What are you reading?

[Arleth]

Probably not of interest to anyone. Odd and the Frost Giants. Along with Brewsters Dictionary of Myth and Fable. A bit weird I can see that.

 

[Kev45]

A Nation of Shopkeepers: The Unstoppable Rise of the Petty Bourgeoisie, Dan Evans.

An interesting take on the British class system from both personal experience and political theory.

"So, who are these petty bourgeois? Evans splits them into two camps. The first is the ‘traditional’ or ‘old’ petty bourgeoisie – tradespeople, small business owners, shopkeepers. They tend to be self-employed or work for relatives or friends. They stick close to home, work hard, marry and buy houses in their twenties. They may well vote Tory. The second is the ‘new’ petty bourgeoisie. These are the ‘downwardly mobile graduates’ concentrated in cities. They can’t settle down early because they’re busy chasing ‘knowledge economy’ jobs, and because urban housing is so expensive. They’re culturally sophisticated, politically conscious and generally lean to the Left."

 

[Moriarty]

Old fashioned Commies who understood the way you get elected is convert the young.
Gender equality and whoever can be whatever they like but had rights simply makes one question what is true.


Revolution is slow if you do it right, thats why we have no academia to speak of which is semi right wing.
The slow march of silly ideas like those formed by Marx or Trotsky are going to be what takes us in the next 5 years.
Such a shame.

Voting Tory would be bad, but voting labour.. come back in a few years and ask

Starmer has alreay taid he wants to give 16 year olds the vote.

Sure they can't serve, can't drink, why give them a vote when all they want is free sh**.
Disclaimer, Not all.. lol

 

[LadyOnArooftop]

Empire of the Sun - JG Ballard
A British schoolboy surviving in a Japanese internment camp during WW2. The starvation, dysentery, millions of flies everywhere. If they treated civilians like this it makes you wonder what it was like in the POW camps...

 

[Kev45]

Check out the 1987 film with a young Christian Bale (one of my favourite actors), an underrated, and brilliant film and one which actually does credit to the book itself.

 

[LadyOnArooftop]

Troubled Blood - Robert Galbraith
This book has been lying around for over 6 months waiting to be be read. I've been putting it off because it's the 5th book in a series about the detective Cormoran Strike, plus it's over 1000 pages and I'd been hoping to find the earlier books but without any luck, which is odd because they were all best sellers. Anyway, I started it last week and finished it last night in bed (exciting life you've got there I suspect you're thinking .) I have to say it's one of the best books I've ever read. Robert Galbraith is the pseudonym of J K Rowland, you know, the Harry Potter woman. That woman can write.

 

[Sun_Kissed]

The Tattooist of Auschwitz ....a 2018 Holocaust novel by Heather Morris.

 

[Missy]

At the moment I'm reading
It ends with us I'm on chapter 34 and it's such a good read.
The film is out in a few weeks I'm hoping I finish the book and get to go and watch it.

 

[A_Son_of_God]

It's probably common knowledge that I like to read the little collection of books known as The Bible. Currently, I am reading Paul's first letter to the Corinthians, albeit he wrote a letter prior to this which was not considered part of the Bible.

 

[LadyOnArooftop]

Hillbilly Elegy - JD Vance
Must admit I'd never heard of this chap before Trump selected him as his running mate, so I had to pick the book up when I came across it. An interesting read. It gave me an insight into the plight of Americans who feel they've been left behind. I'm led to believe that it got made into a movie, I'll have to try and catch it...

 

[Kev45]

The strange death of David Kelly, re-released with new evidence and theories.

Norman Baker was a serving MP at the time and, which makes it more interesting. The Hutton Inquiry whitewash. No coroners' inquest. A man who left home not wearing a coat but who was found wearing one. A police 'search' that began before he even left his house. Cutting his wrist with a blunt knife that experts claim would not have taken his life, and a host of other 'evidence' that just doesn't add up.

