what book are you reading ?

Which author?
Erimus, if you are interested in a book on this subject, I can completely recommend John O'Farrell's An Utterly Impartial History of Britain (Or 2000 years of Upper Class Idiots in Charge). As you can guess from the title, it is a light hearted humorous read, which nonetheless covers all of the major events of British history from the arrival of the Romans to the end of the Second World War. It is a great read, and I use it constantly for reference; you can open it at any random page and there is an interesting story being told in a witty but factual style. It's a great bathroom book, too...
 
Dear FMTTM readers - forgive this shameless self-promotion, but it would be great if you gave my first novel, Zero Tolerance, a go. It's a contemporary satire and I hope is funny, topical and with a feel-good ending. Free on Kindle Unlimited and extraordinarily good value everywhere else. It might help you through self-isolation or tip you over the edge. LInks below:

Zero Tolerance

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Personally, I've just started the new Hilary Mantel. She's got a lot to learn, IMHO. I've sent her the link as well.
 
a board of bookworms :love:

'Hallo Sausages' the title of the Ian Dury book ive started reading, is thus named because it was the last two words he wrote down before he passed away.

Spoiler Alert...Wilf....only joking, reading is one of life’s greatest pleasures and something that is a great escape from the pressures of everyday life, it’s amazing to think that Ambrose of Milan was canonised due to the miracle he could perform of silent reading, this was in 383AD before that everybody read aloud.
 
Just started a book I bought from a history event - Allegiance of the Blood by Mark Turnbull - set in the War of the Three Kingdoms as he terms the first of the English Civil Wars - 1642-43 - they were a civil war in England, Scotland and Ireland so totally wrongly named.
Just finished a superb first time novel called The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton. Award winning whodunnt - he calls it "a time travel, body-hopping murder mystery novel.
 
Spoiler Alert...Wilf....only joking, reading is one of life’s greatest pleasures and something that is a great escape from the pressures of everyday life, it’s amazing to think that Ambrose of Milan was canonised due to the miracle he could perform of silent reading, this was in 383AD before that everybody read aloud.

Interesting that. I haven't been able to find evidence that he was canonised for that reason. However I have found a comment that he was considered rude for doing so. Reading aloud was a social norm then - possibly because it gave access to the text to those who could not read.
Learning something new each day is a wonderful thing.
 
Billion Dollar Whale: The Man Who Fooled Wall Street, Hollywood, and the World
It is about the financier behind the 1mdb scandal in Malaysia - like most of these guys just pure bluff and bravado! But it fooled most people!
 
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Spoiler Alert...Wilf....only joking, reading is one of life’s greatest pleasures and something that is a great escape from the pressures of everyday life, it’s amazing to think that Ambrose of Milan was canonised due to the miracle he could perform of silent reading, this was in 383AD before that everybody read aloud.
I was once on a train with an examiner friend of mine travelling from Kings Cross to York; a passenger opposite us was constantly on his mobile phone, while the two of us were reading. My friend - let’s call him Adrian - got completely frustrated so started reading his book out loud, complete with different voices for the dialogue. It was both horrifying and brilliant at the same time. Mobile phone man actually asked him to stop, completely missing the irony of the situation. I still chuckle about it to this day.
 
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