[SteamingparBoz]

Finished Skagboys by Irvine Welsh last night. Bloody brilliant prequel to Trainspotting and Porno.

[forzamorton]

Just finished reading 'Stramash' written by Daniel Gray. It's about a lad from Middlesbrough who is sick of the high earned, fancy football and wants to experience so called 'real football'. So, he decides to travel round the majority of the lower league teams in Scotland talking about each towns history and talking about the game. The only reason it caught my eye was because it is Morton fans, from around the 1980's, on the front. He actually says "Greenock Morton gave me back my love of football."

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[Mak]

La Fortune des Rougon, which is the first of Emile Zola's Rougon Maquart series.

It's good when you get into it, but very wordy. Sort of like a French version of Sir Walter Scott.

[Cammy35]

forzamorton, on 12 May 2012 - 11:40, said:

Just finished reading 'Stramash' written by Daniel Gray. It's about a lad from Middlesbrough who is sick of the high earned, fancy football and wants to experience so called 'real football'. So, he decides to travel round the majority of the lower league teams in Scotland talking about each towns history and talking about the game. The only reason it caught my eye was because it is Morton fans, from around the 1980's, on the front. He actually says "Greenock Morton gave me back my love of football."

I'd like to hear the context of that sentence. Did he leave at half time and go to the pub?

[Dosser-fae-the-shire]

The Associate by John Grisham. Fuckin worst ending ever. Pish.

[TonMan]

Cammy35, on 12 May 2012 - 16:27, said:

I'd like to hear the context of that sentence. Did he leave at half time and go to the pub?

Must be hard when we have the luxury of being able to leave at half-time whereas you won't have games to go to at all next season.

[forzamorton]

Cammy35, on 12 May 2012 - 16:27, said:

I'd like to hear the context of that sentence. Did he leave at half time and go to the pub?

No, if he wanted to leave at half time, he would have went to Ibrox...then again, you don't do walking away.

[Cammy35]

TonMan, on 12 May 2012 - 17:18, said:

Must be hard when we have the luxury of being able to leave at half-time whereas you won't have games to go to at all next season.

forzamorton, on 12 May 2012 - 17:40, said:

No, if he wanted to leave at half time, he would have went to Ibrox...then again, you don't do walking away.

Sorry guys, its not a sentence you hear very often though eh.

[Bert Raccoon]

SteamingparBoz, on 12 May 2012 - 11:01, said:

Finished Skagboys by Irvine Welsh last night. Bloody brilliant prequel to Trainspotting and Porno.

Gonna pick this up soon, really looking forward to it.


The last book I read was The Wasp factory by Iain Banks. I've read it before many years ago but decided to give it a re-read and I was not disappointed. An extremely dark novel and courted alot of controversy when it came out but it's a fantastic if not rather disturbing read.

[broon-loon]

50 years of Private Eye...


Not really a book as such........


Yes it was interesting, but a bit 'Public School'............

[morrison]

I recently read Cocaine Nights by J.G. Ballard. I'd like to be constructive, but I thought it was awful. I didn't like any of the characters, and hated the main character. This has annoyed me greatly because I really enjoyed Empire of the Sun. I still mean to pick up Crash at some stage but this disappointed me.

Currently reading Carry On, Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse which has me chuckling away to myself.

Also reading the Orcs: First Blood trilogy by Stan Nicholls. I'm halfway through Bodyguard of Lightning, the first book, and I've got right into it. I bought the Omnibus edition being confident I'd enjoy it, so likely to read them straight through.

[StewartyMac]

Still working my way through Lee Child's Jack Reacher series. Just finished 'One Shot', which the one they're making a film of. One of the better ones in the series so far. Can't wait to see Tom Cruise destroy the part when it's out next year.

[peasy23]

American Psycho - Bret Easton Ellis, found it very hard going tbh even though I saw the film a good few years ago and knew more or less what to expect.

Now started on Hunter S. Thompson's The Rum Diary.

[StewartyMac]

Also, I've purchased a few of the Marvel Essential volumes, which do whole batches of reprints of the early superhero comics from the 60s. Reading superhero comics at 41 is the new black, folks.

[RobBairn1876]

Divided City, Theresa Breslin.

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[Cardinal Richelieu]

1984. For about the 1984th time. Brilliant book. I don't even read much fiction but this is top drawer. And the bit at the end detailing Newspeak .... genius.

[broon-loon]

Cardinal Richelieu, on 13 May 2012 - 03:54, said:

1984. For about the 1984th time. Brilliant book. I don't even read much fiction but this is top drawer. And the bit at the end detailing Newspeak .... genius.

Thanks for reminding me.

Reading this has been on my 'to do list' far too long...

[die hard doonhamer]

Lee evans - the life of lee. Really enjoyed it. 8/10

Currently 2/3 off the way through three hunger games by suzanne collins. Absolutely brilliant read so far, looking forward to the other two books in the series. 10/10 so far.