What are you currently reading?
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Not me.
I've got an ongoing contract with three different councils to put Kittens in trees , make sure there are potholes aplenty and ensure the McDonalds Ice cream machine never works.
#selfmadescoundrel.
That book, read in my very early teens, set me off on many years and many thousands of miles of sailing: inland, coastal, offshore and ocean.
I wanted to name my first boat Nancy Blackett with the UK Ships Register but the name was taken at the time.
Finished two books in the past week, first was Walking the Nile, great read of a tremendous adventure;
Second one was Dark Matter, i don't often read works of fiction, but this one was enthralling and i just couldn't put it down, a story of travelling through quantum realities after the main characters life is abducted by his doppleganger from an alternate universe.
Second one was Dark Matter, i don't often read works of fiction, but this one was enthralling and i just couldn't put it down, a story of travelling through quantum realities after the main characters life is abducted by his doppleganger from an alternate universe.
I read Dark Matter earlier this year, great book. You shold try his book Recursion, another good read.Finished two books in the past week, first was Walking the Nile, great read of a tremendous adventure;
Second one was Dark Matter, i don't often read works of fiction, but this one was enthralling and i just couldn't put it down, a story of travelling through quantum realities after the main characters life is abducted by his doppleganger from an alternate universe.
Looks like it might be a goodun, i've added to my Amazon wishlist so family have a Xmas idea for me.
You may also find Scalp Dance by T Goodrich of interestIndian Depredations in Texas by John Wesley Wilbarger
Whats the Flynn book like? I've watched the film so am wondering about the book?For someone who doesn't normally read fiction, I've done three this past week.
TBH I struggled with it, story is ok, just the writing style i couldn't get on with.
He leads the parade for 2nd Bn The Royal Anglians, doesn't he....?Tales of the Old Poachers
I went to an independent grammar with a lot of history and some very old teachers. One was the head of music who I only met for one term when he was finding all kids with potential for the school choir. After those were filtered off he got the rest to sing various songs. Among them were a few songs I suppose you would call country folk songs from way back. We had to sing a fair few about poaching. Things with comments like we're ok we can jump fences and run quicker than the gamekeepers.Tales of the Old Poachers
This has very little to do with that book but there are a lot of probably mostly forgotten working class folk songs about country life of olden days including about getting a little extra meat by whatever means. There are a few on here who like music when in the outdoors. Perhaps they would be interested in finding a book on such rural music and songs. IIRC there were lyrics and music scores in the book he used on the piano to accompany our second rate singing at school.
Just started The Moneyless Man: A Year of Freeconomic Living by Mark Boyle, before that The Indiana Jones Omnibus the first three filums basically lol. Before the Indy book Hatchet by Gary Paulson-meant to read this for some years after recommendations from a few American folk and before that Lone Survivor by Marcus Luttrell. I like a bit of variety lol
