What are you reading?

[Crabby Shrimper]

Well, should say what did you last read really.

Received my copy of Football Fables, by our very own Slipperduke, yesterday (after receiving a mail from Amazon telling me it'd be a few more weeks yet!) So, last night, I settled down for bed and thought I'd read a few pages.


Some hope! I couldn't put it down, read the lot in one hit. it's one of those books that each chapter you read leaves you hungry for the next. A collection of fascinating, funny, and insightful stories from ex pros (and all well known ones too)

So, anybody else read it yet? Any more opinions?

 

[Napster]

Is Stan in it?

 

[MK Shrimper]

Coming to the end of Dangerous Parking, so may have to purchase... any chance of a signed copy Mr Iain?

Just purchased via Amazon! I'll be after a sig :D

 

[Pubey]

My copy of Football Fables should be with me today.

Just finished Shantaram, by Gregory David Roberts... a stunning semi-autobiographical epic about an escaped convict who ends up in Bombay, absolutely amazing and is currently being turned into a film starting Johnny Depp (so well worth reading it beforehand!)

 

[Yer Blues]

how to beat the moldovans at tennis - Tony Hawks

 

[Crabby Shrimper]

Is Stan in it?

No, but don't let that put you off.

 

[Pubey]

how to beat the moldovans at tennis - Tony Hawks

all his books are really good... especially "round island with a fridge"

 

[Napster]

all his books are really good... especially "round island with a fridge"

He's also a good skateboarder

 

[SUFCEssex]

i'm currently reading the sun.

 

[Uncle Leo]

"Thames - Sacred River" by Peter Ackroyd. A cracking history of the River Thames.

To my shame, I didn't realise that it officially ends in Chalkwell/Westcliff, at the 'Crow Stone', hence Crowstone Road.

 

[TrueBlue]

Great read

 

[Usual_Suspect]

Just finished Ricky Hatton's book which was ok - not as good as I was hoping. The Mayweather chapter seems like it's been put together in five minutes which was a shame.

 

[Mad Cyril]

"Thames - Sacred River" by Peter Ackroyd. A cracking history of the River Thames.

To my shame, I didn't realise that it officially ends in Chalkwell/Westcliff, at the 'Crow Stone', hence Crowstone Road.

Are there any chapters of local interest?

 

[Napster]

I'm reading a PJ Tracey (mother and daughter team) novel - Snow Blind. Bit formulaic so far.

 

[seany t]

Coming to the end of Dangerous Parking, so may have to purchase... any chance of a signed copy Mr Iain?

Just purchased via Amazon! I'll be after a sig :D

God I loved that book - my favourite ever I think? Glad to see it still getting so much love on this forum.

I'm currently halfway through Peel's autobiography. It's really odd reading chunks of it, as I interviewed him a few days before he died (for our old Southend-based fanzine ToHellWith...), and loads of his stories in the book are almost word for word the same as what he told me. Guess when people take such an interest in your life you end up getting some stock-stories to tell.

But its a good read nonetheless. Some fascinating insights into his youth. Makes me even more glad I didn't go to a public school...

 

[SUFCEssex]

i've moved on to the echo now, shouldn't take long.

 

[MK Shrimper]

God I loved that book - my favourite ever I think? Glad to see it still getting so much love on this forum.

I'm currently halfway through Peel's autobiography. It's really odd reading chunks of it, as I interviewed him a few days before he died (for our old Southend-based fanzine ToHellWith...), and loads of his stories in the book are almost word for word the same as what he told me. Guess when people take such an interest in your life you end up getting some stock-stories to tell.

But its a good read nonetheless. Some fascinating insights into his youth. Makes me even more glad I didn't go to a public school...

Yeah picked it up due to Glasgow's (and some others) recommendation on here. I'm jealous that you mean Peely - he's definitely a hero of mine.

 

[Uncle Leo]

Are there any chapters of local interest?

Lots of reference to Essex and individual sections at the back for almost every town of note that is along the river. In it, Canvey Island is referred to as "the loneliest place in all of the British Isles"

 

[Uncle Leo]

Yeah picked it up due to Glasgow's (and some others) recommendation on here. I'm jealous that you mean Peely - he's definitely a hero of mine.

Cracking read that. Couldn't believe what a shagger he was!

 

[MK Shrimper]

Cracking read that. Couldn't believe what a shagger he was!

Lol, if only I could get a time machine and return to 1960's America at the time of the British Invasion. With my dodgy scouse accent, I too could be Ringo Starr's second cousin twice removed :D