Love those books
Shogun is an absolute favourite- read it so many times
Currently listening to Animal Farm narrated by Stephen Fry
Took a diversion from my usual reading and bought āSlow Horsesā the first book of the Slough House series. Now a TV series, I believe. Recommended.
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Frannieās Autobiography
Itās no literary genius but love it
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Bought the lot after the first one.
Starting āDead Lionsā tonight
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Jaws, by Peter Benchley.
The first act, which sets up the shark and Amity, is a bit shocking to modern ears to be completely honest. In depicting Amityās ability to avert scandal during bad times, the previous example was a big black rapist terrorising the rich white women. Jesus. Like i said, didficult to wade through and i almost didnāt.
Benchleyās views on sex are also quite disturbing, again with some rather dodgy exploration of non consensual sexual congress.
Get past that and the rest is great. Quint is just as engaging here as he is in the movie. No USS Indianspolis speech, but plenty of other insights into the character.
I can see why Spielberg chose the material he did. The book is 8/10. The film is 10/10
āWeāre gonna need a bigger cockā? 
Weāre going to need bigger cocks to swallow our giant racist trope.
I suppose itās probably not worth posting the Blazing Saddles gif, then.
This is excellent stuff for A Song of Ice and Fire fans
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I made it to 2min 33 secs
Congratulations, you have the attention span of just over 20 goldfish combined.
Only 2ā¦ā¦
Obviously i have 9 Morse Books to read, butā¦
On my 1st post covid trip Daughter asked me if i wanted a book to read.
I had somehow got myself following John Nichol on Twitter (Tornado Pilot shot down in Iraq War) and had seen lots of feedback about his books so she got me Tornado.
Loved it, he interviews pilots then makes their stories flow into one story.
In March she got me Spitfire.
For my Birthday she got me Lancaster and the highly praised Eject Eject.
Great reads, hust started Lancaster yesterday so Morse can wait!
(Eject Eject is the story of the design and service of the Martin Baker Ejector Seat and the lives (inc his) that they saved)
Weāre on a cruise at the moment. Iām reading a book I started 46 years ago. I know Iāve said Iām a slow reader but the reason for not finishing itwas that I gave it away when only half finished.
How so, I hear you ask.
I bought it at Gatwick Airport and was using to fill time spent on long spells on a Grayhound Bus.The journey from New York to St Louis was 25 hours and I started reading it then. The fellow traveller sat next to me, Harold Stewart was intrigued to know what was causing all the laughter.
I shared the book with him paragraph by paragraph. He was hooked, heād never heard of the writer but believe me we shared a lot of laughs.
When it was time to part our ways at St Louis, I gave him the book to finish. Now Iām picking up where I left off.
The book; Rommel? GunnerWho? by Spike Milligan. 
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Not the Kama Sutra then?
Naa thatās bedtime reading.
Iāve posted about The First Law books on the audiobook thread
Iāve finished them all now and am going over them again.
Abercrombie is somewhat of a master when it comes to twists, both on the foreshadowing and execution. When they happen, you donāt feel cheated because you were given the information you needed but just didnāt piece it together.
The world bulldog is great but on truth itās just like ours but with more magic. A technological revolution shakes things up massively and I canāt help comparing it to the rise of the Internet in our times.
If I had any gripes, it sometimes too on the nose and the final books of each trilogy just unload on the twists, but itās the sort of thing that is ideal for TV.
Very highly recommend