Iâm posting too much again ⌠
I bought a used copy in OxfamâŚtoo many pages stuck together to get much out of it.
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Currently reading Why Iâm No Longer Talking to White People About Race, by Reni Eddo-Lodge.
Because Iâm virtue signalling.
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As a Euro/African I take that comment as a grave insultâŚRETRACT!! 
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Just finished âThe Great Game: On Secret Service In High Asiaâ 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 Britainâs Indian Empire. Interesting stuff. Lots of detailed accounts from British and Russian officers and adventurers.
Just moved on to Robert Fiskâs âThe Great War For Civilisation: The Conquest of The Middle Eastâ 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 itâs beach reading!
No spoilers D_P, have it being delivered tomorrow. Enjoyed TâMartian so thought Iâd give it a go.
Yeah, funny how I chose it.
Lee Childâs new novel is not yet published. So Dan Brown would be the perfect beach book. Unfortunately here it is only in Hardback, not an âAirport Editionâ - The Hardback weight b asically screwed up our entire carry-on limits on the flights Sunday as we now have to take a laptop and were always taking our entire collection of Camera Kit and Lenses.
I was browsing in Krakow Duty Free no less and there it was. Just like you I thought âI liked the MartianââŚ
It already caused me grief because when I went to check in for my rebooked flight after the delay, my carry-on baggage was 1kkg too much and I ended up having to row with the Station Manager to keep the bloody thing!
And no spoilers - Wonât open mine until Sunday at the earliest and then only if Gulf Airâs Entertanment system is shit! 24th December on the Beach is the plan 
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Iâve heard itâs not a very good follow-up to The Martian (which was superb). Let us know what you thinkâŚ
EDIT: Ah, just seen that you like Dan Brown 
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I read Inferno(itâs shit). I much preferred Craces digested read. Anyone that hasnât read Inferno and plans to, donât read below.
Seven kilometres out into the azure waters of the Adriatic, the Provost â the head of a top-secret organisation called the Cornsortium, which specialised in contriving idiotic plotlines â stood at the prow of his 237m yacht, the Mendacium. I may have finally taken on a plotline too stupid even for me, he thought.
Dr Elizabeth Sinskey, CEO of the World Health Organisation, combed her Medusa-like grey hair and thought unnecessarily of the glucocorticoid treatment that had destroyed her reproductive system. Her mind then switched to that fateful meeting she had had with Bertand Zobrist. âThe population of the world is growing too fast,â the billionaire geneticist had said urgently. âIf we are not careful, there will soon be eight billion Dan Brown readers. We must have a cull.â
âSo letâs get this straight. Zobrist left a trail of pointless clues to where the virus wasnât, so the whole book has been a total waste of time?â Sinskeyâs mouth stretched into a knowing but sad smile. âThatâs about it. But at the end of the day, you will still have four billion readers, so you canât complain.â
Digested read, digested: A divine comedy
Not reading, but listening to an audio book. Tim Shipmanâs Fall Out, the necessary sequel to All Out War. Itâs epic, almost 30 hours in length. Itâs mostly an examination of the May triumvirate, and how they got it so wrong. Iâm up to the part where sheâs trying to woo Trump.
The honey moon period, eh?
Excellent so far. Driving up to Liverpool tonight so will have heard considerably more.
Things can only get better by John OâFarrell.
Plots his adolesence spent waiting for Thatcher to fuck off and a Labour government to take power.
Enjoying it so far.
Didnât know you could read tbf
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On a topless beach on a sun lounger with a Pins Class?
Or $0.50 A pint beers?
Yes guilty.
I prefer Lee Child but already read thus years release.
I am Jack Teacher (the real one not the Tom Cruise impost0rr midget)
As mentioned in another thread, just finished the first two Hannibal Lecter books âRed Dragonâ & âThe Silence of the Lambsâ in quick succession.
Both excellent, easy to read, tension builders.
If youâve seen the movies then you will definitley enjoy them, the plots are basically the same but with all the extra background information you would expect. in Red Dragon particularly there are 3-4 chapters purely on the title characterâs childhood and upbrining that molded him into the beast in the book.
What I like most about the books is that they are reffered to as the Hannibal Lecter books, despite the fact that in the first two books he is barely in them which builds you up to the 3rd book where he is the main protagonist. Itâs clever writing by Thomas Harris and works well.
Lecter is an anti-hero no doubt about it.
Finished The Good Immigrant the other day. Itâs lots of short stories from BAME writers/actors/artist. What it is like to be an immigrant or the child of one. Good read and thought provoking.
Been meaning to pick that up. Lots of people I like have contributed.
Thatâs one that came out through Unbound isnât it? I quite like their business model; it seems to be producing some very interesting writing. I recently read The Wake by Paul Kingsnorth which, as a novel written in an approximation of Old English, probably wouldnât have been picked up by publishers but turned out to be a fantastic read. Very pertinent about nationalism and cultural imperialism.
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After the recent film adaptation of IT I decided to read the book again, depsite this film being much better than the mini-series in the 90s (??) it still lacks a lot from the book.
Definitely worth reading if you donât want to go to sleep at night.
As an aside the best adpatation of Stephen King books into films, for me, is The Green Mile and Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption (The Stand doesnât count as that was a TV mini-series). All the rest you need the King imagination part to make the book work, something that always lacks in the films.
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Ew i hate Green Mile. There is a lot I would take before that! Running Man, Stand by me, Carrie
Halfway through The Bottom Corner: A Season with the Dreamers of Non-League Football by Nige Tassell
A really good insight into non-league football and some of the characters that inhabit the nether regions of the football pyramid