Tooj 17 Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 Mine n arl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 35079 Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 Just finished Touching Distance by Martin Hardy. Heartwarming and heartbreaking nostalgia in equal measure. It's absolutely brilliant. A must read for every Newcastle fan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jill 0 Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 The Count of Monte Cristo was absolutely fantastic. Real sense of achievement for getting through it and despite a few waffley areas I enjoyed it a great deal. Three Musketeers will be my next "classic", after a few others I should get through a little quicker. Starting with January's book club offering, White Teeth by Zadie Smith. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 35079 Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 (edited) Read White Teeth a while back. It's alreet but I found I couldn't fucking stand any of the characters in it. Speaking of weighty classics (not you, CT) I've just started Papillon. Edited January 29, 2016 by Alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dickie 0 Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 Just finished Touching Distance by Martin Hardy. Heartwarming and heartbreaking nostalgia in equal measure. It's absolutely brilliant. A must read for every Newcastle fan. Nice one mate, I've just got the final chapter to go. Every single chapter has been an absolute gem. Loved the Beardlsey, Beresford and Clarkie chapters last night. It's brilliant to get a feeling for the affinity they all felt for with club and supporters, and the amount of respect and affection they all had for Keegan. What a bloke. I never got to any of the open training sessions back then but I really wish I had after reading some of the description of the training in the book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 35079 Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 Aye, it was a special time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayatollah Hermione 13866 Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 I've been to order that so I'll get round to it now. I've just finished reading Elvis Costello's book which is a canny look back at his career and life. He jumps all over the shop but each chapter manages to have some kind of cohesive theme, even when he's jumping from 60s to 90s then back to 70s. You'd assume he would be a good writer from his lyrics but his style keeps it at a brisk pace. I've just got Volume One of In Search of Lost Time which I'm going to kick off tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 20139 Posted March 14, 2016 Share Posted March 14, 2016 I need some new reading material.Just finished the following, all decent read. Running with the Firm Working Stiff - Read in 2 days it was that good. Do no harm Fallen Angel - CoppiWhat do people recommend? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmericanMag 0 Posted March 14, 2016 Share Posted March 14, 2016 Currently finishing up the editor's edition of Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman. Next up will be The Road Beneath My Feet by Frank Turner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OTF 7295 Posted March 15, 2016 Share Posted March 15, 2016 Every Dead Thing by John Connolly, enjoying it so far, reading it sporadically. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holden McGroin 6583 Posted March 15, 2016 Share Posted March 15, 2016 Ive just got back into The Walking Dead. Series 6 is fantastic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 35079 Posted March 16, 2016 Share Posted March 16, 2016 Ive just got back into The Walking Dead. Series 6 is fantastic. Do you watch it with subtitles on like? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj 17 Posted March 16, 2016 Share Posted March 16, 2016 [emoji38] Onto the second Dark Tower now. Did not have a clue what was going on in the first like. Second one is much better so far. DAD-A-CHUM! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 7027 Posted March 16, 2016 Share Posted March 16, 2016 Look who's back Funny and clever. Hitler wakes up in 2016 and continues to act like himself. People think he's taking the piss and he becomes a famous reality star. Kind of like how Katie Hopkins manages to still get in the paper today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OTF 7295 Posted March 16, 2016 Share Posted March 16, 2016 [emoji38] Onto the second Dark Tower now. Did not have a clue what was going on in the first like. Second one is much better so far. DAD-A-CHUM! Yeah, I enjoyed the second a lot more than the first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adios 717 Posted March 17, 2016 Share Posted March 17, 2016 Look who's back Funny and clever. Hitler wakes up in 2016 and continues to act like himself. People think he's taking the piss and he becomes a famous reality star. Kind of like how Katie Hopkins manages to still get in the paper today Sounds fantastic. Booker-esque. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adios 717 Posted March 17, 2016 Share Posted March 17, 2016 Sitting on a train in the bog end of Ireland and already reading it. Love a bit of technology, me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toonotl 2979 Posted March 18, 2016 Share Posted March 18, 2016 Started the first book in The Dark Tower series at long last. I'm enjoying it so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strawb 4251 Posted March 19, 2016 Share Posted March 19, 2016 On a fantasy tip at the moment, read the two King killer chronicles and started on the Sabriel trilogy. Re-read Fucking Hell Its Paul Cannell the other day as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 7027 Posted March 19, 2016 Share Posted March 19, 2016 Sounds fantastic. Booker-esque. It's a best seller! http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/feb/05/adolf-hitler-novel-german-bestseller Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 21921 Posted March 19, 2016 Share Posted March 19, 2016 i might give the dark tower series a whirl. i've read most of his other stuff though have to admit the premise has never appealed - a scifi, western horror? hmmm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddockLad 17257 Posted July 6, 2016 Share Posted July 6, 2016 Didn't someone start saying in this thread about reading more of "the classics" but not having time to get round to it?.... I've just taken up the baton here and finished "the 39 steps" by John Buchan, which was predictably very good, very short ( attention span not great) and free from kindle store The book I read before that will surely will am sure one day be held in the same esteem by the global literati, Ray Winstone's account of his East End youth, kneesupmuvvabraaan-tastic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 35079 Posted July 6, 2016 Share Posted July 6, 2016 Didn't someone start saying in this thread about reading more of "the classics" but not having time to get round to it?.... I've just taken up the baton here and finished "the 39 steps" by John Buchan, which was predictably very good, very short ( attention span not great) and free from kindle store The book I read before that will surely will am sure one day be held in the same esteem by the global literati, Ray Winstone's account of his East End youth, kneesupmuvvabraaan-tastic The 39 Steps is class, even if it's a bit silly (the best spy books often are). The film is great too. Classic Hitchcock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 71 Posted July 6, 2016 Share Posted July 6, 2016 "Halma, a world where humans were ruled by a race of effete and arrogant lords; where a neo-feudal system banned all work by machines; where a mock welfare state rewarded painful hand labor with a pitiful dole.Young Ghyl Tarvok was a rebel. In a pirated spaceship, he began his search through the civilizations of the galaxy...' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 35079 Posted July 6, 2016 Share Posted July 6, 2016 "Halma, a world where humans were ruled by a race of effete and arrogant lords; where a neo-feudal system banned all work by machines; where a mock welfare state rewarded painful hand labor with a pitiful dole.Young Ghyl Tarvok was a rebel. In a pirated spaceship, he began his search through the civilizations of the galaxy...' BAU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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