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Rarely of late have I not finished a book but after struggling through 250 pages of David Mitchel's Cloud Atlas I cannot summon the will to read another 250 pages. No question it is a very cleverly written book, the way he switches the way the characters speak must have taken him an age to write yet I have found it a very hard read. I'm sure at some point it would all come together as various threads crop up in later chapters but my head is spinning. Maybe it's a step up beyond my intellectual level I don't know. I never like to leave a book unfinished but sadly there are large parts of this one where I just haven't enjoyed the reading experience. Has anyone had a similar feeling over a book you haven't finished for one reason or another?

Looking for something lightweight the other night myself and Lou watched Our Souls In the Night starring Robert Redford and Jane Fonda. Beautifully acted a story to warm the heart, just a nice story that as we get older we can all possibly relate to, reminded me in some ways of On golden Pond.

If no one comes up with an answer I'll check mine when I get home tomorrow, don't recall it being 5 mins, discogs time at 2 mins could be correct.

Chuck Jackson/What Greater Love

That's a great channel Mike, cheers, going to enjoy expanding my musical mind on that one 👍

There's been some great releases this year, hard to keep up at times if like me you rely on this site and notifications from various on line retailers and one mate who buys new releases, I don't do Faceache. Just bought one of the tunes mentioned above and tempted by a couple of others. One I've enjoyed this year. Cheers Mike, timely thread, keep up the good work best to you and the team.

Cheers for that one , I looked at the reviews and put it on my to get list.

Got a copy on the way, looking forward to reading 👍

Moving into summer I've been putting Marmalade in fried onions for the barbecue for years so i can well see it working with a bacon butty

It was, along with the no comment the way they let them go into the interviews with blankets wrapped around them, feign falling asleep, deny that the person shown to them on video is clearly them shows the level of society they have to deal with. The one the other week where the mother had driven the murderers to the scene and back and denied knowing her own son was unbelievable, her a social worker too. I looked into the reasons behind the "no comment" interview and although I now understand why it is used the amount of police time it wastes when the evidence is there of their guilt should be reflected in the sentence when found guilty.If criminals knew they would get say an extra six months on their sentence after giving a no comment maybe they would think twice. I realise the law is far more complex than we as laymen possibly understand but watching programmes like 24 Hours gives me the impression that often criminals have too many rights and the sentence doesn't always fit the crime.

Something a bit more recent Oliver James One and Only / But For the Love

Nice, new to me, second time in two days on this thread that someones posted a different version of a Jr Walker track which made me think how easy we forget the obvious ones as no one though i could have missed it posted Jr's What Does it Take on the best intro thread. Take Me has been a long time favourite of mine, nice raspy vocal on this version. Everytime I play Take Me I wish Jr's sax playing went on a little longer before the girls start singing, that Sax hits me right to the pit of my stomach.

Flicked through haven't seen this mentioned though I might have missed it, maybe not the best but two good sides, recent purchase from Dave Pinch on here, The Sensations Gotta Find Myself Another Girl/ Lonely World

Run Away was one of the first records I bought when I started buying again Mal, my joy was unbridled when I flipped it, not sure which i now prefer. I nearly posted it some time ago when someone was asking for Latin type recommendations as I think it has that Latin vibe. I doubt you will be disappointed.

Brilliant book and also a good film which begs the question to all would you rather read the book then see the film, wouldn't bother with the film once you've read the book or visa versa. My experience of that has gone both ways, loved the film October Sky but had read the book first, the film enhanced the book in so much as it gave a picture of the place where the boys grew up. Further to that just the other month I found a book by Homer Hickman in a local charity shop telling the true story of the making of the film which was a very interesting read. I read Where the Crawdads Sing and thought it was brilliant then saw the film with Lou which wasn't a patch on the book in my opinion. Watched the tv series My Brilliant Friend and recently read the first book with the other three waiting on the to be read shelf, found the book a beautiful read but couldn't get the visual of the characters in the tv series out of my mind and found myself reliving scenes rather than my imagination creating the pictures in my mind. Non fiction wise a wonderful read if you like football is The Greatest Footballer You Never Saw, I read it many years ago when some of the names mentioned where still fresh in the memory especially if you watched lower league football. It's the story of Robin Friday who played for Reading. Again non fiction picked up this week The Secret Life of Trees, hoe they live and why they matter by Colin Tudge, which looks interesting, anyone read it?

