[Misc] What Book are you Currently Reading?

[Fignon's Ponytail]

I took Bill Brysons "Down Under" with me to Oz. As usual, very good.

 

[Beach Hut]

With Their Backs to the World - Åsne Seierstad

 

[Ghost of Killer Reeves]

Max Hastings…Operation Biting
1942 parachute assault to capture radar components.
The book mentions two Welshmen who were part of the crew on landing craft who
evacuated the raiders on completion.
Stanley Morgan and Cyril Toute manned Bren guns. A week later they played inside left
and left back in the Brighton team against Millwall though we’re on Arsenal’s books.
Nice one Cyril and respect to Stanley.

 

[Anger]

The You You Are.

 

[Beach Hut]

Three Moons in Vietnam - Maria Coffey

 

[Slum_Wolf]

 

[Justice]

The missing midfielders
A drama based in the city of Nottingham.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Picked up a copy of Will Self 'Feeding Frenzy' (collected writings 1995-2000) for £2 at the BHF charity shop in London Road yesterday

 

[Beach Hut]

Officers and Gentlemen - Evelyn Waugh

 

[Behind Enemy Lines]

The Rotters Club, Jonathan Coe.

 

[pearl]

In The Jingle Jangle Jungle
Joel Gion's memoir from the 'Dig' period.
Being the tambourine front man in BJM when they meet the Dandy Warhols.

(It published last year, but I decided to wait for the paperback)

 

[Beach Hut]

The Monuments - Peter Cossins

 

[Beach Hut]

The Hotel Avocado - Bob Mortimer

 

[Slum_Wolf]

 

[SouthSaxon]

The Sleepwalkers by Christopher Clark.

 

[Trust Me I’m A Stomach]

The City and Its Uncertain Walls - Haruki Murakami

 

[Beach Hut]

Saint Jack - Paul Theroux

 

[dadams2k11]

Danny the Champion of the World with my Daughter. Brings back all the memories of my mum reading it to me.

 

[Seagull on the Hill]

On cricket - Sir Trevor McDonald.
A great read, not just about cricket but covers his early life, and how he got into journalism and then TV.

 

[Basil Fawlty]

Simon Scarrow, Roman series. Eagles and The Wolves part four. Cato and Macro are superb!