reading

does anyone like reading autobiographies and biographies ?

morning_glory wrote:does anyone like reading autobiographies and biographies ?

Cant remember last time i sat down and read a book from start to finish T I can start a book but end up skimming

I rarely do that, only if I dont like the book.ive read shelley winters, dirk bogard, errol flynn,david niven,lawrence oliviere sure there was nsome moore

I tend to consume lots of music biographies (and I've written a few too). Most are terrible, some very good. Just finished doing an interview with Andrew Mueller whose Rock & Hard Places is a hoot. Especially when he interrogates the leaders of the Taliban in Afghanistan (pre-current war). They attempt to convert him to Jihad at the exact moment an earthquake strikes. Some amusing dialogue.

“You are not married?” enquires Akbar over lunch one day.
No.
“But you are twenty-nine.”
Correct.
“How is this?”
Oh, I don’t know. Stuff.
“But you have had girlfriends?”
Mmm.
“And you have. . . lain with them?”
In general, yes.
“What becomes of them, when you have finished with them?”
They struggle on.
“But what other man will want them?”

It's like something out of the Middle Ages.

my keyboard is playing up.

A fucking hole in Berkshire.

I tried to read the biography of Alan Turing, fuck me that is hard going. Gave up just as WW2 finished.

you gave up before the exciting bit.imo

I will try and start it again.

I have got Andrew Marr's making of modern Britain for my holiday.

I want Simon Sharma's History of Britain in DVD and book form.


This one sounds good, accrding to ch4 book club, its a true story




this is a classic, ive read extracts as part of my study




I've been trying to order them off Amazon