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Post by MartinT on Jan 16, 2017 23:16:35 GMT
The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet - Becky Chambers
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Post by Deleted on Jan 17, 2017 16:41:59 GMT
I'm reading The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde. Free on Kindle and highly recommended - interesting plot and well written.
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Post by Slinger on Jan 18, 2017 18:27:36 GMT
Did you know that Amazon waive postage if you spend £10 or more on book orders delivered/fulfilled by Amazon? This applies second hand books, not just new ones and consequently I've ordered this little lot over the past 2 days.
Play On: Now, Then and Fleetwood Mac
Mick Fleetwood
Bringing It All Back Home
Ian Clayton
John Peel: A Tribute to the Much-Loved DJ and Broadcaster
Mick Wall
Unzipped
Suzi Quatro
The Olivetti Chronicles
John Peel
The World According To Noddy
Noddy Holder,
Pete Townshend: Who I Am
Pete Townshend
Ronnie: The Autobiography
Ronnie Wood
The Whispering Years
Bob Harris
Cider With Roadies
Stuart Maconie
All are good or very good quality second hand, all for under £24.00 delivered and all but 2 of them are hardbacks.
And now for some silly maths.
If I'd bought the first four books on my list they would have cost me £8.81 plus £11.96 in postage (Yes, Amazon seem to charge £2.99 standard delivery per book whilst their independent vendors charge a uniform £2.80) making a grand total of £20.77
By adding the 5th book at £1.78 +£2.99 postage it raised my order total to over £10.00 (£10.59 in fact.) which cancelled the postage. So by spending an extra £1.78 I saved £14.95 in postage. I believe that's what they call a no-brainer?
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Post by Barrington on Jan 18, 2017 20:45:13 GMT
^^ Mick Fleetwood's autobiog is excellent up there with Graham Nash's.
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Post by MartinT on Jan 29, 2017 14:47:43 GMT
I've just finished reading Ted Chiang's short story Understand. My brain is boggled at the story and at his ability to describe the indescribable. Quite phenomenal.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 29, 2017 15:32:10 GMT
^^ Mick Fleetwood's autobiog is excellent up there with Graham Nash's. I'm surprised he can remember what happened.... |
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Post by wankel on Feb 14, 2017 11:20:24 GMT
Wonderful book . Robert Fitzroy and a young Charles Darwin head of to the Falklands and Patagonia. One of the best historical fact based novels I've read.  |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 14, 2017 18:19:32 GMT
Wonderful book . Robert Fitzroy and a young Charles Darwin head of to the Falklands and Patagonia. One of the best historical fact based novels I've read. That looks interesting, just ordered for Kindle. Thanks for the recommendation. |
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Post by wankel on Feb 14, 2017 19:17:54 GMT
Enjoy !  |
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Post by wankel on Mar 7, 2017 9:05:21 GMT
You getting into it ?
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Post by ant on Mar 7, 2017 10:48:04 GMT
2 this week, tinker tailor soldier spy John le carre and hms ulysses which is Alastair mcleans first
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Post by Deleted on Mar 7, 2017 13:02:53 GMT
I'm about half way through. Lots of historical detail as well as entertainment. It's quite a long read but am enjoying it, thanks again for the recommendation. |
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Post by wankel on Mar 8, 2017 5:00:55 GMT
Good.
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Post by MartinT on Mar 9, 2017 0:37:03 GMT
hms ulysses which is Alastair mcleans first A great first book, I read it when I was a youngster. Got me into Mclean, Desmond Bagley and Hammond Innes. |
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Post by MartinT on Dec 14, 2017 6:34:57 GMT
I'm reading Dark Matter by Blake Crouch. He is the author of the three Wayward Pines trilogy for those who enjoyed the TV series. Man wakes up after being kidnapped. He remembers who he is but nothing around him is the same. His house is not his house. His wife is not there. He seems to have been the subject of an experiment. As compelling as Wayward and a good read.  |
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Post by rfan8312 on Dec 17, 2017 1:08:27 GMT
goo.gl/images/yxzk2sI'm a massive World War 1 geek. Did cover lots of second world war in my early years but find WW1 infinitely more interesting and really got going a few years back and have collected nearly 30 books on the subject of The Great War. Now It Can Be Told by Author Phillip Gibbs is an interesting read because it's written shortly after the war, so it comes across as something written in that time, as opposed to so many books written many decades later. A group of reporters allowed on site to travel with troops from both France and Britain, to observe and report, were censored during the war but we're allowed to report what they experienced after it ended. The findings in this book are graphic and staggering and interesting. The real sites and sounds of the trenches can be found in this book and another book called Poilu by Louis Barthas.
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Post by ChrisB on Dec 17, 2017 8:31:06 GMT
I dipped into a copy of 'Now It Can Be Told' a couple of years ago. There was a copy of it on the shelves of a place we rented on a trip away. It was both fascinatiñg and terrifying at the same time. I bought a copy when I saw it in a charity shop a couple of weeks ago, so I will be turning to it shortly.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 17, 2017 10:58:08 GMT
I dont even get time to read my Wage slip these days.. Roll on after Christmas. Time for things..
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Post by MartinT on Jan 9, 2018 20:05:25 GMT
I'm reading Frank Herbert's High Opp, just recently published. I never thought I'd get to read another of his books but this little gem I believe was unearthed by his son. It's completely his style with political intrigue to the fore. A lovely novel which I am savouring by the page as this really must be the last book of his I'll ever read afresh. I even have Soul Catcher, for many years out of print.
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Post by Tim on Jan 10, 2018 19:17:55 GMT
 Not the most riveting read, but if it's only 50% true, he's a much bigger fruit loop than I thought. |
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