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#526 2013-04-20 12:03:17
#527 2013-04-20 15:09:16
- formby
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Re: Books you are currently reading
"Dressing, like painting, should have a residual stability, plus punctuation and surprise." - Richard Merkin
Souvent me Souvient
#528 2013-04-20 18:06:29
- Reckless Reggie
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Re: Books you are currently reading
Charlie Croker, Formby! And that's a shirt for being slung in a hammock, 'neath a tropic sun and swaying palm fronds - short-sleeved; with white ducks; white Lobb Oxford buckskin shoes - and a proper, long, frozen rum; plus a nice cigar - and a dusky girl wearing - just a smile.
RR
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I'm Reckless Reggie of the Regent Palace,
I'm in love with every gal;
I flirt with Maudie and I flirt with Alice,
I'm a real life Regent's pal.
#529 2013-04-21 18:32:08
- John Rotten
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Re: Books you are currently reading
A retrospective and biography of Frida Kahlo. Very engaging.
#530 2013-04-21 20:12:55
#531 2013-05-21 07:48:39
- fxh
- Big Down Under.
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Re: Books you are currently reading
The Colour of Memory
By Geoff Dyer
Brixton in the late 80s. Seems ok writing, but I've no real knowledge of the local context to judge. Anyone have comments---- form by, kingy???
Listened to BBC football talk while reading to generate some ambience........
#532 2013-05-25 03:21:21
#533 2013-05-25 06:13:32
- Reckless Reggie
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Sophie's World by Jostein Gaarder.
I'm Reckless Reggie of the Regent Palace,
I'm in love with every gal;
I flirt with Maudie and I flirt with Alice,
I'm a real life Regent's pal.
#534 2013-05-25 06:38:46
- adorable homunculus
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We dont need any of the clothes we buy except as a means to be the star in the film of our life populated by constructs - FNB
#535 2013-07-17 16:35:44
#536 2013-07-17 16:39:19
- Gilbert the Filbert
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Hey - Shooey - there is still a chance of your going home! You need to watch the skies, mate, for a silver, saucer-shaped object, winking at you in the gloaming. Just you make sure, mate, that you are all tooled-up with flasks of juice - it might be a long flight.
"O could I as Harlequin frisk,
And thou be my Columbine fair,
My wand should, with one magic whisk,
Transport us to Hanover Square." The Knut with a 'K'.
#537 2013-07-17 17:01:05
- Oldfruit1
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Marcel Proust .. in search of lost time.
Got to page three of volume one .. this thing is heavy going ... definitely an author who wants to describe every little detail ... in this heat we are experiencing in London this summer (25 to 30 degrees) its difficult to focus ... need to concentrate!
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#538 2013-07-17 18:02:53
#539 2013-07-17 18:17:01
- Gilbert the Filbert
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Re: Books you are currently reading
"O could I as Harlequin frisk,
And thou be my Columbine fair,
My wand should, with one magic whisk,
Transport us to Hanover Square." The Knut with a 'K'.
#540 2013-09-02 14:39:18
- NJS
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Re: Books you are currently reading
This wonderful work:
http://archive.org/stream/bookofcontemplat00unde#page/n0/mode/2up
#541 2013-09-02 17:53:03
- captainpreppy
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Pausanias' "Description of Greece"...in the original Greek, of course!
#542 2013-09-02 18:53:44
- Chévere
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Cógelo suave, pero cógelo.
#543 2013-09-03 06:04:22
#544 2013-09-03 06:59:31
- 4F Hepcat
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Aye, too many references as the next J.K. Rowling for me to even contemplate reading a book by that author.
Vibe-Rations in Spectra-Sonic-Sound
#545 2013-09-03 07:10:29
#546 2013-09-03 07:22:07
- 4F Hepcat
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I do quite fancy her though, but somehow I imagine life with JK would be one long Laura Ashley shop.
Vibe-Rations in Spectra-Sonic-Sound
#547 2013-09-03 10:33:07
- Dudley Clarke
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I came up to see her sometimes.
#548 2013-09-03 11:36:02
- formby
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J.K. Rowling should probably stick to writing children's books.
...and there's no shame in that. Being able to write a book, that keeps a child enthralled is no mean feat.
"Dressing, like painting, should have a residual stability, plus punctuation and surprise." - Richard Merkin
Souvent me Souvient
#549 2013-09-07 08:12:04
#550 2013-09-07 08:20:28
- formby
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I've only read one of his and I can remember: Dixie City Jam. Set in New Orleans and centred around a PI called Dave Robicheaux.
Enjoyed at the time.
Another I enjoyed during my American low life faze was: White Butterfly by Walter Mosley. centred on another PI Ezekiel 'Easy' Rawlins.
This was made into a film, with Denzel Washington IIRC.
Another author I enjoy who deals with American lowlife types is Carl Hiassen.
The Americans have that Hard-boiled thing down tight. Maybe because they write with the potential for possible film rights in mind. Dunno.
Last edited by formby (2013-09-07 08:21:06)
"Dressing, like painting, should have a residual stability, plus punctuation and surprise." - Richard Merkin
Souvent me Souvient