Big Footy Book Club

[PT Bar None]

The Black Swan by Taleb is probably the book I've enjoyed reading most this year.

Currently reading Ariely's The Upside of Irrationality. It's OK, but nothing special.

 

[MWPP]

I'm about 60% through Me by Elton John. Loving it and a great read so far. It's one of those books I'll read again eventually. Can highly recommend.

I read this a few weeks ago when it first came out and I loved it . He has a way with words too . raskolnikov I’m going to see him tonight and I’m pumped

 

[MWPP]

Diary of Ann Frank is a great read. Could not put it down.

I read this as a child , but haven’t reread it as an adult yet . It’s definitely on my to reread list

 

[Shell]

I read this as a child , but haven’t reread it as an adult yet . It’s definitely on my to reread list

Yeah i stayed holed up in my room reading it... /illseemyselfout



Kids still read it. I recommend it to them, even in the junior years.

 

[GreyCrow]

Yeah i stayed holed up in my room reading it... /illseemyselfout

Thats quite frank of you

 

[Cruyff14]

I struggled with Ann Frank's diary.

 

[Gough]

I struggled with Ann Frank's diary.

Likewise, you knew there was no happy ending to the story from the outset.

 

[Cruyff14]

I read this a few weeks ago when it first came out and I loved it . He has a way with words too . raskolnikov I’m going to see him tonight and I’m pumped

Yeah I finished it last week, great book.

Slowed down a bit for me once it hit the 90s, but through his peak of fame and drug addiction, it's fantastic.

Going to see him Wednesday week too.

 

[Cruyff14]

Likewise, you knew there was no happy ending to the story from the outset.

I meant more that it really didn't grab me. Its style it was written - granted she was only a child - but it just did nothing for me.

I think I stopped about halfway through.

 

[raskolnikov]

We by Yevgeny Zamyatin

A Russian 1984, though it was actually written earlier.

 

[Shell]

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We by Yevgeny Zamyatin

A Russian 1984, though it was actually written earlier.

Are u saying Orwell ripped it off?

 

[raskolnikov]

Are u saying Orwell ripped it off?

Maybe not ripped it off, but heavily influenced by it.

 

[Shell]

Maybe not ripped it off, but heavily influenced by it.

Fair enough.
I suppose no one really has a 100% original idea these days anyway/ or perhaps back then.

Is it a very difficult read? The translated version that is.

 

[raskolnikov]

Fair enough.
I suppose no one really has a 100% original idea these days anyway/ or perhaps back then.

Is it a very difficult read? The translated version that is.

Not really. Quite easy going actually.

 

[Shell]

Not really. Quite easy going actually.

A srs nuffie like me could get thru it?

If yes ill keep an eye out

 

[raskolnikov]

A srs nuffie like me could get thru it?

If yes ill keep an eye out

It's not Mills and Boon but it's not Shakespeare either. If you've read 1984 and liked it definitely give it a go.

 

[Shell]

It's not Mills and Boon but it's not Shakespeare either. If you've read 1984 and liked it definitely give it a go.

I struggled with 1984

 

[chargers 09]

Best fiction book released this year?

And also let’s say from the 2010’s?

 

[raskolnikov]

Best fiction book released this year?

And also let’s say from the 2010’s?

My personal favourite from the 2010s.

 

[chargers 09]

My personal favourite from the 2010s.

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Done, will order this week.

 

[M Malice]

I'm was never a big reader as a child and only started getting into it over the last few years, I'm still not a huge reader, average one every 2-3 months, some I'd recommend-

The Lucifer Principle- Howard Bloom.
Phillip Hughes, The Official Biography- Malcolm Knox & Peter Lalor.
Life and Football- Jonathan Brown/Adam McNicol.
Brief Candle in the Dark- Richard Dawkins.
Artemis- Andy Weir.
The Martian- Andy Weir.
Temple- Matthew Reilly.
Patriots- James Wesley Rawles.
One Second After- William Forsyth.
What Doesn't Kill Us- Scott Carney.
When All Hell Breaks Loose- Cody Lundin.

 

[Gough]

I'm was never a big reader as a child and only started getting into it over the last few years, I'm still not a huge reader, average one every 2-3 months, some I'd recommend-

The Lucifer Principle- Howard Bloom.
Phillip Hughes, The Official Biography- Malcolm Knox & Peter Lalor.
Life and Football- Jonathan Brown/Adam McNicol.
Brief Candle in the Dark- Richard Dawkins.
Artemis- Andy Weir.
The Martian- Andy Weir.
Temple- Matthew Reilly.
Patriots- James Wesley Rawles.
One Second After- William Forsyth.
What Doesn't Kill Us- Scott Carney.
When All Hell Breaks Loose- Cody Lundin.

If you liked the Phil Hughes book try Never a Gentleman's Game or Bradman's War also by Malcolm Knox, he ghost wrote Ben Cousin's autobiography too which goes some way to explaining why it was head and shoulders above a lot of footy books.

 

[BILC]

On the theme of cricket books, this is a fantastic book on the Cape Town ball tampering scandal. Goes into a lot of detail about the lead up and some of the culture issues in Australian cricket.

 

[Shell]

DFO Spencer St had a great true crime section, i could have gone nuts but restricted myself to 2:

- Close but no cigar: A true story of prison life in Castro's Cuba and
- A Long Walk Home: one womans story of kidnap, hostage, loss and survival. (gets kidnapped by Somali pirates for 6 months)

 

[ash_1050]

Recent release wise Catch and Kill by Ronan Farrow was an interesting read on the dark underside of Hollywood and sexual exploitation of women in the industy