Alex 30260 Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 6 hours ago, Dr Gloom said: Just finished the goldfinch. Best novel I’ve read in a long, long time. I might give that a go. I loved The Secret History. Just been re-reading the excellent Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit. Must be about 25 years ago I first read it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayatollah Hermione 12737 Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 Finally got around to the last two Margaret Atwood novels and they're typically excellent. I prefer The Heart Goes Last as it has a more wicked sense of humour but Hag-Seed is a fine retelling of The Tempest, even if I do tend to find retellings of Shakespeare boring as sin. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj 17 Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 https://www.amazon.co.uk/Warrior-Bernicia-Chronicles-Matthew-Harffy-ebook/dp/B071J8RJW3/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1522503020&sr=1-1&keywords=bernicia+chronicles Can't wait for this to come out tomorrow. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 19750 Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 On 30/03/2018 at 07:03, Alex said: I might give that a go. I loved The Secret History. Just been re-reading the excellent Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit. Must be about 25 years ago I first read it I enjoyed the secret history. The goldfinch is even better. It’s an epic Bildungsroman - and it’s got the lot: tragedy, comedy, death, drugs, crime, unrequited love. It’s a chunky length but I couldn’t be put it down from the first page and finished it inside a few days. Can’t remember the last time I was so absorbed by a novel. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 16503 Posted September 24, 2018 Share Posted September 24, 2018 Just got this https://www.amazon.co.uk/Glory-God-Newcastle-United-Great/dp/0956815626/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1537814139&sr=8-1&keywords=to+the+glory+of+god+newcastle+united+book Can't wait to get started on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJS 3960 Posted September 24, 2018 Share Posted September 24, 2018 I know I'm a petty bastard but the title puts me right off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 5890 Posted September 24, 2018 Share Posted September 24, 2018 Into the Wild. Makes me want to sack off my life, chuck the family in a van and tour the world Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGingerQuiff 2412 Posted September 24, 2018 Share Posted September 24, 2018 Finished Kitchen Confidential not long ago, highly recommended Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddockLad 14529 Posted September 25, 2018 Share Posted September 25, 2018 10 hours ago, Kid Dynamite said: Into the Wild. Makes me want to sack off my life, chuck the family in a van and tour the world Good film too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 16503 Posted September 25, 2018 Share Posted September 25, 2018 12 hours ago, Kid Dynamite said: Into the Wild. Makes me want to sack off my life, chuck the family in a van and tour the world Will give that a whirl, cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayatollah Hermione 12737 Posted September 25, 2018 Share Posted September 25, 2018 You’ve made the decision to completely uproot your life very easily there. I’d take a week or so to think about it 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 30260 Posted September 25, 2018 Share Posted September 25, 2018 (edited) Have read up a bit about Alex Supertramp / Christopher McCandless but not actually read Into The Wild or read the book. He seems to divide opinion with some people seeing him as a romantic hero and others and just someone who was clueless about survival and took completely unnecessary risks (a map would've saved him). https://evaholland.atavist.com/chasingsupertramp Edited September 25, 2018 by Alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 5890 Posted September 27, 2018 Share Posted September 27, 2018 On 9/25/2018 at 10:08, Alex said: Have read up a bit about Alex Supertramp / Christopher McCandless but not actually read Into The Wild or read the book. He seems to divide opinion with some people seeing him as a romantic hero and others and just someone who was clueless about survival and took completely unnecessary risks (a map would've saved him). https://evaholland.atavist.com/chasingsupertramp His Sister released a book to say that their Father was an absolute cunt who mentally broke Mcandless during their childhood and that he probably wasn't in a totally fit state of mind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 30260 Posted September 27, 2018 Share Posted September 27, 2018 I reckon I’ll give that one a miss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayatollah Hermione 12737 Posted November 28, 2018 Share Posted November 28, 2018 Margaret Atwood is doing a sequel to Handmaid’s Tale, out next year. Can’t be arsed to copy the link but it’s true, honest. Not sure what to think but, with the success of the show, why not put something else out there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 19750 Posted November 28, 2018 Share Posted November 28, 2018 currently reading goldie's autobiography. real highbrow stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 38597 Posted November 28, 2018 Share Posted November 28, 2018 53 minutes ago, Dr Gloom said: currently reading goldie's autobiography. real highbrow stuff Does it have words with the pictures? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 19750 Posted November 28, 2018 Share Posted November 28, 2018 It’s absolute gibberish at times tbf. No structure, loads of ramblings about spirituality, the universe and yoga and random stories in even more random order, sounds like he wrote most of it while coked off his tits. I’m enjoying it nonetheless Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 30260 Posted November 28, 2018 Share Posted November 28, 2018 Should just have a photo of Rob Playford with the words “Thanks for everything” underneath Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 19750 Posted November 28, 2018 Share Posted November 28, 2018 Poor Rob. Trying to lay down some beats with a coked up wannabe gangsta from Wolverhampton in your ear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 16503 Posted November 29, 2018 Share Posted November 29, 2018 https://www.amazon.co.uk/Unnatural-Causes-absolutely-brilliant-recommend-ebook/dp/B01N3S0OM4/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1543486816&sr=8-2&keywords=pathology This is a canny read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strawb 3652 Posted November 29, 2018 Share Posted November 29, 2018 Did Goldie used to be married to/knock off bjork or have I gone mental? Imagine she is a headfuck but there was a time I would have given owt to disappoint her Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 30260 Posted November 29, 2018 Share Posted November 29, 2018 1 hour ago, strawb said: Did Goldie used to be married to/knock off bjork or have I gone mental? Imagine she is a headfuck but there was a time I would have given owt to disappoint her Nah, you’re right. They were a couple for a while in the 90s. I used to fancy her back then too 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 13991 Posted November 30, 2018 Share Posted November 30, 2018 I'm still disappointed they didn't have kids so they'd have to give them the surname Goldiesson. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 19750 Posted November 30, 2018 Share Posted November 30, 2018 Factoid from the biography: his nickname Goldie comes from when he had blonde dreadlocks, he was known then as goldielocks, and not, as you might suspect, because of his gold-plated gnashers. Happy Friday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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