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Make him read the book. It really is an easy read.

Yes, I saw Wreck it Ralph, but that was a colourful film which the kids could engage with.

See the film at Imax and in 3D while you can. Visually astonishing.

Today, I bought The City and the City by China MiĆ©ville. I saw that itā€™s been adapted for the Beeb but wanted to read it first.

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Currently reading Mark Curtisā€™ book: Secret Affairs-Britainā€™s Collusion with Radical Islam.

But definitely going to be reading this next:

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Another 6 hours on low cost airlines Tuesday.to Katowice this time (70km from Krakow)

So bought Ready Player One to pass the time.

I will let you know if you can read it AFTER seeing the movie

:sunglasses:

To be honest, I wish I hadnā€™t seen the film, not a patch on the book and almost totally different too.

Amazing how Simon Pegg manages to get in a lot of films these daysā€¦

Just finished The Gorse Trilogy by Patrick Hamilton

I enjoyed it but as the three books went on, instead of building to a powerful conclusion it petered out.

We meet Gorse in book one at school in Sussex and watch as he starts to manipulate and abuse the girls and women in his life.

By book two Gorse is a consummate conman defrauding his victims with elaborate stories and invented identities.

Book three follows Gorse as he exploits a young barmaid and her family in London but Hamilton seems to lose his way towards the end as if another book or two were planned and we reach no real conclusion.

Shame really as the first two books were building to tell the story of the real-life conman and murderer Neville Heath that Gorse was loosely based on.

Either of the first two stand alone outside of the trilogy and are worth a read but give book three a swerve.

Iā€™d previously read Hangover Square by Hamilton and was really gripped by it - thoroughly recommended.
An exploration of a man - George suffering from what we would now see as multiple personality disorder. He, by turns, is romantically obsessed with Netta or wants to brutally murder Netta - depending on whether heā€™s ā€˜having one of his moodsā€™.

Netta, an out of work actress and good-time-girl is viciously cruel and keeps a throng of men (including George) at armā€™s length to buy her drink and entertain her without every giving them full access to her.

It build and builds and the mistreatment of this slightly slow, gentle giant George gets worse and worse and it ends predicatably but brilliantly.

Think Iā€™ve got Stuart MacBride book lined up next which Iā€™m really looking forward to.

I thought this was going to be a book about the plant that seems to spread everywhere.

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Recently finished Shtum and thoroughly enjoyed it.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0119Q17ZK

It follows an excruciatingly slow-motion, marriage breakdown and tracks the subsequent decision about where their profoundly autistic son will end up - both in terms of his education and his long-term, post-break-up home.

All of this is set against the protagonistā€™s drink problem, failing business, money issues and the discovery that his father, a Jewish refugee, is very, very ill.

Itā€™s a debut novel but youā€™d never know as itā€™s written with confidence and such a clear voice.

Itā€™s sad, itā€™s funny and I loved it.

Best thing Iā€™ve read recently is The Gallows Pole, by Benjamin Myers. Which is based around the story of a gang of coiners in Yorkshire in the 18th century; basically a bunch of fellas snipping bits off coins and minting their own money. Itā€™s a fucking brutal story but almost delicious in its brutality, with a load to say about our continued struggle over state approved impoverishment. And the notion that capitalism is basically the vicious barbs of wounded male pride.

And now Iā€™m finally reading Dune some 30 years after starting it as a child, andā€¦ itā€™s really good! But you probably already knew that.

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Another holiday and a bit of reading. My kindle is playing up so didnā€™t get through much.

Why Iā€™m No Longer Talking to White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge (spoiler she hasnā€™t actually stopped). I can see there are some mixed reviews of the book. I found it to be an interesting and thought provoking read.

part through The Secret Barrister: Stories of the Law and How Itā€™s Broken which is a bit of an eye opener about the legal system.

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FYI all, I wanted to remember @Intinikiā€™s book recommendations post so I bookmarked* it.

It will now be in my bookmarks when I come to buy my next few books.

Press your Avatar and then the bookmark icon to see your bookmarks.

Great for marking posts that you donā€™t have time to reply to.

Bookmarks are excellent !

* no pun intended

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I have just started Zone 23 by CJ Hopkins and its better than i could have ever hoped.
I will update when finished, but in the meantime hereā€™s someone elseā€™s review.

ā€œZone 23 by C. J. Hopkins is like a head-on train crash between comedian/linguist George Carlin and science fiction writer Philip K. Dick.ā€
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Anyone read it?

ah this will be handy!

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Sort of following dingers recommendation I am reading Pig Iron by Benjamin Meyers and so far am thoroughly enjoying it. Cheers dinger. Will do a proper review when I am finished. Also down loaded The gallows pole so looking forward to that too.

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Pretty unequivocally a ā€œwomanā€™sā€ book from the title but whoever you are Iā€™d say, if you didnā€™t enjoy this bookā€¦

  1. You have no sense of humour AND
  2. Youā€™re a fuckinā€™ misogynist.

Probably the funniest book Iā€™ve read for many yearsā€¦laugh out loud on every page and probably the most profound book Iā€™ve read in years too.

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Did you buy it thinking it was an instruction manual?

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No needā€¦my wife is my mentor. :lou_lol:

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Ruud Gullit - How to Watch Football - this will be my holiday book in readiness for the new season when I come back. I will be the next Motson or Keown.