What book are you reading?

**Mon Nov 27, 2006 1:41 pm**

thats the one im reading now. ive never actually read the abridged version. for me his best book is about monsters, salems lot. excellent book

**Fri Dec 01, 2006 7:36 am**

Mysteries by Colin Wilson
The Origins and Organisation of British Propaganda in Ireland 1920 by Brian Murphy
More than Somewhat by Damon Runyon
A Vision Yeats
Selected Essays Simone Weil
Keating:The Inside Story John Edwards

(I tend to dip in and out at whim, rarely having less than three books on the go)

**Fri Dec 01, 2006 4:23 pm**

"Memories of My Melancholy Whores" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez.

My favorite author. It's a minor offering compared to 100 Years of Solitude or The Autumn of the Patriarch, but what isn't?

**Fri Dec 01, 2006 4:33 pm**

O'Blivion wrote:"Memories of My Melancholy Whores" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez.

Lovely little book, O'B. Like you say, a minor offering by his standards, but a joy all the same.

**Fri Dec 01, 2006 4:38 pm**

A biography of CLR James.

**Sat Dec 02, 2006 3:46 pm**

Just received off Amazon:-

The Gangs Of Liverpool by Michael MacIlwee.

Looks like a really good read.

**Sun Dec 03, 2006 7:28 pm**

recemtly finished The Ruins and now reading The Keep. Why am I reading these creepy books? Oh yeah, waiting for that Pogues book to show up that i ordered from Amazon...

**Thu Dec 07, 2006 9:35 pm**

The Humours of Planxty by Leagues O' Toole.

**Thu Dec 07, 2006 10:31 pm**

Paddy Rolling Clone wrote:The Humours of Planxty by Leagues O' Toole.

Nice one, Pad. It's a GREAT read. Really got me going, and provided the next best feeling to having actually lived through the early hey-day of their existence, and the susequent iterations of the group. Well done, Leagues O'Toole.

**Thu Dec 07, 2006 11:15 pm**

Fintan wrote:
Paddy Rolling Clone wrote:The Humours of Planxty by Leagues O' Toole.

Nice one, Pad. It's a GREAT read. Really got me going, and provided the next best feeling to having actually lived through the early hey-day of their existence, and the susequent iterations of the group. Well done, Leagues O'Toole.

I am reliably informed Santa is bringing me a copy.

**Fri Dec 08, 2006 12:10 am**

philipchevron wrote:I am reliably informed Santa is bringing me a copy.

Anything else you'd like, Sensei? What can I bring you from Oz? Macadamia-flavoured, croc-skin shoes? Wallaby-fur hat? :wink:

Oh... and we got that 'roo (the passport-thieving hopper!) but the pouches' acidic gooey contents had dissolved the paper - all that's left is the green leather cover. :wink:

**Fri Dec 08, 2006 1:28 am**

Fintan wrote:
philipchevron wrote:I am reliably informed Santa is bringing me a copy.

Anything else you'd like, Sensei? What can I bring you from Oz? Macadamia-flavoured, croc-skin shoes? Wallaby-fur hat?
Oh... and we got that 'roo (the passport-thieving hopper!) but the pouches' acidic gooey contents had dissolved the paper - all that's left is the green leather cover.

I would suggest you request Tim Tams Philip. And Kettle Chips. Camel Tim Tams!
I think I'll go home and eat some now...mmmmm

**Fri Dec 08, 2006 4:17 am**

georgecat wrote:...Camel Tim Tams...

Bactrian or Dromedary flavoured? One hump or two, as the Bishop said to ... anyway... I may have trouble fitting an ungulant in my suitcase... See you down by Anna Liffey, GeorgeCat... :wink:

**Thu Dec 14, 2006 6:04 pm**

STAGGER LEE by Derek McCulloch and Shepherd Hendrix

A really terrific graphic novel, using the truth, mythology and legend of the "Stag" Lee Shelton story, by way of the numerous songs it inspired and a sprinkling of fresh imagination too. It reads like a really brilliant movie storyboard, with some telling detail in the graphic frames and a lovely colloquial flair to the text. Derek is a sometime Medusan and sent me this book, I can only assume, because Stagger Lee shot Billy Lyons for messing with his hat, in which case, even the loss of my hat in San Francisco has a happy ending.

http://www.ew.com/ew/article/review/boo ... 0_,00.html

**Thu Dec 14, 2006 8:26 pm**

The last books I read were Roddy Doyle's "A Star Called Henry" and Jonathan Coe's "The Rotters' Club". I really loved both a lot.

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