Guest Patrokles Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 To be honest, and at the risk of derision, most of the reading I've done recently has been poetry. Poetry, or calvin & hobbes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 I keep meaning to read some Updike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Patrokles Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 I keep meaning to read some Updike. You can get three of the Rabbit books as an anthology reasonably cheap. They're very good studies of sex and loneliness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 14060 Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 To be honest, and at the risk of derision, most of the reading I've done recently has been poetry. Poetry, or calvin & hobbes. That's just saved you from the derision. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Patrokles Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 To be honest, and at the risk of derision, most of the reading I've done recently has been poetry. Poetry, or calvin & hobbes. That's just saved you from the derision. It's one of the only things I can read reasonably often without getting tired of it. Although I think my favourite cartoon strips are the 'Alex' ones. My mum got me the collected Alex strips a christmas or two ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 To be honest, and at the risk of derision, most of the reading I've done recently has been poetry. Poetry, or calvin & hobbes. That's just saved you from the derision. It's one of the only things I can read reasonably often without getting tired of it. Although I think my favourite cartoon strips are the 'Alex' ones. My mum got me the collected Alex strips a christmas or two ago. They sound great Might amazon that Updike book with the four Rabbit novels. I've got about 10 books to read (as ever) after my current one but none are really appealing at present. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Patrokles Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 To be honest, and at the risk of derision, most of the reading I've done recently has been poetry. Poetry, or calvin & hobbes. That's just saved you from the derision. It's one of the only things I can read reasonably often without getting tired of it. Although I think my favourite cartoon strips are the 'Alex' ones. My mum got me the collected Alex strips a christmas or two ago. They sound great Might amazon that Updike book with the four Rabbit novels. I've got about 10 books to read (as ever) after my current one but none are really appealing at present. I'd seriously recommend the Virgin Suicides before the Rabbit books, if you haven't already read it. It's a very quick read, mainly because it's so engrossing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 Nice one, cheers. Keep meaning to read some Tom Wolfe too. New Year's resolution-tastic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Patrokles Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 I haven't read Rabbit at Rest, I think it must have been written after I got hold of the three book anthology. I should really get it, I suppose, but there's always a degree of worry that it's just going to be shit, written so long after the others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinofbeans 86 Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 peter kays biography. if you've seen that peter kay thing its just an expanded version of that.... not bad but by no means great.... also just finished the QI book... quite an interesting read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 16728 Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 Just read Gazza's book, good read I must say and I have also read Valantino Rossis book, not bad but went on about his swap from Honda to Yamaha too long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Patrokles Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 Get around to reading The Virgin Suicides yet, alex? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo 133 Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 Bury my heart at wounded knee - Dee Brown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indigo 0 Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 Sort of reading two things at the minute: A biography of Hugo Chavez and The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy Both are good, but I got a bit bogged down with them over Christmas and haven't got back into them yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Invicta_Toon 0 Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 just finished If I Die In A Combat Zone by Tim O'Brien v.good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimburst 0 Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 reading the new bill bryson book, not bad...i would reccomend it got the god delusion by richard dawkins coming up soon...oh the joy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeordieMessiah 0 Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 Just finished reading Ben Richards' "A Sweetheart Deal" - he's a class above the average Nick Hornby style author...decidedly average - but a decent enough holiday novel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Carr's Gloves 3206 Posted January 17, 2007 Share Posted January 17, 2007 Just finished Artemis Fowl and the lost colony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted January 17, 2007 Share Posted January 17, 2007 Get around to reading The Virgin Suicides yet, alex? Got about 40 pages to go so I'll probably finish it tonight. Really enjoying it, cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammynb 2929 Posted January 17, 2007 Share Posted January 17, 2007 Just finished Thud by Pratchet, about to start Rider by Jez from Swervedriver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 34606 Posted January 17, 2007 Share Posted January 17, 2007 No Limit Hold Em Theory And Practice - Sklansky and Miller. Heavy going. Oh and the Viz annual when I'm on the bog. And Why Don't Penguins Feet Freeze - you'd like that, alex, it's did-you-know-tastic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted January 17, 2007 Share Posted January 17, 2007 Just finished Civilization and Its Discontents (Sigmund Freud) which was surprisingly readable and I flew through it. Very interesting. It fit in nicely with watching Little Miss Sunshine. From now on I'm going to selfilshly pursue happiness with scant regard for anyone else. I'm now a do-er, not an avoider. Now reading this month's Sight and Sound with articles on African classics and Robert Altman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Patrokles Posted January 17, 2007 Share Posted January 17, 2007 Get around to reading The Virgin Suicides yet, alex? Got about 40 pages to go so I'll probably finish it tonight. Really enjoying it, cheers. Any time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howaythetoon 0 Posted January 17, 2007 Share Posted January 17, 2007 (edited) Last Post, a book about World War 1, "the final word from our first world war soldiers." Quite a decent read if not a bit sad, especially as some of them said they hoped to never see war again, yet some were dragged into WW2. Edited January 17, 2007 by Howaythetoon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted January 18, 2007 Share Posted January 18, 2007 Get around to reading The Virgin Suicides yet, alex? Got about 40 pages to go so I'll probably finish it tonight. Really enjoying it, cheers. Any time! Finished it, excellent. Just started 'Delta of Venus'. Didn't realise it was that erotic like (it is a Penguin Classic I'll have you know). Good though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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