Read the first 2 books in the Millennium Trilogy 'the girl with the dragon tattoo' etc - rip rollicking good crime reads with interesting feminist subtexts. Also 'Mr Toppitt' (didn't quite live up to the hype), 'The Suspicions of Mr Whicher' (enjoyed it) and several cookery books.
Looking forward to the new Pynchon so re-reading 'The Crying of Lot 49' for the hundredth time in preparation.
Anyone read/reading 2666? Fear it might join 'Mr Norell' as large book that I read a few pages of occasionally.
Currently ploughing through the Byron report (again) as I try and finish my last Uni assignment (hurrah!) on risk, opportunity and Internet policy. _________________ I'm just looking for one divine hammer
I am sure many of you know it. A very easy read, actually well written. Maybe he wrote it in English as he was at University in Aberdeen or somewhere. Quite to ride with his brother. Good rider, although I freely admit to never having heard of him in my life. There you go.
I also read in hospital a very impressive book by Jared Diamond called Guns Steel and Germs. 10 years old, been meaning to read it for five years myself. 13,000 years of human history in five hundred pages. Tries to explain why thing happen here and not there, using factors like large domesticable animals possible, enough wild plants for food can be turned into domestic, geographical factors, linguistic factors, cultural, it really is a fine read.
allegedly - it has been semi-officially stated that this might be the shiny-case, like old persons' bus passes. nobody mentioned it today, they just gave me a customer satisfaction quiz to fill in, in which i pretended that the building looked nice from the outside. if they were to knock it down they'd pfi another conservatory with lots of computers in it and i might well stop caring.
Oh dear, I feel like a complete philostine (sp?) as I'm currently reading.......The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown. _________________ "I trust no-body, not even myself"
Still reading Moby Dick - going to finish it this time. One of those dense books where every page is enjoyable but it's hard to handle more than a couple of dozen pages in a session
Nearly up to the point where I abandoned last time around.
Just finished Matt Rendell's "Death of Marco Pantani" book.
Quite depressing really, but with some useful info about how to interpret "bloods".
Most interesting, though, was the insight into the vast corporate machine that existed round Pantani, the way he was routinely late for blood tests and the fact that in his latter days, he was worth in the order of 30 million Euros.
I thought this only started with his successor as TDF winner... _________________ EPO is for wimps. Proper cyclists go faster on beer, curry and porridge.
Location: Formerly Hen Wlad fy Nhadau, now, Murcia, Spain
Posted: Wed Sep 30, 2009 3:12 pm Post subject:
SlowRower wrote:
Just finished Matt Rendell's "Death of Marco Pantani" book.
Quite depressing really, but with some useful info about how to interpret "bloods".
Most interesting, though, was the insight into the vast corporate machine that existed round Pantani, the way he was routinely late for blood tests and the fact that in his latter days, he was worth in the order of 30 million Euros.
I thought this only started with his successor as TDF winner...
I read this book a couple of years ago. It was an eye-opener for me - changed the way I look at pro cycling in particular. _________________ "You can't win races with passion alone."
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