[Lee.]

-has flashbacks of killing the TiBB book club by suggesting a **** book-

Don't blame me if you think Rhanna is crap Niamh, ok? Just don't ever listen to me again!

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by happyland

yeah.. hope so! Yeah its just called Rhanna. I think the next one is Return to Rhanna or something.

1p for the book and £4 for delivery

[Joelle.]

[Lee.]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

1p for the book and £4 for delivery

Mines was only £2.80!

[Ammi]

Just read Thanks for the Memories by Cecilia Ahern a nice light holiday read

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by happyland

Mines was only £2.80!

Yeah, but mine is international delivery :/

[Stu]

Morrissey is arguably the greatest disturbance popular music has ever known. Even more than the choreographed carelessness of punk and the hyperbolic gestures of glam rock and the New Romantics, Morrissey's early bookish ineptitude, his celebration of the ordinary, and his subversive endorsement of celibacy, abstinence and rock 'n' roll revolutionised the world of British pop. As an increasingly pugnacious solo artist, he consistently adopts the outsider's perspective and dares us to confront genuinely uncomfortable subjects. In his brilliant and original book, Gavin Hopps examines the work of this compelling performer, whose intelligence, humour, suffering and awkwardness have fascinated audiences around the world for the last 25 years. Hopps traces the trajectory of Morrissey's career - from its beginning in the early 80s with the Smiths to the release of his latest album, "Ringleader of the Tormentors" - and outlines the contours and contradictions of the singer's elusive persona. The book illuminates Morrissey's coyness (how can he remain a mystery when he tells us too much?) , his dramatised melancholy (surely more of a radical existential protest than the gimmick some believe it to be) and his complex attitudes towards loneliness and alienation, as well as his intriguing sense of the religious. In the course of this penetrating study of Morrissey's oeuvre, Hopps offers close readings of individual lyrics and illuminating comparisons with a range of literary figures - such as Lord Byron, Mary Shelley, George Eliot, Christina Rossetti, Oscar Wilde, Samuel Beckett, Paul Celan and Philip Larkin. "Morrissey: The Pageant of His Bleeding Heart", at once erudite and accessible, argues convincingly for Morrissey's inclusion in the pantheon of literary greats.




Ludicrously pretentious. Hard to read at times even for me.

I love it.

[Locke.]

These books are amazing I can't put them down

[Boothy]

Has anyone read The Hobbit?

Any good?

[Niall]

Reading Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.

[Kerry]

This Perfect World by Suzanne Bugler

[GypsyGoth]

Just finishing off Wanderlust by Ann Aguirre, it's part two of a series I like,


And I went looking for the next part but I couldn't find it, so I got this:

Hunting Party (The Serrano Legacy) by Elizabeth Moon, I've read a couple Moon's fantasy books before, I'm hoping this sci-fi one has a bit more finesse.

[Niall]

I'm reading Prisoner of Azkaban now!

[Chuck]

[Lee.]

Originally Posted by Lee.

I had to read this for my book club and really thought it sounded utter ****e, but I forced myself to read it and could not put it down! I would definitely recommend it!

The book I've to read next....



It really does look ****e... its about a man going deaf! I really am going to have to force myself to read this!

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Lee.

I had to read this for my book club and really thought it sounded utter ****e, but I forced myself to read it and could not put it down! I would definitely recommend it!

The book I've to read next....



It really does look ****e... its about a man going deaf! I really am going to have to force myself to read this!

Haha, funny that book has been recommended to me by a friend who also had to read it for her book club. She said it was very funny and enjoyed it so I think you may be surprised Lee. That's the lovely thing about book clubs they take you out of your comfort zone and although I've had the odd shocker, I have enjoyed most of the books, even though I would probably never have chosen them (except for they few that people have chosen to be pretentious lol)

[Lee.]

Originally Posted by Ammi

Haha, funny that book has been recommended to me by a friend who also had to read it for her book club. She said it was very funny and enjoyed it so I think you may be surprised Lee. That's the lovely thing about book clubs they take you out of your comfort zone and although I've had the odd shocker, I have enjoyed most of the books, even though I would probably never have chosen them (except for they few that people have chosen to be pretentious lol)

Oh I hope I am pleasantly surprised then!

And yeah, that's why I wanted to join a book club; it really does force you to read books that you wouldn't normally choose. We don't choose the books ourselves as our club is through the local library so we just get given our books each month.. I'm really hoping for a few classucs, as there are so many that I haven't yet read.

You've actually made me a little more enthusiastic about getting.g into this book... so thanks for that.

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Lee.

Oh I hope I am pleasantly surprised then!

And yeah, that's why I wanted to join a book club; it really does force you to read books that you wouldn't normally choose. We don't choose the books ourselves as our club is through the local library so we just get given our books each month.. I'm really hoping for a few classucs, as there are so many that I haven't yet read.

You've actually made me a little more enthusiastic about getting.g into this book... so thanks for that.

Oh good, mind you I haven't read it myself so if its awful, don't give me thatlook

[Lee.]

Hahaha.. ok.

I'll give you this look instead..

[Boothy]

[Locke.]

I posted this a week ago but I'm only just starting it now. And I need to know the date I start cos I like to know how many pages per day I read on average once i've finished

[Shaun]

have just given up with two books. Firstly, 'Tender is the Night'... it starts off brilliantly and is very interesting, but as soon as the Rosemary angle is sidelined it just becomes so dull. Every detail is overwrought and it's basically the blueprints to a sensationalist soap opera with no real points to make other than "rich people have problems too". No solutions offered. So thumbs down for me.

Even worse though was Chuck Palahnuik's "Choke". He really should release 'Misanthropy for Dummies'. This was the most facile, predictable, corny and pathetic piece of self-indulgent smugness I have ever read and I'm really not sure why I'm surprised when he's behind the nihilistic whinge-machine that is Fight Club. I totally relate to the misanthropy but at least do it in an interesting manner, not some sardonic little literary devices. Oooh, watch as I repeat the same catchphrase over and over to emphasise my frustration with all the subtlety of a pick-axe. Marvel as I insert cool words like 'dude' and curse excessively to try and appear like an everyman when really I'm a wealthy author selling myself short.

Just a total ****ing arsehole.

have got On The Road by Kerouac to read though

[Livia]

The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood. Don't normally go out of my way to read award-winning books but I got it cheap in the Oxfam shop. Okay so far...

[Shaun]

Kerouac's "On the Road". I'm only a couple of chapters in but I like it. The writing style is a little bit of a barrier at the beginning; his writing style is quite sporadic and unconventional. But at the same time it makes it feel more personal and fluent, a little more personal too maybe.

edit: what was I thinking when I wrote this? personal twice and 'writing style' twice buy a thesaurus, Shaun.

[Chuck]