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Bilko replied to the thread The GOT Book Club.The Darkness,Ragnar Jonasson. It's an unusual ending , short punchy chapters. Not amazing, but not bad for an easy read. -
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Reading is a form of escapism for me, ever since I was a teenager I have enjoyed reading fantasy fiction, and still do. Over the years I have read dozens, if not hundreds, of fantasy books, and one I go back to and re-read periodically is... -
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John Steinbeck - The Grapes of Wrath For anyone who has a heart…
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Incredibly, Friday’s Wordle ended up in Saturday’s NYT Crossword!
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Bilko replied to the thread Championship Thread 25/26 Season.It's the hardest league to predict, looking at the sides involved there seems a case for a few of them. I'll wait to see what happens in the transfer market before making a call. I'm with @BainesontoastNEW ,like to see sheffield Wednesday do...
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Part of me wants Sheffield Wednesday to give their fans something to cheer about. I feel like I can relate to a lot of their hinderances.
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Would buy without the sponsor. I bought the 2013 top for that tour and that was without a sponsor.
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Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain. It's an autobiographical account of his life upto 2000 and how he ended up as a chef. But, it is the antithesis of the celebrity cook stuff that followed in it's wake. It's not pretty and to be honest...
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Bilko reacted to LostLegend's post in the thread Recommend just one book to Read,and sell it to us . with Like.
As for one book I would recommend: ‘48 by James Herbert. I love all different types of books, from classics to non fiction, horror to historical fiction and everything in between, but this is one I keep coming back to as it was my favourite...
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One of the all time greats, i studied this book for my Junior cert (GCSE) and have read it a number of times since.. Have you read Go set a watchman? Unfortunately To kill a mockingbird has been removed from required reading in Irish schools...
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Easy one this : Blood Meridian - Cormac McCarthy. Beautiful, brutal and with no redemption at all. McCarthy’s finest work. ( I could probably name a dozen more tbh )
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Bilko reacted to TrailerTrash's post in the thread Recommend just one book to Read,and sell it to us . with Like.
Here's two because rules are there to be broken. 'Endurance' by Alfred Lansing. It's the story of Ernest Shackleton's voyage to the Atlantic. Kenneth Branagh did a miniseries about it that is also excellent. Anyway, it's a true story of utter...
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Worth a re-read, as well as his Spanish Civil War book As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning.
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…good on you, a great subject to take up. I still remember quotes and themes from the book/play/poems I read over 50 years ago.
