Which book are you reading at the moment ?

[Frosticles]

The Secret Of Crickly Hall by James Herbert is on the bedside table at the mo. (Along with the Karma Sutra)

[LOUIE]

just finished jungle book, god i wish this baby would sleep!!

[vinny]

always been into my reading and usually have a few books on the go at any one time, i do like the stephen ambrose books, i.e band of brothers etc have just finished pegasus bridge and am reading d-day at the mo which is a bit heavy but very interesting as it tells it from both sides.
I also have his book "wild blue" to read which is about a b24 crew during the war.
Also just finished paul wellars autobiograhy and john gaults book.

[KL]

I am awaiting imminent delivery of "Memory Lanes", Peter Robinson's account of the Motoring News Rally Championship from 1970 to 1973 (neatly slotting in after the now rare Eddie Green book "Nineteen to the Dozen" about the 1969 championship and before Mick Briant's planned book and the later years covered by Dave Orrick's "Night Moves").

Have recently also finished reading two books on cycling (pause for hilarity...). A large number of us in one particular motor club realised a few years ago we were all fans of "Le Tour" (de France). There are massive parallels with rallying in the tactics, support etc. Only two of the motor club guys were active serious cyclists (one being the infamous "DR", known to FBF25T and myself as the only member of the Citroen Visa fan club).
Matt Rendall's "The Death of Marco Pantani" is not the first book to blow the lid on drugs in top level cycling. It gets too technical/medical at times to be an easy read. The "climbers" are the most iconic personalities in top cycling and the great iconic moments of the Tour de France often occur in the mountains. In the case of Pantani, it is the violent argument with Lance Armstrong on the slopes of Mont Ventoux when the two of them had broken away from the peleton that stays in the mind. There are no real revelations about that in the book, simply because only two men know what was really said and one is now dead.
"In Search of Robert Millar" is a more interesting and readable book, covering a slightly earlier era. Millar was Britain's greatest cyclist in the big events, despite the legend of Tommy Simpson and the more recent achievements of Time Trial specialist Chris Boardman. He is an enigma in that he has disappeared and cannot be found. Millar is probably best
remembered as Greg Lemond's Z team "first lieutenant" helping his wins. The book reveals that, apart from the Porsche 911 Millar always promised himself when he eventually "made it", his house in France had a Citroen rally car in the garage. DR is still recovering...

[69-johny-rs-07]

I am awaiting imminent delivery of "Memory Lanes", Peter Robinson's account of the Motoring News Rally Championship from 1970 to 1973 (neatly slotting in after the now rare Eddie Green book "Nineteen to the Dozen" about the 1969 championship and before Mick Briant's planned book and the later years covered by Dave Orrick's "Night Moves").

Have recently also finished reading two books on cycling (pause for hilarity...). A large number of us in one particular motor club realised a few years ago we were all fans of "Le Tour" (de France). There are massive parallels with rallying in the tactics, support etc. Only two of the motor club guys were active serious cyclists (one being the infamous "DR", known to FBF25T and myself as the only member of the Citroen Visa fan club).
Matt Rendall's "The Death of Marco Pantani" is not the first book to blow the lid on drugs in top level cycling. It gets too technical/medical at times to be an easy read. The "climbers" are the most iconic personalities in top cycling and the great iconic moments of the Tour de France often occur in the mountains. In the case of Pantani, it is the violent argument with Lance Armstrong on the slopes of Mont Ventoux when the two of them had broken away from the peleton that stays in the mind. There are no real revelations about that in the book, simply because only two men know what was really said and one is now dead.
"In Search of Robert Millar" is a more interesting and readable book, covering a slightly earlier era. Millar was Britain's greatest cyclist in the big events, despite the legend of Tommy Simpson and the more recent achievements of Time Trial specialist Chris Boardman. He is an enigma in that he has disappeared and cannot be found. Millar is probably best
remembered as Greg Lemond's Z team "first lieutenant" helping his wins. The book reveals that, apart from the Porsche 911 Millar always promised himself when he eventually "made it", his house in France had a Citroen rally car in the garage. DR is still recovering...

MY THIRD

[wetandwindy2]

fiesta

[Blower]

wasting police time , the crazy world of the war on crime

im half way through it , and its no wonder the law is an ass

[2quick4u]

I like biographies, and have read a few, I recently finished Ronnie Woods Autobiography, it was a good read and made the morning train ride pass by quickly.

Also recently read U2 by U2, and the rock and pop timeline, which was an interesting trivia book I started flicking though and kept going with.

[npikey]

The Sound of Laughter by Peter Kay
and Time Line by Michael Crichton

But end up falling a sleep after a couple of paragraphs and wake up with cold arms at about 2;30am think i'll give up till ive got more time, been at these for months now

[emily]

Richard Hammonds book

[Northern Bloke]

I've just finished reading Stephen Kings Dark Tower series (again) and now reading Dean Koontz Fear Nothing and Seize the Night

[topaz]

Just bought Slash from Guns n Roses Biog.

[gary@retro]

Keith, what about Jimmy Saville ... he did a lot to get Cycling into the media, what with him arriving at events all togged up with his cigar and 2 blondes before jumping on the bike, by all accounts though he was good.

Agree with you on the mountain lads though.. to push to the summit and then stay up front to push to the next is a feat.

Theres a good read on the net about Tommy Simpson and also the film about him is good..and touches on the drugs he used why oh why ..

As for my reading... hmmm
Just read The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini , both being good reads unless you like reading far to late into the night .. morning.

Those 2 books are the only ones that stick in my mind this year, i probably read a book every 2 weeks due to my sleep patterns .. Tess Geritsen crime thrillers are another few that have been read this year, but not stuck in the head.

[bortaf]

Sadly i'm halfway through the factory Mk3 cortina workshop manual
The Taunus/cortina80 manual was way more boring, i'd worked out who did it way before the last chapter (it was the mechanic in the garage with a ratchet handle)
Next up is the dealer pre launch pack for the Mk5
No seriously, i have this big pile in the loo behind the door

[LOUIE]

just started reading ducan banatines book, very intresting.