Currently cracking on through Con Iggulden”s Empire series about the life (and death ) of Julius Ceaser. Anybody reading owt else
Currently cracking on through Con Iggulden”s Empire series about the life (and death ) of Julius Ceaser. Anybody reading owt else
I've sort of stopped reading as my arms aren't long enough now.
I used to read a lot, mainly when commuting. All sorts of stuff really.
A couple that stick in my mind are Wasp Factory by Iain Banks, and The Pilo Family Circus by Will Elliot.
And just to bring it 'On Topic', try 'The Petition' by one of our own, the late Ray Gent.
A good dose of Animal Farm at a time like this. As an alternative how to make money from a crisis by that Tory charmer Jacob.
reading Jim Mills' biography. Didn't realise he was only 20 when he came North. Up to the bit where he has just left Salford
Moving Zen, martial arts based but always gets my head in the right place when I've got shit going on. I'd recommend it.
The Ghengis Khan series is excellent
Ive got his wars of the roses next then onto Ghengis Khan.
The irony of all this is that while Wardleworths was open I would always buy books from there had about a 70% hit rate within others being unreadable ####. But now with no local bookshop amazon fill the void and I am buying and reading more
I read Falcon of Sparta recently. If the rest of his work is like that I will certainly be looking to read some of his other works.
Harry Sidebottom's "Warrior of Rome" series is brilliant.
Ive got the first 5 books of Simon Scarrows "Eagles of Rome" there as well to start.
Pile of Chris Ryan stuff. David Baldacci's "Amos Decker" stuff to finish as well.
Oh and if i can fit it in, Sharpe!!
Tess of the D'Urbevilles for me at the moment. Not so cheery but some incredible prose.
After I retired me and the wife crammed in quite a few holidays and I found it handy to use Amazon's Audible for listening to books while we were flying or to relax in the evening.
Became hooked on using it and now I prefer it to TV, only use the telly for sport.
Over the last couple of years I've worked my way through most of Ken Follett's books, some are a long read and there's a couple of trilogies where you have to stop and remember where your upto.
Although his books are fiction they are usually based around true episodes in history a lot of them are WW2 based and he packs a lot of details into his stories which appeals to me.
If you like your sports books, 'Forever Young' is very good. It's about Adrian Doherty, the winger who was in Utd's youth set up with Giggs. Sad though
Stephen King’s “The Stand” - makes you think we’re not that badly off!
James Patterson. His chapters are only one or two pages long, I've often read 100 pages without realising.
Loyal and true, not a glory hunter.
This year's Wisden arrives tomorrow. That'll keep me occupied.
Just a reminder about my latest novel "Three Good Years" in which the main two characters are both Saints fans who live in the fictional town of Ashurst which is located about four miles east of the Totally Wicked Stadium. It has been described by Ray French as "a cracking read" and is available from the publisher London League Publications. Visit www.llpshop.co.uk. Click on Books and then Fiction. Also there you will see the biographies of five former Saints.
Good plug glee, I was wondering if anyone would nominate your tomes, read all the season one`s, great reading for RL fans not just Saints.
You could be in any Northern Industrial factory /business these places all had those characters, I was a Pilks apprentice from early 80`s and was back in Sheet works or Cowley hill whilst reading them.
I did not know you had penned more I shall order the others immediately.
If you have read all the seasons ones (One Winter, One Spring, One Summer and One Autumn) number five is called Two Seasons and the latest is called Three Good Years. I have also written two A4 sheets advising and encouraging any one who wants to write a novel based on their own life, how to do it. That is basically what I have done. E Mail me at wgeofflee@gmail.com and I'll send it to you.
This offer also applies to any other Saints fan too.
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I would highly recommend The Berlin Noir series by Philip Kerr. Set around the Second World War a policeman who finds himself working for, but at odds with the Nazis. Has a fantastic central character with some dark humour thrown in.
If anyone fancies an updated version of John Le Carre then the Slough House series by Mick Herron is just the ticket, starts with Slow Horses.
Enjoy your reading and stay healthy!