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Oh i like most things!
Reading 'lighter' books at the moment but ready for something a little more involved.....
A new borders shop has just opened about 10 mins from us and I live there at the oment!
Beloved by Toni Morrison;
Mr Wakefield's Crusade by Bernice Rubens;
Toast: The Story of a Boy's Hunger by Nigel Slater;
Law of the Playground: A Puerile and Disturbing Dictionary of Playground Insults and Games
Adrian Mole and The Weapons of Mass Destruction by Sue Townsend;
This Diary Will Change Your Life 2005 by Benrik;
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke;
Nice Cup of Tea and a Sit Down by Nicey, Wifey;
Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez;
The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins;
This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen by Tadeusz Borowski, et al;
The Deadly Percheron by John Franklin Bardin;
If This Is a Man / The Truce by Primo Levi;
Well I know some of the books that I'd like; maybe some of them might inspire you! Nigella's "Feast", the new Philip Pullman (can't remember what it's called, something about a scarecrow I think), anything by Isabel Allende but especially "City Of Beasts" and its followup; Michael Palin's "Himalaya"; a history of chocolate and a history of votes for women; a biog of Jane Austen (yes, another one); do you like the sound of any of these? I'll do some more thinking later!! happy reading!
ooh yes Kitchen Confidential is great
do you like Nigella? I wouldn't mind a copy of Feast (but when I was pg cookery books made me cry for some weird reason)
I liked The Great Food Gamble, also by John Humphrys but you won't eat salmon ever again unless it's organic. I don't seem to be very interested in fiction atm, don't know why, I used to be. I'm reading Married atm and enjoying it so far.
pops, have you read any/many Bill Brysons? Notes from a Small Island , Neither Here nor There and Notes from a Big Country are all falling-off-your-chair funny (not always but YKWIM!)
I mihgt trawl through the shelves and see what i have - i do know that i have two copies of -enduring ove- = one which i am in the middle of reading and one that is not going to be read....
Enduring Love by Ian McEwan, I bought it secondhand, it has been read a few times but is clean and in reasonable condition.
The Tesseract by Alex Garland, bought secondhand too, read a few times but in clean and reasonable condition.
Lucky by Alice Sebold (am reading this at the moment so will need a few days to finish it), secondhand as well, edges of the pages slightly yellowed but it feels like I am the first person to actually read it, clean and good condition.
Have just looked on one of my shelevs (and knacked my back in)
So far, we have
The church of the dead girls - stepehn dobbins
The Innocent - Ian McEwan
Snw falling on cedars - david cutterson
Fall on your knees - ann-marie Macdonald
Welcome to the world baby girl - fanny flagg
enduring love - Ian McEwan
The ginger man - JP DOnleavey
Visible worlds - marilyn bowering
eleven days - doald harstead
Last orders - graeme swift
A change of climate - hilary mantel
Four letters of love - niall williams
All that really matters - Campbell armstrong
black earth city - charlotte hobson
reconnaissance - kapka kassbova
Close Range - Annie Proulx
Bad Blood - Lorna Sage
Man & Wife - Tony Parsons
When We Were Orphans - Kazuo Ishiguro
Lucky Man - Michael J Fox autobiog
Touching the Void - Joe Simpson
American Scream : The Bill Hicks Story - Cynthia True
Downsize This! - Michael Moore
TV Nation - Michael Moore
Gone a bit cross-eyed looking all these up on Amazon!
Spacedonkey, I would be interested in Touching the Void, I realise I don't have much to offer in the way of a swap but would be happy to send you a cheque/Paypal/Nochex.
Spacedonkey have you read the newest tony parsons called In The Family Way? If you enjoyed man and boy and man and wife you will love it......if you want it i have it.
is that ok with you demented? btw my copy is paperback and has been read twice, so fairly well thumbed. No crusty bits adhering to it or anything unsavoury though.
Oh no! Something told me to refresh the screen before I posted!
Popsycle I have a shocking amount of books waiting to be read too! Why don't you do the swap with spacedonkey because you were first and it's rightly yours and by the time you have read it I may have something more appealing to offer, meantime I'll stick it on my Amazon wish list for one of those evenings when I've had too much wine and get a bit shopping basket happy!
Arrrgh, just read your most recent post. It's up to you guys whatever you prefer. The only thing would be that my copy of Enduring Love probably isn't in as good condition as Popsycle's, depends if that bothers you or not.
Umm, loads! I had a spate of buying crappy novels in hardback a while back so I have the latest Marion Keyes and Catherine Alliott and Jane Green (, ) or I have lots of other stuff, what do you like?
spacedonkey just read what you said about your copy of Touching the Void, sounds similar to my copy of Enduring Love - no crusty bits, don't you just hate them, shudder!
I don't mind my own crusty bits on books, because generally I can remember where they came from, but when you buy a second hand book and it's got ... shudder ... someone else's crusty bits on it ... bleurghhhh
Lots of frilly books here - I know many people whose books look pristine after they've read them, ours all look extremely used after a couple of chapters...
Grrr I typed a big reply then my connection went barmy!
I have not so fond memories of taking books out the library as a child to find pages stuck together with what could only resemble boggies!
I am happy to do the swap with spacedonkey then (although I do feel a bit cheeky as Popsycal was first on the list). I will be sure to put it on my read next list and pass it onto Pops ASAP.
On a side note I didn't realise you were pg popsycal, congratulations! I think your youngest and my youngest DS are about the same age. Is this number 2 or 3?
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