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The Increment by David Ignatius. Bog standard 'thriller' - easy reading.

Just read Ireland's Grand Slam in the players own words. Good read - interesting insight (for me anyway) into the workings of an International sports team.

Just finished One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. From time to time, I read something so good that I wonder how I hadn't read it before. This was one of those books. Totally excellent read.

Now starting on some Jim Dodge. You know, just for a change of pace.

From the Ashes Of Angels, by Andrew collins
Looks at the origins of human civilization via the Book of Enoch.

Alice in Wonderland (slowly)

John Connolly "The whisperers"
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Glynncommando wrote:John Connolly "The whisperers"
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Good book for the library ...........ssshhhhhhh

Symbolic Landscapes by Paul Devereux

Just finished "We Don't Know What We're Doing" by Adrian Chiles.
Football related and West Brom in particular but whatever your game is it will hardly matter...relating to Chiles will come easy.
Very highly recommended....bought for a £1 in Bargain books...worth twice that.

Heartstone by CJ Sansom

The fifth in his Shardlake series about a lawyer during the reign of Henry VIII who is sent on various missions, this time by the Queen. He's been asked to investigate the allegations posed by the son of one of her servants and sets out, under the threat of war with the French, to the south coast of England to find out what's been going on. This has so far led to various other revelations. It's a very readable book, with lots of twists and turns. You don't need to have read the previous four, although that obviously gives a better insight into the characters.

About 200 pages to go, can't get through it quick enough!

The God Delusion - Richard Dawkins excellent book for the unconverted .Looking forward to The Humph Delusion - B mcL

Glynncommando wrote:Joseph Wambaugh "The New Centurions" a fictional account of the LAPD in the 60's. On a par with his others "The Blue Knight", "Choirboys", "Hollywood Station" etc. He's the Daddy of police themed crime novels. Gritty, black humoured, controversial....Highly recommended, if you like that sort of thing
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hmm i do like that sort of thing - i hadn't heard of this chap though - but is he more of the daddy of police themed crime novels than James Ellroy??

Just finished An Instance of the Fingerpost by Iain Pears.

Stunningly good read that lasted me a pretty solid 4 days poolside reading on holidays! Tells the story and back story of a murder from 4 peoples viewpoints....each one telling the story with thier own best intrests at heart!

Great book

"Huge Doses of Crap" a work in progress by the contributors of UAFC and when I have time my latest joyful episode of the writings of Bill Bryson - "Notes from a Small Island" which was published in 1995. It probably helps to have some knowledge of the periods he talks about to fully enjoy but for anyone reading his work you will benefit from it.

I normally buy books in batches of 4 or 5 and Bryson books I often keep for times when I am not in high spirits. His simple gentle humour and amazing ability to weave a story from either mundane or quirky situations always leaves me smiling.

He will need to become more prolific just the same, I'm running out of material.

Other Bryson books I would recommend:

Life & Times of the Thunderbolt Kid - a memoir
A Short History of Almost Everything - science, factual stuff delivered in a very enjoyable form. You will remember loads of bizarre facts for ages & be astonished by the freakish plethora of factors/luck that we are here at all.
A walk in the woods - travel, hiking the Appalachian Trail
Down Under - travel, Australia
The Lost Continent - travel, returning to America after living for years in the UK & discovering the demise of small-town America

backawaygoonahead wrote: A Short History of Almost Everything - science, factual stuff delivered in a very enjoyable form. You will remember loads of bizarre facts for ages & be astonished by the freakish plethora of factors/luck that we are here at all.

I enjoyed this book but couldn't help feeling that at times he didn't quite understand what he was writing about. Maybe it was because I didn't quite understand it either..

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backawaygoonahead wrote: A Short History of Almost Everything - science, factual stuff delivered in a very enjoyable form. You will remember loads of bizarre facts for ages & be astonished by the freakish plethora of factors/luck that we are here at all.

I enjoyed this book but couldn't help feeling that at times he didn't quite understand what he was writing about. Maybe it was because I didn't quite understand it either..

Know what you mean but still a pretty impressive effort from a guy who is clearly not a scientist.