tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10131050.post2533534575440903022..comments2024-03-01T08:19:54.547+00:00Comments on BobFromBrockley: Books of the Year 2010bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15439386754907203808noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10131050.post-56337470143633980582011-05-20T09:51:38.490+01:002011-05-20T09:51:38.490+01:00A very late response here.A very late response <a href="http://airforceamazons.blogspot.com/2011/05/story-of-how-matchbox-models-are-made.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>.kelliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03503738414917449549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10131050.post-62379201171274344272011-01-06T17:56:33.921+00:002011-01-06T17:56:33.921+00:00In my opinion, the best book of 2010 (non fiction)...In my opinion, the best book of 2010 (non fiction), one that should be read by everyone, is the following:<br /><br />Frank Dikotter, <i>Mao's Great Famine: The History of China's Most Devastating Catastrophe, 1958-1962</i> (Bloombsbury, 2010).Michael Ezranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10131050.post-39359684604122802012011-01-05T21:17:18.488+00:002011-01-05T21:17:18.488+00:00Thanks for the invite Bob, and I will do that thin...Thanks for the invite Bob, and I will do that thing, just as soon as I can peel myself off the floor...kelliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03503738414917449549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10131050.post-56357159901604135242011-01-04T12:24:22.334+00:002011-01-04T12:24:22.334+00:00George, I did indeed mean you! I'll change the...George, I did indeed mean you! I'll change the link - and happy new year to you.<br /><br />James/Carl, Love, Poverty and War is a superb Hitchens collection - some really great pieces. Cuba seems a good place to read it too. <br /><br />Sarah, I started off thinking I was going to love Millenium People, but then got incredibly bored. I have never read any other Ballard, and know I should, but am slightly put off now.<br /><br />Noga, thanks for your great list. Will reply to that and one state stuff in next couple of daysbobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15439386754907203808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10131050.post-91760827398055665432011-01-03T20:02:22.405+00:002011-01-03T20:02:22.405+00:00Bob, When you say George, did you mean me? Just th...Bob, When you say George, did you mean me? Just that when I click on it it takes me to Peter, over at Fat Man On a Keyboard...<br /><br />Happy New Year by the way,George Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08889600788146987089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10131050.post-43462619206452839022011-01-02T15:12:17.662+00:002011-01-02T15:12:17.662+00:00I also thought Millennium People wasn't all th...I also thought Millennium People wasn't all that great. Bret Easton Ellis' Imperial Bedrooms was another disappointing one for me this year.<br /><br />I haven't read From Fatwa to Jihad but I did enjoy Strange Fruit.<br /><br />I'm not sure if it's THE best, but the book which immediately sprang to mind as one I particularly enjoyed this year was Theodore Dreiser's American Tragedy.Sarah ABhttp://www.adjb.net/sab/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10131050.post-63498344462122678382011-01-02T12:39:14.113+00:002011-01-02T12:39:14.113+00:00Will,
as you're around - happy New Year, btw ...Will,<br /><br />as you're around - happy New Year, btw - do you know if any of Reijo Mäki novels have been published in English?<br /><br />You're my go-to-guy when it's matters relating to Finland.Imposs1904https://www.blogger.com/profile/04043116442576404667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10131050.post-61184184629441844392011-01-02T01:15:16.433+00:002011-01-02T01:15:16.433+00:00fat stalinist (turned fashist) pig cunT
if still ...<a href="http://sgevans.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/cropped.jpg" rel="nofollow">fat stalinist (turned fashist) pig cunT</a><br /><br />if still politically active the piggy eyed cunT wood be in the EDL (if he isn't already) nowadays of course.<br /><br />disgusting fuckking scum.Willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08015473239835274353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10131050.post-72615224922511759662011-01-01T20:48:45.985+00:002011-01-01T20:48:45.985+00:00James/Bob:
I read Martin Amis' autobiographic...James/Bob:<br /><br />I read Martin Amis' autobiographical book 'Experience' not so long ago (I forgot to add it to my list) and it has a great few pages on Christopher and him, references to drinking games and their time together at the New Statesman. If you haven't already you should check that out.<br /><br />Bob;<br /><br />The Malik book is fantastic, you'll like it a lot, it might not all be new information for you, but it's very well written and recollected.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10131050.post-45202773668312134962011-01-01T20:15:21.033+00:002011-01-01T20:15:21.033+00:00I think I'll do one of these lists myself. Rea...I think I'll do one of these lists myself. Read some great books this year. Another Hitchens was Love, Poverty and War that I read while in Cuba. Some brilliant essays in that.James Bloodworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02056322603243514660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10131050.post-15925325141425713262011-01-01T19:01:51.267+00:002011-01-01T19:01:51.267+00:00Hitch 22 is on my to read list, which reminds me t...Hitch 22 is on my to read list, which reminds me that I read a large chunk of For the Sake of Argument in 2010, and it is absolutely fantastic.bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15439386754907203808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10131050.post-69194161866278124402011-01-01T17:56:52.059+00:002011-01-01T17:56:52.059+00:00Hitch 22 was bloody good!Hitch 22 was bloody good!James Bloodworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02056322603243514660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10131050.post-1218291286196635762010-12-31T18:54:21.289+00:002010-12-31T18:54:21.289+00:00I read a few Kundera books in my mid/late teens an...I read a few Kundera books in my mid/late teens and loved them, especially The Unbeareable Lightness of Being. It was therefore a terrible dissapointment to find his Immortality pretentious, silly and pointless, althou it had a few moments of sheer brilliance.,bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15439386754907203808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10131050.post-3534984009092485392010-12-31T14:15:35.388+00:002010-12-31T14:15:35.388+00:00You didn't like Immortality? Granted, I proba...You didn't like <i>Immortality</i>? Granted, I probably read it about ten years ago and don't really remember any details about it, but I thought it was one of Kundera's better books.Graemehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15375230713040998061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10131050.post-42023988288206846292010-12-31T08:29:12.954+00:002010-12-31T08:29:12.954+00:00Good idea! I certainly want some of the things on ...Good idea! I certainly want some of the things on your list (Malik, Rosenberg, Cesarani) but I'm not sure what I'm willing to part from on my list.bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15439386754907203808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10131050.post-27091811076120268462010-12-31T00:31:20.694+00:002010-12-31T00:31:20.694+00:00I'll definitely have to read that Horrox book,...I'll definitely have to read that Horrox book, can't wait for your review. Shame about the Ballard. If there's anything you fancy on my booklist we ought to do some sort of bookswap some time - like a library without the cuts and closures :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com