What are you reading at the moment?

[charltonhater]

Originally posted by markholmes1991
I’m currently reading Ian Wrights autobiography (again) at the moment. Sitting there watching a rather drab Everton/Chelsea game I found myself reaching for the book.
Even though, I've read it on numerous occasions, I still find myself coming back to it time and time again.
Has anyone read Geoff Hursts autobiography yet?? If so what are there opinions .

I read Ian Wright's autobiography when I was on a school trip to France, it's surprisingly good.

I have now given up trying to read the bible and have decided to read Jackie Chan's autbiography again.

[as216]

Originally posted by East-End Eagle
Currently reading The Sicillian - Mario Puzo (Godfather spin off)

I've just started reading this as well - it's set during the time of Michael Corleone's exile in Sicily.

Two excellent books I've just finished are:
The Dirt - the Motley Crue autobiography which shows (in very fine detail) just how sordid and debauched the rock 'n' roll lifestyle can be.
and
Crossfire - The Plot That Killed Kennedy by Jim Marrs which was the book Oliver Stone based JFK on. As Bill Hicks said, Oswald cannot possibly have done it as officially stated - not unless he was hanging by his toes from the window ledge.

[Santos-er]

Spot Goes To The Park

never did get teh hang of this reading thing

[Sunny Fan]

Just finished reading "How to play poker and win"

Very enlightening

[Jim Cannons Moustache]

Originally posted by Sunny Fan
Just finished reading "How to play poker and win"

Very enlightening

not as enlightening as the follow up "How to play poker and lose your house and family."

[Gazza2]

The Fifth Woman by Henning Mankell = Swedish detective novel translated into English

[Neil, yes, another one!]

Originally posted by Pokerface

Must not reads:

The Information by Martin Amis;
Time's Arrow by Martin Amis.

Martin Amis is the most pretentious writer I've ever read!! He came highly recommended but didn't live up to the hype.

SO SO SO true - London Fields has to be the worse book ever. If there was some subtle, ironic, clever point he was trying to make, he failed!


This week i'm mostly reading 'Thank Yer Very Glad' (O/P biog of The Wedding Present - cheers ebay!

[Maidstoned Eagle]

Stalingrad - Anthony Beevoir. Terrifying and depressing. But bloody interesting

Next three books;

"Dear Boy" Keith Moon biog.
"Times thief"(I think thats what it's called)- Terry Pratchett
"Sex 'n Drugs and Rock and Roll"- Ian Dury Biog.

[Jimmy The Lips]

White teeth is really boring.

I read 'McCarthy's Bar' by Pete McCarthy recently, and made a complete tit of myself with my constsnt sniggering and laughing out loud. It is undoubtedly the funniest book I've ever read.

The most shocking book I ever read was called 'Confessions of Idi Amin'. Don't know the author.

PS Never, ever admit to liking John Grisham.

[g23]

Originally posted by Sunny Fan
Just finished reading "How to play poker and win"

Very enlightening

Just started reading "How to play poker and win"

Very confusing

[sexyrazor]

Just got Hell Razor (Razor's autobiography) back from my friends and have decided because it was sooooo fantastic I am going to read it again!!!

[g23]

Originally posted by Jimmy The Lips
White teeth is really boring.

Although Matov might be interested to know that the recently-released audio version is read by my ex's sister - who does in fact have a mighty set of horsey white teeth.

I read Anil's Ghost by Michael Ondaatje on the train journey to and from Preston. Very atmospheric, some wonderful economy of expression, but I didn't find it the revelation promised by so many of the reviews. Now starting on When We Were Orphans by Kazuo Ishiguro, which almost seems like a made-for-Merchant-Ivory so far. First 100 pages not a patch on A Pale View Of Hills.

[Smurph]

Originally posted by g23
Now starting on When We Were Orphans by Kazuo Ishiguro, which almost seems like a made-for-Merchant-Ivory so far. First 100 pages not a patch on A Pale View Of Hills.

I think you will find that the book will become increasingly less Merchant-Ivory the further you read, and somewhat dark and dense. I remember feeling slightly disorientated when I finished it, as though I had emerged from a dark tunnel with no idea of where I was. My initial reaction was one of disappointment, but thinking about it now I am intrigued and feel the need to re-read it.

I am currently re-reading 500 Mile Walkies by Mark Wallington because it makes me smile.

[Goldfish]

Currently reading Frank Skinner by Frank Skinner. very funny, although his account of his first shag nearly made me vomit.

[g23]

Originally posted by Smurph
I think you will find that the book will become increasingly less Merchant-Ivory the further you read, and somewhat dark and dense. I remember feeling slightly disorientated when I finished it, as though I had emerged from a dark tunnel with no idea of where I was. My initial reaction was one of disappointment, but thinking about it now I am intrigued and feel the need to re-read it.

That sounds much more like it. I shall persevere.

[El Aguila]

"The Code of the Woosters". Again. No other Wodehouse fans on this BBS?

[Sunny Fan]

Dance, dance, dance
Haruki Murakami

Great surreal and seriously daft, intelligent fun.

[GUCCI Eagle]

Law for Business Students and How to Create Killer Websites.

[wookiee]

I've ploughed through a few recently.

They include 'A Sport And A Pastime' by James Salter. Described as literary erotic realism, don't you know. Skillfully evokes the kind of relationship that only truly makes sense in terms of physical attraction.

'Noah, Noah' by Paul Wilson. Described on the jacket as something like 'the sort of book John Irving would write if he lived in Lancashire' and that seems fair enough to me. It shares a certain something with 'The Hotel New Hampshire' - and it's more than the bear.

'Morvern Callar' by Alan Warner. Echoes of Camus' 'L'Etranger', but funny. A strong, silent young girl from the Scottish Highlands returns home to find her boyfriend's killed himself. What she does next isn't exactly what your or I would do.

And now I'm getting near the end of 'Someone To Watch Over Me' which is Paul Wilson's new book, only in hardback at the moment. I'm not at the end yet, so hard to say for sure, but it's the best book of his that I've read and if it delivers over the last 50 pages will certainly qualify as first-rate. It's taking on a variety of themes (religion, faith and loss primarily) as an insurance fraud investigator tries to prove a remarkable event isn't a miracle. A small Lancashire town suffers a massacre at the local school after which manuscripts in hebrew fall from the sky. The locals believe they're messages from God. I'll let you know if it's as good as it's promising to be.

[g23]

Originally posted by wookiee
'Noah, Noah' by Paul Wilson. Described on the jacket as something like 'the sort of book John Irving would write if he lived in Lancashire'

A sort of 'World According to Bez' then?