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realityfuck (Jarlath) wrote:
The Greatest Show on Earth - Richard Dawkins, fascinating read.
Posted on Sat, 21 April 2012 at 11:30
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Gav wrote:
Citizen Erased wrote:
Picked up Jon Ronson’s ‘The Psychopath Test’ oat the airport for a holiday read but didn’t get much chance to read it whilst away - got more into it on the way home and finished it instead of gettting some sleep, then had to go straight into work… but its really funny, a bit scary, very readable and highly recommended to anyone that liked ‘The Men Who Stare At Goats’
I read that on holiday last year, really enjoyed it. I’ve just bought ‘Them’ by Ron Ronson off Kindle for 98p
Posted on Sat, 21 April 2012 at 13:24 in reply to an earlier post
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Gav wrote:
Currently reading ‘Wasting Police Time’ by PC David Copperfield - its basically just a bunch of blog posts collected for a book, it still makes quite interesting reading.
Posted on Sat, 21 April 2012 at 13:25
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Citizen Erased (confused again) wrote:
I read Them when it came out & really loved his style - he’s very self-effacing which works well when looking at the absurdity of others. Need to finish William Gibson’s ‘Distrust that Particualr Falvour next, which is also a collection (mainly magazine articles he’s written).
Posted on Sat, 21 April 2012 at 13:49
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White Psycho wrote:
Game of Thrones, picked up first 5 books in the series for a fiver at a charity shop.
Posted on Sat, 21 April 2012 at 18:36
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col wrote:
Posted on Fri, 27 April 2012 at 16:22
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Dermot wrote:
I’m reading Malone Dies by Samuel Beckett at the mo. Highly recommended for any hardcore Therapy? fans… I’ve already spotted a few references from it that are in the last couple of Therapy? albums. You can definitely see Beckett’s influence on the lyrics of Crooked Timber and ABCOL. It is pretty hard going though. Molloy, his first novel in the trilogy, wasn’t so tough.
Posted on Sat, 12 May 2012 at 08:51
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Citizen Erased (confused again) wrote:
Any suggestions for holiday reading? At the moment I’ve got the new Terry Pratchett, The Brave by Nicholas Evans & The White Spider by Heinrich Harrer - could do with something pop-sciencey or similar to go with them & Richard Dawkins hasn’t got a new one out as far as I’m aware…
Posted on Wed, 30 May 2012 at 20:52
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Gav wrote:
Reading the Alan Partridge autobiography at the moment, pretty funny - although you cant read it without hearing steve coogans voice.
Posted on Thu, 31 May 2012 at 07:16
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hoochalobster (Sarah) Super Moderator wrote:
@Rob - You might like David Eagleman :)
Posted on Thu, 31 May 2012 at 23:18
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crazy horse (crazy horse) wrote:
im currently attempting to get through the enormous ,encyclopedic ” tapestry of delights “a massive reference book on all psychedelic and progressive music bands/albums ,that are rarley covered anywhere else ,even the book itself is a rare collectable
Posted on Fri, 1 June 2012 at 07:11
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chr1s (I can't remember my own name) wrote:
Gav wrote:
Reading the Alan Partridge autobiography at the moment, pretty funny - although you cant read it without hearing steve coogans voice.
I picked that up in work today. Looking forward to reading it. You can never have too much Partridge!! Ah-Haaaa!! :)
Posted on Wed, 6 June 2012 at 15:54 in reply to an earlier post
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col wrote:
I’m onto The Iceman. It’s about Glasgow villains, half way through and no mention of that bloke Chris yet!!!
Posted on Wed, 6 June 2012 at 18:59
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chr1s (I can't remember my own name) wrote:
Haha!!
I’ll need to look out for that book. I take it it’s about Jamie Stevenson? I’ve read a lot of the Paul Ferris and Arthur Thompson ones. If you’re liking The Iceman, I recommend getting those next. There’s a few of them. The Ferris Conspiracy, Deadly Divisions, Vendetta and Villains are all good reads.
Posted on Wed, 6 June 2012 at 19:16
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col wrote:
Cheers, will check em out. I saw a documentary on the crime channel about Arthur Thompson, wasn’t his house called Ponderosa?
Yeah, Iceman is Jamie. I read some other book where they would take the kids on holiday to spain and fill the bus with drugs for the journey home.
Posted on Wed, 6 June 2012 at 20:46
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col wrote:
You read the Carlton Leech one about Essex boys n that?
Posted on Wed, 6 June 2012 at 20:48
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chr1s (I can't remember my own name) wrote:
It was indeed called The Ponderosa! :D Arthur Snr’s house was at one end of the block, and Arthur Jr’s was at the other end. The rumour is that both houses were connected by a tunnel running under the 3 or 4 houses in between them!
It’s less than 2 miles from where I live.
Posted on Wed, 6 June 2012 at 20:52
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chr1s (I can't remember my own name) wrote:
col wrote:
You read the Carlton Leech one about Essex boys n that?
Not read that one. Seen the film tho.
Posted on Wed, 6 June 2012 at 20:55 in reply to an earlier post
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col wrote:
Rise of the foot soldier, worth a look. I’d have him tho, doesn’t scare me.
Posted on Wed, 6 June 2012 at 21:13
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chr1s (I can't remember my own name) wrote:
I bought “This Is A Call - The Life and Times of Dave Grohl” in work today, so I’ll hopefully get into that this weekend.
Posted on Thu, 2 August 2012 at 14:46
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Citizen Erased (confused again) wrote:
I thought you’d be more a ‘50 shades of grey’ man :D
I got the Dave Grohl book for Xmas but haven’t opened it yet.
Posted on Thu, 2 August 2012 at 15:21
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hoochalobster (Sarah) Super Moderator wrote:
I was accused by a station master of reading 50 Shades of Grey, all because I gave his signal paddles an amused glance as he walked by :-s
Posted on Thu, 2 August 2012 at 15:32
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chr1s (I can't remember my own name) wrote:
Haha!! Some of the books I’ve been printing lately are quite… erm… Filthy!! Secret Diary of a Manhattan Call Girl, Confessions Of A Lapdancer and a few others! I need to flick thru them for quality controll… Well, thats my excuse! :D
Posted on Thu, 2 August 2012 at 19:07
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col wrote:
Just got Vendetta and Tim Burgess (Charlatans)
Posted on Thu, 2 August 2012 at 21:01
