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Date: 27 September 2006 10:02:57
I finally finished my holiday reading. Here, for your information and edification, it is:
1. The Big Boring Manual of Municpal Rubbish Truck Maintenance - Beth Mancini
- Ironically titled political thriller set in Leeds in the near future. Still quite boring.
2. Whining and Dining
- A collection of food criticism from Guardian columnists who eat out for a living still can't stop complaining.
3. The Lowry Enigma - Hank Moron
- A handsome expert in ancient riddles finds clues to the conspiracy behind the big bang in pictures of matchstalk men and matchstalk cats and dogs. Unspeakable.
4. The Collected Poems of Laugh-a-Minute Len
5. God's Loony - Nathaniel Egbiter
- the unauthorised autobiography. I assume the title is supposed to be ironic, but ironically it isn't.
6. How to Achieve Everything You Want for Yourself in One Easy Step - Barnfeld J. W. Camcorder
- disappointing.
7. Missing: The Everything but the Girl Story - Lynne Majors
- might have enjoyed it more if I remembered more than one of their songs.
8. The River - Cindy Drupe
- Three-generation saga of a tragic family living on the banks of a gloomy willow-shrouded river, most of whom starve, drown and/or commit suicide at least once. If I had a gun I would have taken this book outside and shot it.
9. A History of Words - Marjory Fossock
- Seems most of them come from Latin.
10. The Spacehopper Age!: Growing up in the 70s - Simon Pepper
- Anyone who defines his generation by a big ball that wouldn't carry you more than a metre without breaking your nose is a big fool. And too many exclamation marks.