Nice people thread 2 - now even nicer

fc123

wageslave wrote: »

Thanks:)

Please don't tell me that was somewhere on their website and I was too thick to see it:o

As if.......:D

sss555s

Malcolm. wrote: »

I have a dilemma which I need your help with. Should a man wear tight or loose boxers/pants?

I understand tight underwear can decrease sperm count and cause damage, however loose underwear leads to saggy testicles in old age.

Which should I opt for?

I doubt if your testicles will be judged in old age so just do what's comfy.

:beer:

Davesnave

sss555s wrote: »

I doubt if your testicles will be judged in old age so just do what's comfy.

:beer:

I'm still waiting for mine to be judged, but the Village Show is fast approaching.....:p

Another vote here for slack pants.

StevieJ

vivatifosi wrote: »

That sounds really good lj. I'll say I'll look it up, but there are already over 70 books on my 'to read' list and I've reserved another one today, so I know I won't .

I must ask you though, given the banter on the other thread, have you ever read Lynn Truss? I loved 'Eats Shoots and Leaves'.

Maybe you should post your list, always up for a little inspiration, you being an librarian

vivatifosi

StevieJ wrote: »

Maybe you should post your list, always up for a little inspiration, you being an librarian

Ok, here goes with the first few. I tend to read mostly non-fiction and this is my selection of books I want to read about people living normal lives under difficult/different circumstances:

My Family Is All I Have, by Dame Alice Dear:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Family-All-Have-Communists-Nonfiction/dp/0091912237/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1283076878&sr=8-1

Alice Dear went on holiday as a child in Bulgaria, got caught up behind the Nazi lines and then the Iron Curtain and didn't manage to get back to the UK until the 1980s.

A Mountain of Crumbs: Growing up behind the Iron Curtain, by Elena Gorokhova:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Mountain-Crumbs-Growing-Behind-Curtain/dp/0099537648/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1283076967&sr=1-1

Heard a review of this on the radio and it sounds interesting. Have also had it recommended to me by some of my regulars.

The Bookseller of Kabul by Asne Seierstad:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bookseller-Kabul-%C3%85sne-Seierstad/dp/1844080471/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1283077086&sr=1-1

The Angel of Grozny: Life inside Chechnya, by Asne Seierstad:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Angel-Grozny-Life-Inside-Chechnya/dp/1844083969/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1283077155&sr=1-1

I've read Seierstad's 'With Our Backs to the World', which is about life in Serbia and found it fascinating. She writes about what normal life looks like when you've lived in a war zone so I'm very much looking forward to these. Its the sort of story that never makes the news.

In a similar vein, I loved Life in Russia by Michael Binyon which was published in the 1980s and is long out of print. I'd love him to write a sequel on how times have changed.


In fiction terms I'm looking to read:

To Kill A Mockingbird, Harper Lee: its the 50th anniversary of the book and I have it lined up as my next modern classic once I've finished 1984. It's taken me ages to order in, one of the most popular book in libraries at the moment.

Of Mice and Men, Steinbeck

The Great Gatsby, F Scott Fitzgerald

The Road to Wigan Pier, Orwell

For Whom the Bell Tolls, Hemmingway

Imperium/Lustrum, Robert Harris: I've read Pompeii and really enjoyed it. If I like these two I'll probably read Ghost too.

Agatha Raisin and the Quiche of Death, M C Beaton: these books are hugely popular and I want to read one to find out why. They sound quite funny so I'm hoping I'll enjoy them.

The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Milan Kundera: my favourite work of fiction, about time for a re-read.

StevieJ

vivatifosi wrote: »

The Road to Wigan Pier, Orwell

Thanks, Down and out in Paris and London is pretty good as well. I am actually a horror and mystery fiction lover, any ideas in that direction. I like James Herbert and Stephen King (favourite is 'Bag of Bones', a brilliant read) and 'The name of the rose' by Eco, oh and 'Silence of the Lambs':eek:

vivatifosi

I'll do some digging for alternatives to King and Herbert. I can't do Horror in any format as I'm a scaredycat at heart.

As an aside, we get a lot of books as donations and I've tried to develop a list of what goes down well where, so I can send donations to the most appropriate destination. For one of our small libraries, the list of books that readers like states "horror not widely read unless involving vampires". The whole horror genre appears to have been hijacked by teenage girls with Robert Pattinson fantasies.

I read Down and Out in Paris in London at school and didn't get it, but I'd like to try it again as an adult, so thanks for the reminder.

lemonjelly

I'd post my wish list up, but you'd all probably think I was odd (er than you already think I am!):o

vivatifosi

Go for it lj, you're among friends. Plus we already think you're strange because you're a Wolves fan.

StevieJ

lemonjelly wrote: »

I'd post my wish list up, but you'd all probably think I was odd (er than you already think I am!):o

I am going to buy that Mr Blue book you recommended.