UKRM Book Club

A could of bits of American Gods made me laugh.

 

Dunno if if he's been mentioned here, and I'm too idle to check, but I can
thoroughly recommend the Alex Rider books by Anthony Horowitz. They are
books for children, but well-paced and exciting [enough] for adults. The
premise is that Alex is 14, and has been blackmailed by MI6 into becoming a
teenage spy. Exotic locations, Bond-esque super-villains, adult themes and
enough imaginative violence to keep you interested, but not so overt as too
make you worry about 'psychological damage' to the tiddlers.

Now that JK Rowling has become a demi-god, nobody dares to edit her
increasingly flatulent prose or tell her to tighten up her storylines. I
wouldn't be surprised if the next HP bombs humiliatingly.

My 10yo is galloping through the Rider series right now. So am I!

 

Is this where I offer a stack of hardback first edition Discworld books
for sale?

 

Ben Blaney says...

Fair play.

Not a complaint, more of an observation.

 

William Grainger says...

Can you say that again in English, please.

 

I laughed a couple of times whilst reading American Gods (a
book by Neil Gaiman).

Happy?

 

William Grainger says...

No!

My job is shit, I'm skint and I am getting older and fatter. I haven't
been laid in ages and I don't even have the urge to go for a wank any
more.

But my bike is running and it's a clear night, I'm off down the pub in a
bit.

 

Lozzo wrote

With you so far.

 

Ive touched your tools!

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Beelzebub says...

I only let special gurlies touch my tools

 

Adrienne M Jenn says...

Makes you a special gurlie then, dunnit?

 

Your -ing priceless piece of art is in the -ing post...
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1 Black, shortly to undergo extensive surgery.
1 Red, undergoing lightweight surgery. -----
1 Blue, for Power-Ranger baiting. | o |
Numbers ... | o |
Stuff ... | ooo |
Life ... -----

 

It was somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the

<WHOOOMMPPPHHHH!!!!>

aaaaarrrrghhhaaargghhaaaarrrggggh...

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Dave

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One is.

 

Why are they worthless if they're signed?

 

I think this is where I say "they all are", and she offers to take them
off my hands for nowt.

Which is rather at odds with the prices on eBay, though they are
waaay lower than they were a couple of years ago. 72 quid for a
copy of Pyramids, ffs!

 

Ah. Makes sense. I've got a few standard paperbacks signed by TP.

 

Claire Martin is on tour at the moment: playing Cambridge on Tuesday next week.
http://www.ents24.com/web/artist/1167/Claire_Martin.html

 

Try to go. She's really good live.