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I'm hoping this choice might get a few more people involved as it's pretty well known and the author is very talented and it wasn't written in the 19th century by a frickin RAKE like half the other ideas i had for the book choice. Took it upon myself to pick this as no-one else said they wanted to pick and batchainpuller (who i asked) has been absent for a few days. Anyways, hopefully not everyone has read it yet. Available from Amazon for £4.14 inc. p&p here. Only 256 pages but will probably give it longer than a month this time to better aid digestion.

Went in 2006. It's ace. Get on tripadvisor for hotels though. Hasn't let me down yet.

90s post-grunge power-pop reminiscence. [YOUTUBE]EI1IC19rWj0[/YOUTUBE]

So that's what you've been doing....

Ha! Sounds like Proust. Taken me about 2 years to get half way through The Way By Swann's. That's 1/12th of the entire work. Just too good for words, other than his own.

Thought piscinin or batchainpuller might like to pick the next book seeing as they've contributed in the past, but as piscinin says he's too busy i've PMed batchainpuller to see if he wants to pick. He hasn't been on for a couple of days though so if he doesn't get back to me (or start the thread) by tomorrow night, i'll start a Book 6 thread myself providing people are ok with me choosing again.

We usually do one book per month but seeing as people are slow on the uptake at present we could try starting Book 6 a little bit early and giving ourselves til the end of March with it. Agree that anyone who hasn't had a pick yet (and who will be joining in!) should let it be known herein. Otherwise, I don't mind if someone who's already had a pick chooses again. If that ends up being the case i'll put forward The Road by Cormac McCarthy, as it might prove popular. If too many have read it though we'll abandon that. Would prefer a noob to pick though.

This is the wrong way to drink rum.

Finished it last night. To be honest i wasn't grabbed by the first 2 or 3 chapters other than by an appreciation for the effortless craftmanship. So easy to read and the ending snook up on me somewhat. Loved the evokative scene on the beach, but more striking was the aftermath. The final chapter, summarising their subsequent lives and the pondering of what might have been was where the story struck a chord with me. At the age of 30, i can relate to a lot of the what-could-have-been sentiment in a way i wouldn't have been able to 10 years ago. I will have to re-read the last chapter at some point soon as it seemed he said so much in the space of just a few pages. Associations of place and memory will always keep me reading too. I struggled to identify with the trepidation and fear they had about sex, and also with ideas of the place of sex in early 60's culture as i have no real frame of reference. I also reckon it probably was't as clear cut as is being made out or that there was really a generalised public anxiety about individuals' sex lives. Could be wrong though, and it's that ambiguity that created a bit of distance between me as the reader and the narrative. I'd temper that again by noting how McEwan likely didn't want to spend half his time detailing the 'British sexual identity of 1962' either, so we can let that pass! Very impressed overall, and the emotions triggered by the final few pages of prose have stayed with me throughout today, which is a good sign. Will be reading one of his longer efforts in the near future so if anyone has a must-read recommendation from his back catalogue it would be appreciated.

Not always dull, but often. Admin/office management with some advice work thrown in. A fuckin monkey could do it. A speedy multi-tasking monkey, but a monkey nonetheless. *Logs back on to Open Uni website to look at finishing degree*

Read the first 75 pages (nearly half!) last night. No rollercoaster ride here. Enjoying the attention to detail and build up though. Surprised by the rave reviews so guess it will grow on me chapter by chapter. Might finish it tonight.

Work:

Think i've sorted it now. Got a logitech cam and going to use EyeSpy free software. Monday should be fun.

Someone is nicking cash from the safe at work and i want to set up a camera to catch the little fucker. Need it set up for the weekend so don't need help sourcing a good one - i'll just pop to Argos at lunch. What i'm after is a link to either a program or website that allows me to watch the webcam live (or thereabouts) and, most importantly, record everything over the weekend. I'll have the webcam plugged into my work PC but will be monitoring from my home PC. Help would be greatly appreciated as time is short! Ta.

7 defenders then. Smashing.

Is it this then?: --------------Reina -----Skrtel--Kyrgiakos--Agger Kelly------------------------Johnson --------------Lucas ------Gerrard-------Aurelio -------------Meireles --------------Kuyt If so, i don't get it.

NO-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O!!!!!!

3421? The fuck is that! lol! I think LFC had a stroke 5 days ago and no-one noticed yet.

What's the shape of the team? Please tell me it's 442 or i'll shit.

Oh, and this is fucking gash: I turned it off after 7 minutes.

Still haven't seen those 'oceans' films. Will wipe them off my lovefilm list a.s.a.p. Ta!

Lie down and massage both with your other arm all night. Worked for me. Keep it moving slightly and something will click eventually. Plus it feels like someone else is doing it!* *possibly untrue

Shabbalabbanam-bashing. Always encouraged.

With Friends Like These - Not the well-known [EDIT: better-known!] one either. A very shit one on a horror compilation i bought for about tuppence in one of Blockbuster's purges. FUCK-ING awful.

Yeh, not yet convinced myself. Reckon it'll be a long long time before i dump the papery versions, if ever. Could encourage more people to read though i guess, but unlikely to make much of an impact really.