Books - What are you reading?
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A couple of reads on aircraft/beside pool:
How To Stop Time by Matt Haig. Enjoyable yarn about long living humans. Unfortunately the ending was not as satisfying as the rest of the story.
Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell. An unusual choice for me - deals with the disappearance of a 16 year old girl - quite dark.
How To Stop Time by Matt Haig. Enjoyable yarn about long living humans. Unfortunately the ending was not as satisfying as the rest of the story.
Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell. An unusual choice for me - deals with the disappearance of a 16 year old girl - quite dark.
After a depressing end to The Strange Death of Europe by Douglas Murray (we and Europe are f
ked - by our politicians).
I have moved on to “Where We Are” by philosopher Roger Scruton, and so far halfway in it has been an uplifting trip through British history, culture and politics and the UK’s place in the world (particularly Europe) so far and why we are different in our island home and we are different. Just getting into Brexit [sigh]. But I highly recommend it as an audiobook form 5hrs or so.
ked - by our politicians).I have moved on to “Where We Are” by philosopher Roger Scruton, and so far halfway in it has been an uplifting trip through British history, culture and politics and the UK’s place in the world (particularly Europe) so far and why we are different in our island home and we are different. Just getting into Brexit [sigh]. But I highly recommend it as an audiobook form 5hrs or so.
RDMcG said:
The best of AA Gill..surely my favourite critic of all time,. He was also a surprisingly sympathetic writer on refugees and writes incandescently about emerging countries. It was sum a shame that he died at 62 last year.
My God , how I wish we had a motoring journalist who could write as brilliantly as AA Gill did. He is achingly funny on the light stuff but on serious topics he really comes into his own . If you like AAG may I recommend An Encyclopedia Of Myself by the incomparably wonderful Jonathan Meades ? It's an autobiography of sorts , exquisitely written and has the most scurillous ,scathing ranting I have ever had the pleasure of reading Don said:
The Silmarillion.
As a lad I read The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings and enjoyed them greatly. I never read any of Tolkien's other works - so I am rectifying that now.
Quite good, so far.
Did you wade through all the pre-amble stuff first? Almost a third of the book as I remember. I started it twice and gave up before I got to the story. Third time I just skipped to the 'proper' start and picked it up as I went along. Yes, enjoyed it too.As a lad I read The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings and enjoyed them greatly. I never read any of Tolkien's other works - so I am rectifying that now.
Quite good, so far.
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