Fascinating book.

 

[xBirdiex]

Kev im reading you atm nice to see ya hows ya pooch ?

 

[Kev45]

Kev im reading you atm nice to see ya hows ya pooch ?

Hello if it's who I think it is or and hello anyway. I hope all is well. The pooch is brilliant, still driving me crazy, hyperactive and a right soppy lovebug, some guard dog she turned out to be, right?

Edited: I hope you see this. Yes, I have just realized who you are, you never know who is who, the 'reading' bit was the clue. I hope your pooches are OK, how fast time travels, seems like a lifetime ago now. You TC too x

 

[xBirdiex]

so beautiful though tgc x

 

[xBirdiex]

so beautiful though tgc x

 

[A_Son_of_God]

I still read the Bible. I read it often, and why I read it is to consider where we are, who we are and where we're going. Some of the books in the Bible (the bible is not a book, but a collection of books and letters) relate to prophecies that are coming to fruition now. Others relate to events that happened in people's lives. They may give examples of both good and bad actions that people did, and the consequences they caused.
Also, I like to look at the angle of when people claim certain things that are in it, to study the context of why it was written, who it was written to, and compare it to other parts that are in there.
I also like to read the parts which are songs and poems, albeit a translation of them, like the psalms of David and others, and how they felt after such things as being chased by armies, or after making huge mistakes, or even just expressing their thankfulness, anger, confusion, or whatever it is, to know that a person of God is just like me - full of errors, but desiring the best for themselves and others, and doing things to change.
I also like to find things I have overlooked before, causing new understanding, or making me question my conduct in other areas.
I also appreciate the instruction given in the later parts, such as Jesus' instruction written in Matthew chapter five through to seven.
There is no other book I can read that actually makes me feel refreshed and accepted after reading it.

 

[LadyOnArooftop]

The strange death of David Kelly, re-released with new evidence and theories.

Norman Baker was a serving MP at the time and, which makes it more interesting. The Hutton Inquiry whitewash. No coroners' inquest. A man who left home not wearing a coat but who was found wearing one. A police 'search' that began before he even left his house. Cutting his wrist with a blunt knife that experts claim would not have taken his life, and a host of other 'evidence' that just doesn't add up.

Fascinating book.

The two paramedics who attended Kelly gave a TV interview querying why there was so little blood at the scene, further deepening the mystery of his death. Shortly afterwards a consultant came on the tele and gave a detailed explanation as to why there would be so little blood, something to do with the medication he was on. It's hard to know what to think.

 

[Kev45]

The two paramedics who attended Kelly gave a TV interview querying why there was so little blood at the scene, further deepening the mystery of his death. Shortly afterwards a consultant came on the tele and gave a detailed explanation as to why there would be so little blood, something to do with the medication he was on. It's hard to know what to think.

Yes, the revised edition is quite interesting because the author, as an ex MP, apparently had "access" to people in the know, and although he doesn't point the finger directly at Blair, he opens enough doors to enable his readers to get a glimpse.

Why did they wait so long to take the body temperature of the corpse? At 7.15pm and when the pathologist arrived at midday. Would such an honourable man, old school, not leave a note for his beloved wife, etc.

Why has unpublished medical and scientific records relating specifically to Dr Kelly’s death, and including the post-mortem report and photographs of his body, been secretly classified for 70 years?

There could be scientific reasons for all of it, but as I said, an interesting read.

 

[xBirdiex]

Hello if it's who I think it is or and hello anyway. I hope all is well. The pooch is brilliant, still driving me crazy, hyperactive and a right soppy lovebug, some guard dog she turned out to be, right?

Edited: I hope you see this. Yes, I have just realized who you are, you never know who is who, the 'reading' bit was the clue. I hope your pooches are OK, how fast time travels, seems like a lifetime ago now. You TC too x

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[xBirdiex]

its Minnie Kev i think you may have confused me with someone else