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[dakegra]

just finished reading pTerry's latest, Unseen Academicals.

Which, despite my misgivings concerning the subject matter, ie. football, is really rather good.

Now. What to read next? Had a couple of book parcels through today - one from the lovely folks at Rocky Nook, Photography Unplugged by Harald Mante, which I shall gush forth about later (it's very *very* beautiful)

and one from Borders. Finally. Ordered them a week and a half ago and the entire order has been marked 'ready to ship' since friday 6th.

Anyhoo, that parcel contained David Benioff's City of Thieves, Matt Seaton's Two Wheels, and a graphic novel, The New Brighton Archeological Society

I suggested to EB that he might enjoy the latter, and he's spent bits of today with his nose firmly stuck in the book. I shall point him at my Tintin collection next. :-)

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[martinoh.livejournal.com]

"...Unseen Academicals. Which, despite my misgivings concerning the subject matter, ie. football, is really rather good."

I've long held that Terry always writes about the same subject - people. Football, the Postal Service, international warfare and so on are essentially painstakingly researched, elegantly devised and beautifully crafted MacGuffins.

Oh, and thanks for the tip about "Anywhere I lay my head". It shouldn't work but it does :-)

[dakegra.livejournal.com]

the album should be a a trainwreck, but it's oddly beautiful. Self-funded, apparently. She decided that that's what she wanted to do, could afford to do it and went off and, erm, did it.

[maviscruet.livejournal.com]

That graphic does seem cool.

[dakegra.livejournal.com]

EB enjoyed it so much he's re-reading it. Hopefully he'll let me read it next. :-)