benjamin1945 16,118 Posted April 13, 2016 Report Share Posted April 13, 2016 Burt Reynolds......just finished it,loved one of his Quotes..............''I've always enjoyed making fun of myself,and I won't stop now;'' my bullsh*t detector has improved with age'' and his final paragraph...........''As I look back, I,m proud of my accomplishments and disappointed with my failures. I always wanted to experience everything and go down swinging.Well so far so good. I know i'm old,but I feel young. And there's one thing they can never take away; Nobody had more fun than I did. Nice one Burt. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
siddha 822 Posted April 14, 2016 Report Share Posted April 14, 2016 Dictator - Robert Harris Skinners Union- Michael Harvey 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,085 Posted April 16, 2016 Report Share Posted April 16, 2016 The Road to Little Dribbling by Bill Bryson. Just started it, but very entertaining already. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
EileenH 496 Posted April 16, 2016 Report Share Posted April 16, 2016 Always enjoy Bill Bryson`s books. Must get hold of Little Dribbling. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,118 Posted April 16, 2016 Report Share Posted April 16, 2016 Love Brysons Canadian/American humour about us Brits.............. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,118 Posted April 17, 2016 Report Share Posted April 17, 2016 Started reading a Autobiograthy by Coleen Nolan,dont particulary like her but the wife bought it,........i'm about half way through it and the highlights so far are her time with Shane Ritchie,who i do like)..........hes very very funny........... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 9,497 Posted April 17, 2016 Report Share Posted April 17, 2016 Bryson is a brilliant writer and his books are so full of interesting facts about things we don't even think about until reading them. He loves taking the mickey out of us too. I have a friend who says he would never consider reading his books because Bryson takes the pi$$ out of the Brits. So what? 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted April 17, 2016 Report Share Posted April 17, 2016 Maybe we deserve it Lizzie. We're not perfect. Not quite. LOL Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 9,497 Posted April 17, 2016 Report Share Posted April 17, 2016 We probably do deserve it, as a nation. It's Bryson's quirky observations that make his books so readable, for me anyway. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted April 17, 2016 Report Share Posted April 17, 2016 I used to like the Kelly Monteith TV series about 30 years ago. His observations were truly remarkable. A good laugh. It's a poor person who has difficulty laughing at themselves. They're missing something. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,118 Posted April 17, 2016 Report Share Posted April 17, 2016 To take the wee wee is a British/Nottingham thing..........i love it taking or giving,....to laugh at yourself is good................anyone who can't take it are usually miserable buggers anyway............. 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
davep5491 360 Posted April 24, 2016 Report Share Posted April 24, 2016 Just read this in a weekend supplement. Geoff Hurst gave a speech recounting how a cabbie kept peering at him as he drove him to Heathrow Airport. Eventually, he said; "Come on mate, give us a clue?" "Sir Geoff Hurst M.B.E," his famous passenger replied, "played 500 games for West Ham, scored 250 goals, played for England 49 times and still the only man to ever score a hat-trick in a World Cup final!" To which the cabbie replied: "No, you prat,what terminal do you want?' 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,326 Posted April 25, 2016 Report Share Posted April 25, 2016 Currently reading Col.John Hunt's version of the 1953 ascent of Everest. Simply called "Everest". (Hardback with illustrations). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,118 Posted April 25, 2016 Report Share Posted April 25, 2016 Bought this morning 'sexy beasts'........the inside story of the 'Hatton Garden Mob'.......by Wensley Clarkson. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted June 9, 2016 Report Share Posted June 9, 2016 Bought the latest edition of Bygones today. I don't normally purchase it, as 90% of it is waffle, and not about the front page headline. However, this has got a good article on old Arnold, a good piece on early pop festivals and a great article on the much mentioned group Tristram Shandy. Also a good bit about Nottingham Castle, Players, old Nottm buildings, a snippet about Bulwell and a good piece on Forests legends. All in all, a good read for once. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DavidA 153 Posted June 9, 2016 Report Share Posted June 9, 2016 The Quest of Youth by Jeffery Farnol. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
redbowen 131 Posted June 9, 2016 Report Share Posted June 9, 2016 Under The Eagle by Simon Scarrow. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TRD 196 Posted June 9, 2016 Report Share Posted June 9, 2016 A Penguin in a Sparrow’s Nest by Frank Melling. A book about motorcycling and freelance journalism. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted June 9, 2016 Report Share Posted June 9, 2016 Austerity Britain (1945-51) By David Kynaston Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gibbo 04 188 Posted June 9, 2016 Report Share Posted June 9, 2016 In the last few months I have read: Return to Litlle Dribbling by Bill Bryson, Fatherland by Robert Harris, SS:GB by Len Deighton, a few Sherlock Holmes and Richard Hannay stories. At the moment I'm reading The Spy who Came in From The Cold by John Le Carre, As you can see I read a mixture of genres, all of which I enjoy.... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MapperleyMan 122 Posted June 10, 2016 Report Share Posted June 10, 2016 On The Genealogy of Morals by Friedrich Nietzsche. This book is part of Nietzsche's (unfinished) project to unseat the (as he saw it) failings of Christian morality and replace it with something better (a project he called the revaluation of all values). 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chulla 4,946 Posted June 10, 2016 Report Share Posted June 10, 2016 I am re-reading The Real Cruel Sea, by Richard Woodman.(I sometimes read again the books in my library and enjoy them as if I had never read them before). This superb book of 780 pages tells the story of the submarine warfare in the Atlantic between 1939 and 1943. The say it is harrowing is an understatement. During this period the 'success' was all one way - the German Navy's. It would not be an exaggeration to say that it was state-sponsored murder. It details the sinkings of all the ships during that period, many of which went down with all hands. Some of the survival stories make you wonder just how people could survive in an open boat, sometimes for weeks. Such was one boat - all in it gradually died (suicide was a popular way out) until just two were left. Scorched by the sun, with only rain water to drink (if it rained) they eventually reached South America and spent time in hospital recovering. One then made his way to New York, signed on to one of the convoy ship and went down with it after being torpedoed on the way across. Some were in open boats until the meagre food/water rations ran out. How about surviving each day after having a lick of a stick dipped into condensed milk. I also re-read my books about code-breaking, which I find fascinating - I like reading about really-clever people. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
siddha 822 Posted June 10, 2016 Report Share Posted June 10, 2016 The Lewis man Peter May Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mercurydancer 1,104 Posted June 10, 2016 Report Share Posted June 10, 2016 Attrition 1916 An in depth study about the policies, strategies and tactics used in WW1 in 1916. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
OrphanAnnie 296 Posted June 10, 2016 Report Share Posted June 10, 2016 I have developed a taste for historical novels, particularly about the Tudors. Am on the third book in a trilogy about the Boleyns - The Constant Princess, The Other Boleyn Girl and The Boleyn Inheritance. Fascinating reading, though I suspect there is a lot of poetic licence!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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