Author: graybo

this evening looks like it is going to be long one. Maybe I’ll just go to bed early, I am pretty tired.

can’t decide if I think Atomised is a good book or merely self -indulgence on the part of the author. Guess I’ll have to read it through to the end to find out.

in order to defeat the dullness of the day, I’ve just been and thrashed some cash at lush.co.uk – which has to be recommended.

today is one of those very long and particularly unexciting days. and it’s raining.

last night, went for beer in W2 with Paul F and Aris, then Paul and I wandered down to the Nags to have beer with Kristian, Leah and also Bora.
must say that the new barmaid in the Nags is *most* decorative.

happy birthday Meg (deliberate link to Meg’s homepage to encourage you to read stuff other than her blog!)

just updated my Amazon wishlist. Go spend money.

just been for lunch with Sarah in the Nags, which was excellent, and bumped into Paul F whilst there. Also bumped into Tim. So many friends, life is damned good.
(incidentally, this post is in no way related to the one below)

very very big grin.

Yesterday, I finished reading A Sweetheart Deal and cried for most of the last two chapters. It’s a brilliant book, certainly Ben Richards’ best so far. If you haven’t bought it and read it yet, go and get it now. Sorry – you can’t borrow my copy as I’ve loaned it to Fi.
Inevitably, as soon as I’d finished it and got through an entire pack of Kleenex (I’m *such* a softy), I zipped down to Waterstones in search of new entertainment, and emerged with Atomised by Michel Houellebecq. Any book which has a picture of a near-naked woman on the cover and is described by the Independent as “gloriously, extravagantly filthy” has to be worth a look. Seriously though, I read his previous novel (Whatever) and enjoyed that, and this book focuses on relationships and interaction with the world – which if you have looked at the novels I’ve been reading in the last few months, you’ll know is a theme I’m always returning to. Will report back as I progress through the pages.
But do go and buy that Ben Richards book … no, now! go on…! go!