Books, books, books!

I like the look of Books which is more than i can say about Records & CDs.. Another obsession i had was collecting 1960's Sci-Fi paper backs, they really got out of hand & as Paper backs were generally used for Reading on Trains & Buses or on the Plane going on holiday they were seldom in Mint condition, that alone drove me crackers & i ended up taking them to the charity shop. Believe me those books fill the boot & back seat of the car for four trips to the charity shops..

Ive tried talking the wife into getting shut of some of her paper backs & just keep the Hard backs, but she wont so soft lad here gotta buy some new Bookcases..

My motto in life is if you dont use it get shut of it.

Yes; Eng lit and fiction dominate, along with biographies and history. Not much of a science or engineering collection!

An orange clockwork.

Have a few signed first editions etc. but now read everything on Kindle. If I hadn’t done this I would t be able to get in the house as I e read constantly ever since I learned how. Can go through 4-5 books a week if I’m not working.

Utter Cack...as was the film.

I own 4 books. One on NLP which I bought for a study course 8 years ago. Two by Dr Wayne Dyer, one of which is unread. Finally one by Graham Hancock which I’ve read about 5 pages of in 10 years.

The lampshade came free with the lampstand, which was also free, from back when we were completely skint. However, it's since been biffed for one without tassles.

It was also ripped in a couple of places, and the fitting for the stand was wonky, so it went on a skip a year or so back. We'd had the thing since 1979 though, so fair play to it.

Got to read. Got to ! 
 I read when the adds come on. 🥴

Here's a letter Hunter S Thompson sent to Anthony Burgess when Burgess was late sending in an article for 'Rolling Stone':

'What kind of lame, half-mad bullshit are you trying to sneak over on us? When Rolling Stone asks for a 'thinkpiece' goddamnit, we want a ****ing thinkpiece ... and don't try to weasel out with any of your limey bullshit about a '50,000 novella about the condition humaine etc'

Do you take us for a a gang of brainless lizards? Rich hoodlums? Dilletante thugs?

You lazy cocksucker. I want that thinkpiece on my desk by Labor Day. And I want it ready for press. The time has come and gone when cheapjack scum like you can get away with the kind of scams you got rich from in the past'.

That's the stuff to give the troops!

Ordered a paperback off ebay earlier. 'Unknown Man No.89' by Elmore Leonard. I love Leonard's writing, never read a bad book by him!