the same time. Been hooked on both ever since. At the moment reading 'The Rabbit Factory' by Marshall Karp. Fiction. Very enoyable.
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Post by cooper67 on Mar 8, 2017 14:10:08 GMT
For O-level we did Of Mice and Men,Macbeth and WW1 war poets.
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Post by yeokel on Mar 8, 2017 15:04:20 GMT
Just read the first chapter of Go set a watchman. Been putting it off because you just know it's not going to live up to the previous offering. Try reading catcher in the rye . Still trying t work it out 30 years on Infamously, Mark Chapman said that the reason he murdered John Lennon was contained within The Catcher In The Rye. I read it with that in mind and couldn't see 'the reason' or 'message'. Most people I know who have read it seem to be of the opinion that it is overrated pretentious crap, and that was my impression of it too when I read it in the early '80s.
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Post by yeokel on Mar 8, 2017 15:13:40 GMT
For O-level we did Of Mice and Men,Macbeth and WW1 war poets. We did Macbeth for O-Level too. Studying it in depth really made me realise what a literary genius Will was and I've enjoyed many of his plays since. On another tack, someone I wished we had studied at school but didn't is Oscar Wilde. The Importance of Being Earnest has to be the wittiest thing ever written, in my book, and to contrast that against The Ballad of Reading Gaol and/or The Picture of Dorian Gray would have been a most profound academic exercise for O-Level.
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Post by murphthesurf on Mar 8, 2017 19:29:15 GMT
Try reading catcher in the rye . Still trying t work it out 30 years on Infamously, Mark Chapman said that the reason he murdered John Lennon was contained within The Catcher In The Rye.I read it with that in mind and couldn't see 'the reason' or 'message'. Most people I know who have read it seem to be of the opinion that it is overrated pretentious crap, and that was my impression of it too when I read it in the early '80s. Yes, I remember that, Yeoks. Think I'll read it again and see if it makes me want to shoot the Donald. On second thoughts I don't need to read it again for that. Agree with your opinion of it!
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Post by murphthesurf on Mar 8, 2017 19:51:40 GMT
For O-level we did Of Mice and Men,Macbeth and WW1 war poets. We did Macbeth for O-Level too. Studying it in depth really made me realise what a literary genius Will was and I've enjoyed many of his plays since. On another tack, someone I wished we had studied at school but didn't is Oscar Wilde. The Importance of Being Earnest has to be the wittiest thing ever written, in my book, and to contrast that against The Ballad of Reading Gaol and/or The Picture of Dorian Gray would have been a most profound academic exercise for O-Level. Like your post too Yeoks but didn't want to knock either Coops or Fel off.... Did Othello for A-level...... superb. But Mac's still my favourite. Saw Derek Jacobi in it at Nottingham Theatre Royal - tremendous. Then Timothy West in it at Theatre Clwyd - he was hopeless! Cheek by Jowl Theatre Co. did it at York Theatre Royal in about 1985 - it was so bad I left at the interval. Making a mess of it should mean a lengthy stretch behind bars. However......York Theatre Royal did a magical Midsummer Night's Dream in the early 80s. It was perfect - still remember it very clearly after all this time. Oscar Wilde - agree. Always hugely enjoyable. Didn't do it at school. Never did any Steinbeck. And have never been into poetry!
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Post by andrewguk on Mar 11, 2017 11:40:13 GMT
Bill Bryson - Neither Here Nor There Any good? Ive read notes from a small island ( think title right) , America one and Australian one. Yeah, very good! I recommend it thoroughly
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Post by cooper67 on Mar 13, 2017 9:52:50 GMT
Just about to start 'Samba in the Smethwick End'-the story of Regis,Cunningham and Batson.
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Post by Waggy on Mar 13, 2017 11:03:37 GMT
Im into chapter 3 of ' living on the volcano' about football management. Seems ok so far.
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Post by Waggy on Mar 13, 2017 11:04:23 GMT
For O-level we did Of Mice and Men,Macbeth and WW1 war poets. Of mice and man was a good book
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Post by Deleted on Mar 13, 2017 11:11:44 GMT
Just finished Americana, Ray Davies (of The Kinks) fame. Just started American Pastoral by Philip Roth, which I think is going to be a good, if not very good read, judging by the first few pages.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 13, 2017 11:16:33 GMT
Not reading now but, just ordered this.... The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching by Thich Nhat Hanh Well I've got the head for it
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Post by scfcwebby on Mar 13, 2017 11:33:02 GMT
Bill Bryson - Neither Here Nor There I've read a bit of Bill Bryson he writes some good books. A short history of nearly everything is a great read.
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Post by Dutchpeter on Mar 13, 2017 11:36:19 GMT
For O-level we did Of Mice and Men,Macbeth and WW1 war poets. Boom, Boom, Boom
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Post by Billybigbollox on Mar 13, 2017 18:00:50 GMT
I've read a bit of Bill Bryson he writes some good books. A short history of nearly everything is a great read. I must read some more of Bryson. My old man has quite a lot of his books, I'll see if he has this one.
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Post by felonious on Mar 31, 2017 17:45:56 GMT
Just finished I'm travelling alone by Samuel Bjork a thoroughly enjoyable piece of Nordic Noir.
I'm getting started Louis de Bernieres latest offering later on.
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Post by Billybigbollox on Mar 31, 2017 21:49:03 GMT
For O-level we did Of Mice and Men,Macbeth and WW1 war poets. What the fuck are O levels Coops? It was CSE's in the 70's
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Post by Deleted on Mar 31, 2017 22:10:08 GMT
A short history of nearly everything is a great read. I must read some more of Bryson. My old man has quite a lot of his books, I'll see if he has this one. Try "At Home" (I think that's the title) by Bill Bryson as it goes through the history behind the rooms of a house - sounds boring but as usual Bryson makes it interesting and informative. I have to say that I was very disappointed with his "Road to Little Dribbling" which is his follow-up to Notes from a Small Island, and wasn't aanywhere near as good.
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Post by cooper67 on Mar 31, 2017 23:18:38 GMT
For O-level we did Of Mice and Men,Macbeth and WW1 war poets. What the fuck are O levels Coops? It was CSE's in the 70's O-levels and CSE for me in 1984.
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Post by Boothen on Apr 1, 2017 4:10:13 GMT
Just finished The Iliad and The Odyssey and am just starting on Paradise Lost.
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