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Post by westender on Jan 4, 2011 17:13:44 GMT -1
Did embdy get any readin material for xmas? I got the latest Broons and Oor Wullie reissue ;D anna Private Eye annual. But there's two of thae bliddy Alexander McCall Smith "Sunday Philosophy Club" series, got from the library, lurkin under my bed and no looked at yet. She's a silly, silly wummin, that Mizz Dalhousie. She wants a pie in the face, and I wish I didnae need to know any more about her! A McC S. Bah.  |
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Post by heidie on Jan 4, 2011 19:57:15 GMT -1
Terry Pratchit , I shall wear midnight............
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Post by peony on Jan 4, 2011 20:16:36 GMT -1
Lost by Gregory Maguire, he also wrote Wicked, which I just loved.
Eco Colour by India Flint (A very talented Aussie, Ozneil.)
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Post by ozneil on Jan 4, 2011 20:26:49 GMT -1
I dont know her Peony  The Words & Wisdom of Francis Gay |
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Post by westender on Jan 10, 2011 17:53:13 GMT -1
Terry Pratchit , I shall wear midnight............ Hmmm. You a Pratchett fan, heidie? I'm not, but boyf is. It's a tradition with us that I always get him the latest Pratchett at xmas. I had a look at that Midnight thing in the shop tho, and I thought, "nah... teenage female witch sort? sounds like Terry is jumpin the shark" so I didn't buy it. I had a suspicion it would irk as much as that 4th book in the Hitchikers Guide trilogy... which really irked. Complete letdown and disappointment; an insult to fans. ...bit like the Archers 60th anniversary episode, about which... don't get me started. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 10, 2011 19:59:11 GMT -1
I got the new Blue Nile biography, and reviewed it on another thread.
I'd also like the Alastair Gray retrospective but it's well pricy at £30.
A friend gave me Nigella's latest cookbook. No idea why, I'm not a fan of hers but anyway, too much tortuously w*nky copy--just the receeps would have been fine. (Well, OK I suppose)
Think will put on Ebay.
I'm saving myself for semi-retirement at which point I plan to read books like a madwoman. Starting with Patrick O Brian's series which shall be read with my feet up over lunch somewhere on the Catalan coast. Oh joy.
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Post by ozneil on Jan 10, 2011 20:27:56 GMT -1
I Starting with Patrick O Brian's series which shall be read with my feet up over lunch somewhere on the Catalan coast. Oh joy. O'Briens hero Jack Aubrey is based on Thomas Cochrane as are many of his exploits. Cochrane was, of course, a Scot call by Napolean himselr " Le Loup de la mer" Now wasnt that a fascinating piece of trivia? ;D |
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Post by westender on Jan 11, 2011 0:50:52 GMT -1
The most cross I got over a book this year was the sheer damned unwarranted unfairness that befell one poor godforsaken Ned Rise.
Found in "Water Music", T. Coraghessan Boyle. Based on the expolits of Scotland's very ain intrepid African explorer, Mungo Park.
Poor, poor Ned. Not fair.
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Post by hollowhorn on Feb 11, 2011 23:27:50 GMT -1
I just bought a shedload of Larry McMurtry books from various tinternet sources. I tend to steer clear of Amazon (too pricey) I use a combination of Ebay, Play.com & Abebooks. The latter is puir nuts, 69p for a book & the p&p is £2.99 ;D
Abebooks is a cracking resource btw & the p&P is fairly steady whether the book is shipped from the UK or the USa, as I said, puir nuts.
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Post by heidie on Feb 12, 2011 18:03:19 GMT -1
Aye Westie Ahm a Pratchit fan an Ah hiv nearly aw his stuff,curtissie o hur indoors....
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