Football

I stumbled upon a great book about English Football on the weekend and decided that any fans out there should get their hands on this book and have a look. It's called When Saturday Comes. The half decent football book and is produced by the people who write WSC an English football magazine designed for intelligent readers, and has featured articles from writers like Nick Hornby.

The book itself is fun, and doesn't take itself too seriously, yet still manages to make insightful comments on the various topics it covers.

Set out like an encyclopedia it delves into the world of football and associated topics.

One for the fans, but a fun read all the same.

Go Forth ...

Once again I give you my weekly picks.
BOOK: The Reality Disfunction - Peter F. Hamilton

GRAPHIC NOVEL: Sandman - Neil Gaiman

CD: Fashion Nugget - Cake

The Beijing Boredom

Today I'll talk about a book I did not enjoy reading at all, The Beijing Conspiracy by Adrian d'Hage. Where to begin ... it's about 300 pages too long, and frankly the storyline tries to be up to the minute but fails to inject any urgency into the plot. If you're a fan of this type of thing you might give it a try if you're desperate but really I suggest you avoid it and try something better.
Unfortunately the cover tells you everything you need to know about this book, biological threat, overblown prose and loner hero.
Avoid like the biological weapons that threaten the world in this narrative.

Library Thing-a-ma-bob

I've been maintaining a LibraryThing bookshelf for a while now after being unleashed on it earlier this year. But I've also stopped regularly updating books I've read as well.
It looks good sitting at the bottom of my blog, but the reality of working on desk means I do not use it much, instead I have gone lo-tech and replaced it with a good old-fashioned reading diary.
The reading diary is more portable and easier to access if I want to check books I've read, and what score out of five I gave them.
This doesn't mean I hate LibraryThing, I just think it is suited to being a part of my blog rather than a tool I would use every day. Patrons might like to browse through it for curiosity, but I'll stick to my reading diary as a reference tool.

Go Forth ...

More weekly picks.
GRAPHIC NOVEL:
Frank Miller - The Dark Knight Returns

BOOK:
Hunter S Thompson - Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72

CD:
Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks