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    Last Book You Read....

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    Read another 2 Gordon Ferris novels.

    The Hanging Shed - I didn't realise Bitter Water was the follow-up to this so I've read them in the wrong order which spoiled it slightly but still a great read with the author's description of post war Glasgow again being the high point. (7.5)

    Truth Dare Kill - Set in London this time which was a bit of a let down. Not quite as good as the previous 2 I've read but still worth a read. (6.5)

    Also read Chamber Music by Tom Benn, set in gangland Manchester, ok in bits but overall not for me. (3)

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    Official P&b Cycling Thread

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    Myself and a guy at work are doing a charity bike ride from Irvine to Ardrossan, round Arran then back to Irvine for Yorkhill Hospital. It's a total of 77 miles which isn't much for a regular cyclist but is a fair distance for me. The furthest I have cycled in the past 5 years is 4 miles to work and 4 miles back (about 3 times). Really need to lose weight and get fit before we attempt this on the 28th June. The training starts now! :(

    If anyone would like to donate, even just a £ this is the link to my 'Just Giving' page.

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    Thanks.

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    Last Book You Read....

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    Bitter Water by Gordon Ferris - Set in post WWII Glasgow (and Kilmarnock, briefly) Douglas Brodie, journalist, ex cop, ex soldier is caught in the middle of an investigation concerning vigilante attacks in the city. Very decent crime story but the author's description(s) of Glasgow at this time takes it a notch above most other Scottish crime books I've read (8.5)

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    The Missing by Andrew O'Hagan - Local author who was born in the same year as myself and who's family also moved from Glasgow to Ayrshire around the same time. This book led to a TV documentary of the same name which was screened on BBC2 last year. The early part of the book has nothing at all to do with the TV documentary and instead focuses on the author's own childhood and family roots including an interesting bit on an attack by Sinn Fein/IRA on a prison van in Glasgow in 1921. The author tells how some of his ancestors were members of the Republican movement at that time but neither glorifies or condemns it. The part focusing on his own childhood held special interest for me as I remember most of the things he writes about while also learning a few more things which I hadn't previously read about. The second part of the book ties in more with the TV documentary and is the reason I got the book in the first place. Looking at the thousands of people who go missing in the UK every year it is for the most part poignant and sad. The last 40 odd pages of the book examines the Fred West case and in particular the victims and their families. Unexpectedly there is a slight local interest in this case as well with the author's research taking him back to the Bourteerhill area of Irvine. Very well written and sensitive. (9)

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    What Are You Drinking ?

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    I've got an itison voucher for a tour of Clockwork Beer co in Glasgow booked for 3pm today. Unfortunately I can't make it now so although it's short notice, if anyone would like it for free please contact me asap. It's a 45 minute tour for 2 people including tastings + burger or pizza and wine or beer afterwards. I just need to e-mail the voucher to be printed off if anyone fancies it. I would rather someone uses it than it just getting binned.

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    Last Book You Read....

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    Finished reading The Yard by Alex Grecian

    If you are enjoying 'Ripper Street' on telly at the moment then you are sure to like this. Set in London just after the 'Jack the Ripper' killings, the locals are still in fear and highly suspicious. The 'Ripper' is still haunting them and every new murder has them worrying that he is back.

    Good, fast paced book for my journeys to and from work.

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    Now reading ...

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    Not far enough in to form even an early opinion yet but promising at least.

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    What Are You Drinking ?

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    What's that stuff like, MM?

    If it's of interest I did a review of it on the beer thread. Wasn't an outstanding one but a drinkable enough stout. Quite mild really.

    Pretty much what Derek says. Looks lovely, tastes nice but just doesn't quite hit the heights I was hoping for. I'm hoping to find somewhere local that sells it on draught to see if that maybe takes it up a notch.

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