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Finished Needful Things by Stephen King tonight. The first of his I've read, and I enjoyed it. There was a twang of predictability about it, but I liked several of his characters, including the evil one
I want to start on The Dark Tower series I've heard good things about, will have to start hunting around for them now.
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Transformers The Movie, 2/10 switched this boring shit off before I threw the TV out the window.
Had this recorded on the Sky box and finally got round to watching it this afternoon - wasn't bad at all I thought. Can barely remember the names of half of the transformers, but it wasn't bad!
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The Simpsons - 7/10. Good, not great.
See No Evil - 6/10. Got what I expected, wasn't disappointed with it anyway.
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last book i read was a couple of weeks back: Fleshmarket Close by Ian Rankin, it's one of the Rebus series. It was a great book to read. anyone else read it by any chance?
I'll get there eventually, only up to The Hanging Garden (the 9th, to Fleshmarket's 15). I read from the beginning to there with very little else in between, so having a wee break before I get stuck back into the rest of them.
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Aye, I've been told that. Almost like she's written it with a certain age in mind, and then the books have grown up as they have.
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Unforgivable Blackness - The Rise And Fall Of Jack Johnson ~ Geoffrey C. Ward
Sounds like an interesting story to me, might have to go and find that.
American Psycho - the scenes of violence are easily the most horrific I have ever read. You love it if you're into that sort of stuff. Otherwise, it gets a bit bogged down in endlessly parrotting off what his mates are wearing, what he's having for breakfast and why Phil Collins is a genius.The Last King of Scotland - it's fairly different to the film, and quite odd in that the 'hero' is a very flawed individual. It's a brilliant insight into what it must be like to live in a country with a dictator, and what an psychotic tyrant Idi Admin was.
My girlfriend read both books recently. She loved American Psycho. She's a bit of a horror fan and the violence didn't put her off at all. Prefered the LKoS film over the book but she still enjoyed it.
As for myself, I read The Real Monty, Colin Montgomerie's autobiography recently. I'm not a golf fan but I still found it interesting. Learnt a lot of his younger days in America and his Youth and Amateur careers before going on to talk about his Order of Merits and Ryder Cup appearances as well as his marraige troubles.
Popcorn by Ben Elton and Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone, both easy reads and enjoyable enough with it. Forced into the latter by my girlfriend who loves everything about the series - you can tell it's written for a much younger audience.
Currently reading "How They Stole The Game" by David Wallop. Largely about the life of former FIFA President Joao Havelange, it provides great insight into this man's thinking and illustrates the often large differences between what he says and the reality. His ego makes Sepp Blatter's look like a mouse to his elephant.
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I'm 3/4 through Starter For 10 by David Nicholls. Entertaining so far
Finished this this morning after reading a couple of chapters a night for a while. Quite a few embarrassing or cringeworthy moments in this one, but funny with it. I think I'll come back to more of his work further down the line.
I thought I'd try something a bit different, and picked up "Tomorrows God" by Neale Donald Walsch in a charity shop, which I started reading tonight. I wish I'd looked at it a bit harder first - this guy has 'conversations with God', which obviously sees him play the part of God as well as nominating himself to represent us, the little humans.
Having read about a quarter, I've learned precious little from it, apart from his ability to extend 'precious little' into 65 pages. I paid my 50p, so I'll finish it eventually regardless.
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I'll try one of the Rebus ones when I get around to it and see if that makes any difference.
If you're going to, I'd recommend the first one, Knots and Crosses, only because there's a wee bit of a continuing background story, and the odd reference might be lost on you otherwise. But generally Rankin's kind enough to describe each character a little as they're introduced into each novel, so you wouldn't feel completely lost by any means.
If you couldn't give a monkeys about the series, then maybe 'Black and Blue' because it's partly set in the glorious Granite City!
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I've just finished Ian Rankin's 'The Hanging Garden', and thoroughly enjoyed it. Like all the other Rebus books, it was enjoyable from the off, and all too easy to lose track of time reading it. Good story as in the others to date, also. Will be trying to finish the series in the coming months.
I'm 3/4 through Starter For 10 by David Nicholls. Entertaining so far, all the reading done on the journey home from Wales yesterday.
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The Oxegen festival's the next gig I've lined up. Fancied the Connect festival or that one in the Cairngorms, but can't afford either
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I heard that last night. Sounds absolutely nothing like Muse. It's a weird sound for them. I like it. I think
I wasn't sure the first time I heard it either, but it was oddly appealing then, and it's really grown on me.
Musically it's really catchy. The singing's a change, but I like it. Can't wait for the album now, 7 weeks to wait though
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There certainly isn't.
Snow Patrol - Shut Your Eyes
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Idlewild - When I Argue I See Shapes
Top tune, that
Muse - Supermassive Black Hole
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Watched two last night,
Naked Gun 3 - Still funny, great entertainment 7/10.
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - First time I'd watched it, probably too complex for an after-midnight viewing, but I enjoyed it. 7.5/10.
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Htichhiker's Guide.... on Thursday night was the last film I saw - it wasn't what I expected it to be, but it was entertaining all the same.
8/10.
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Foo Fighters - My Hero
Working my way through the Foo's four albums tonight, I'm in that sort of mood.
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Led Zeppelin - Stairway To Heaven
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Went to see The Boredoms at the Lemon Tree last night. Japanese, three drummers, and Yoshimi provided three good reasons to go along without having heard anything of them before - good night it was too. Instrumental for the most part, they were excellent.