Books.

Ten Bobsworth wrote:How about any of the following by Mr G C Barnes:

Table Tennis, Advanced table tennis techniques, More Than a Match, Modern table tennis tactics

Natasha Whittam wrote:On the last day before the lockdown I took 30 books from my local library.

Even though I was the only one in the library, I felt under pressure to get my 30 books quickly as the librarian was watching me - as though I was going to start licking the books.

There was no method to my madness so I somehow came away with "The Madonna of Bolton" by Matt Cain, a story about a gay bloke from Bolton whose life was heavily influenced by Madonna and her lyrics. Sounds shit, but actually pretty good, if only for the references to 80's and 90's Bolton.

okocha wrote:Highly recommended: This Is Going To Hurt, by Adam kay. 

Hilarious but also heart-breaking and definite food for thought in the current climate. Been in the best-seller lists for ages, and I can see why....Brilliantly written.

boltonbonce wrote:Sounds like the title of Eric's autobiography.

Natasha Whittam wrote:

boltonbonce wrote:Sounds like the title of Eric's autobiography.

Have you bugged my bedroom?

boltonbonce wrote:
To quote The Doncaster Advertiser, 'When he dies at the end, I never saw it coming'.
Available on amazon. Bargain.

sunlight wrote:I dont take drugs, nor do I wish to. I do enjoy reading from people of the past. As I have housework to do, I have been listening to audio books.
Today I have been listening to `Confessions of an English Opium Eater `  by Thomas de Quincey. I am a huge fan of Wordsworth and Coleridge and saw this book by one of their group. It is a delight so far, I am on new ground and dont know much about him, so far so good with this book. `A wind so strong you can put your back against it and use it as a post `. He describes sitting in a Cottage by the fire and his reasons for liking Winter, which are quite agreeable. I have an affinity with this.

Only one chapter in, a random one, I will start at the beginning soon.

There are lots of audio books in the public domain, like this one.

Librivox.org

The best things in life are free.

I only hope I dont find some horror about him at some point in the future to ruin this. I am ignorant of the man other than a brief reading through his wiki.

boltonbonce wrote:

I joined Audible a few years ago, and I usually listen on one of my walks. Not a big fan of Librivox due to some of their narrators being less than adequate. However, it's free, and that can't be bad.