Can't argue with any of the above, a couple of less obvious ones maybe The Wanderers, You Can't Run Away From Me/ I'll Know The Marvellos Piece of Silk / Yes I Do

The others are ok, just not as good as his first one

It's a great read, wasn't as impressed with the other two vinyl detective books though.

Cheers chaps for the replies, I will be checking out the books mentioned. I've bought quite a few of the books featured on Between the Covers and the Book Show on Sky. I do prefer personal recommendations rather than going off the blurb on the back of books. unless that book is The Vinyl Detective ,Written in the Deadwax by Andrew Cartmels,

I wouldn't claim to be an avid reader quantity wise, probably read two books a month. What would you consider a must read, an author you find consistently good, have you read anything that had great reviews that you found disappointing , what are you currently reading, what are your reading habits. To kick things off I have always been a reader, I used to read a lot more than I do now but have over the last year rediscovered the joy of a good book, being immersed in someone else's imagination. I tend to avoid Sci Fi, Horror and to some extent historical unless recommended. I don't usually read books by best selling widely popular authors like Lee Childs though there are exceptions one being William Boyd, his Any Human heart would be one of my recommended books to read, the first of his I read and slowly working through his other books. I haven't read one that i haven't enjoyed and like to read one of his every three books. I was about to start one of Boyd's when I found Bob Mortimer's The Satsuma Complex in a local animal sanctuary bookshop, decided a bit of light relief was in order after reading The Island Of Lost Trees and The Couple Next Door changed tack and started Bob's book as I enjoy his comedy. Hopefully the thread will take off with any book related talk

I don't know if it qualifies for worst experience but definitely a frustrating one.In Athens there's an area with loads of junk shops and stalls.Piles and piles of records, very few in covers,the vast majority very dirty and in poor nick but you live in hope of finding something. Came across a few soul related but not many giving them a miss due to condition. In one place that was devoted to music with records in better condition plus with sleeves only found a Greek copy of Groovin with Mr Bloe , three euros,tempted for the novelty but passed on it. Another place with better quality stuff up reared the power of the internet, the only record I came across that you'd class as out and out northern the Tempests on Stardust, no big deal but after searching through piles of sh**e for a few hours and Lou itching to get on with the sightseeing i thought I'm not coming away with nothing.In a box where everything was three euros lo and behold the Tempests was twelve euros, when I asked the guy who spoke good English is this one not three like the rest he declared "that's a Northern soul record" . Determined not to come home empty handed the next day I bought three twelves for more or less the same as i could have got them over here after leaving them the previous day. In some ways for me it was as near an experience as I'll get to digging in the States regarding the quantity but without the realistic chance of actually finding something, something I should have realised after the first half hour.

No, I regularly have cereal for tea on days when I cannot be bothered cooking or cannot decide what I'd like to eat time passes until once again I can't be bothered cooking.By coincidence I had Weetabix last night.

That's a shock, lovely bloke, condolences to family and friends.

Not been to a night since Covid but the criteria would be the same as then 1 Hearing plenty of tunes that are new to me, then........ 2. Dancing to something I don't know, that feeling that connects heart to brain to feet and has you up within a few bars. 3. Enquiring be it from Dj fellow punter or internet and finding a few of said tunes are in my price range, 4 Good dancefloor 5 Meeting and having interesting conversations with people I've never previously spoken with and looking forward to seeing them at another event. No slight on the company I used to keep who I miss seeing as many were purely friends seen at an event and not in the wider world.

If this helps Steve Plumb posted on here some time ago he was selling his on Omega auctions, 50S OUL, went for £480