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peas	Jun 3rd 2011 6:14 am

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Originally Posted by Oink (Post 9408226)

Learn Windsurfing in a Weekend by Phil Jones

Is that your plan for this weekend?

peas	Jun 3rd 2011 6:18 am

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Originally Posted by Jingsamichty (Post 9408231)

"London: The Biography" by Peter Ackroyd.

A great bedtime read. 2 pages is my record.

:lol:

It's actually on my wish list. Is it dry?

Oink	Jun 3rd 2011 6:21 am

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Originally Posted by peas (Post 9408233)

Is that your plan for this weekend?

Sadly not for my aging and brittle bones anymore. :(

I'd also suggest America by Jean Baudrillard. It's a hoot.

peas	Jun 3rd 2011 6:26 am

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Originally Posted by Oink (Post 9408244)

Sadly not for my aging and brittle bones anymore. :(

I'd also suggest America by Jean Baudrillard. It's a hoot.

Yes, that is good. Baudrillard I mean, not your bones. I've read a lot of his stuff.

Jingsamichty

Jun 3rd 2011 6:27 am

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Originally Posted by peas (Post 9408238)

:lol:

It's actually on my wish list. Is it dry?

I'm not that far into it yet, but it's not dry. Rather the opposite so far. I'm looking forward to getting stuck into it, but it's one of these ones that will take me a long time to read. I enjoy history books so it'll be interesting to read a book that is, but isn't, a history book.

gryphea

Jun 3rd 2011 6:38 am

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I've just read ' Orange is the new Black' Piper Kerman

I liked it

peas	Jun 3rd 2011 6:40 am

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Originally Posted by Jingsamichty (Post 9408252)

I can understand that.

peas	Jun 3rd 2011 6:44 am

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Originally Posted by gryphea (Post 9408270)

I've just read ' Orange is the new Black' Piper Kerman

I liked it

I had not heard of that.

Oooh, that would give me nightmares. The idea of being locked up in prison... just thinking about it gives me the heebee geebees.

peas	Jun 3rd 2011 6:48 am

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Thanks for the ideas so far... I'm gonna take a muscle relaxant or two, find a sunbeam and have a cat nap ... with my National Enquirer. :p

Oink	Jun 3rd 2011 6:48 am

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The Naked Jape by Jimmy Carr is quite a decent read for a couple of hours.

immichaelcaine

Jun 3rd 2011 6:58 am

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Originally Posted by peas (Post 9408020)

I'm resting an injury, so I'm stuck reading a lot more than usual. I'm getting stir crazy and bored.

Anyone read anything interesting lately? I prefer non-fiction.

Suggestions please.

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peas	Jun 3rd 2011 8:39 am

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I have the willy version but I prefer to doodle in 3D.

London Mike

Jun 3rd 2011 3:40 pm

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I've gone from reading William Shatner's autobiography, to reading Tony Blair's memoirs. 50 pages in to Blair, and I think I'll just start reading Shatner again.

Funny how Shatner and Blair can so easily go together in one sentence. Reading 'The Fry Chronicles' at the moment. Not bad. :)

Jingsamichty

Jun 4th 2011 12:09 am

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Originally Posted by London Mike (Post 9409196)

Funny how Shatner and Blair can so easily go together in one sentence. Reading 'The Fry Chronicles' at the moment. Not bad. :)

I read that last month. I love Stephen Fry, the big, creased-faced old luvvie.

Tangram

Jun 4th 2011 8:27 am

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Originally Posted by Jingsamichty (Post 9409845)

I read that last month. I love Stephen Fry, the big, creased-faced old luvvie.

I was lazy and listened to him read it, having read Moab myself. I actually enjoyed listening to him read it as I probably would have heard him in my head anyway.

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