I am also reading a fantastic book, well study text called A Level Politics! interesting stuff! Need Eddie to balance it out!
My favourite book of all time is called Nobodyās Fool. It is written by Richard Russo. It is book from i.e prob 20 years ago. It is v.funny book. I dunno if it is definitely my Best Book, but I always say it is, cos you like to have a Favourite Book that other people might not have read, and it is not a mega famous book. Itās not even Russoās most famous book, but it is the one I like best.
I heard while back he had recently written a sequel, called Everybodyās Fool. I have been looking for it ever since. Because it was a special event for me, I donāt like to just order it on Amazon, or download on Kindle. I want to buy it in a Shop. So every time I have passed a book shop in the past 6 months, I have gone inside to see if they have it. They never do 
I canāt tell you how many book shops I have been to. Fkn hundreds. But weekend I was in Dublin and I went in book shop and found it immediately! I was so pumped! I done whole Irish Celebration Dance and Everything! I started in on it asap. Iām bout halfway through. Itās not v.good.
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As discussed with papster last weekend, I am currently reading The Silk Roads: A New History of the World by Peter Frankopan.
Coming to the end now and itās a fine read. Canāt remember the last time I read and enjoyed non-fiction so much.
If you fancy an enjoyable account of over 2000 years of social, political and cultural history, exploring the rise and fall of empires, packed full with fascinating trivia and centred unashamedly on the importance of āthe eastā as opposed to the Western Euro- centric history we are taught in school, then I recommend.
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I think the Goatās account has been hacked by Jacob Rees-Mogg or Portillo.
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Back to The Ultimate Guide to Knife Throwing and old copies of Skin Two next week.
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I am currently reading āSleep-Wanking And Itās Role In The Fall Of The British Empireā by Baron Sanchez. Fascinating and unputdownableā¦
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I am reading Everyday Sexism by Laura Bates. The Telegraph said it was āa pioneering analysis of modern-day misognyā. Which I canāt better in words.
Itās a good read for anyone who has a daughter, female partner, sister, mother, aunt, grandmother - I think you get the picture. There are stories from woman tsken from the Everday sexism website. Some pretty horrific stories.
I may write more in the feminism thread once Iāve finished that one and her 2nd book.
Iāve also got this on the go at the moment. Itās good. Tiny font is fucking killing me though.
Not being one to slavishly follow fads Iāve given a big swerve to anything to do with GoT on the telly box.
Teenage Mutant insisted I at least try the first book which I did. Am currently on book 3 A Storm Of Swords. Great literature it aināt but the bite size chapters keep the interest and the wide scope of the narrative is impressive.
Am also reading The Silk Roads by Peter Frankopan - as recommended by Goat here on Sotonians - a very good read.
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āWeapons of Math Destructionā by Cathy OāNeil. Itās pretty scary. How your data is increasingly important as a commodity and itās misuse. Written by a data scientist and number theorist from Harvard itās really eye-opening how social media sites and others collects data and then monetise it. The complete lack of morality is placed at the people who write the algorithms.
McNamee chooses his words carefully. āThe people who run Facebook and Google are good people, whose well-intentioned strategies have led to horrific unintended consequences,ā he says. āThe problem is that there is nothing the companies can do to address the harm unless they abandon their current advertising models.ā
Iām posting too much again ā¦ 
I bought a used copy in Oxfamā¦too many pages stuck together to get much out of it.
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Currently reading Why Iām No Longer Talking to White People About Race, by Reni Eddo-Lodge.
Because Iām virtue signalling.
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As a Euro/African I take that comment as a grave insultā¦RETRACT!! 
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Just finished āThe Great Game: On Secret Service In High Asiaā by Peter Hopkirk.
A look at the machinations of Victorian Britain and Tsarist Russia in central Asia, tales of the first Afghan war and the battle for control of the various Khanates bordering Britainās Indian Empire. Interesting stuff. Lots of detailed accounts from British and Russian officers and adventurers.
Just moved on to Robert Fiskās āThe Great War For Civilisation: The Conquest of The Middle Eastā for something a little more up to date.
Bought my first book since the Lee Child short story combo ready for holidays.
Artemis - sequel to The Martian. Hope itās beach reading!
No spoilers D_P, have it being delivered tomorrow. Enjoyed TāMartian so thought Iād give it a go.