tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33388979.post4196565463392273383..comments2024-03-27T07:37:20.144+00:00Comments on electrichalibut.co.uk: the last book I readelectrichalibuthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14365477143816746297noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33388979.post-48098618280113283202007-07-16T13:50:00.000+01:002007-07-16T13:50:00.000+01:00Mais Oui, mon ami.I've got a whole lot to say alre...Mais Oui, mon ami.<BR/>I've got a whole lot to say already, about Van de Velde, 1999 and all that, Paul Lawrie, Tom Lehman, the set-up this year, and of course my thoughts on all the major (hur hur) runners and riders this year.<BR/>Its been teed up beautifully (hur hur) this year though, with Monsieur Havret winning on the Bonny banks yesterday, and the french in fine fettle. (Apart from VdV that is).<BR/>Complete preview available on "TwentySix" sometime Wednesday morning.<BR/>Then I lock myself in the sitting room all week. I'm working nights, so I'll see how many days/nights I can go without sleep...The Black Rabbithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10041328339344144512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33388979.post-28553231973551442472007-07-16T09:52:00.000+01:002007-07-16T09:52:00.000+01:00Yeah, good for alarming old ladies on the bus with...Yeah, good for alarming old ladies on the bus with. Not that I need a book to do that.<BR/><BR/>And, yeah, The Open. I trust some extensive analysis will be available at number 26....electrichalibuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14365477143816746297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33388979.post-27241283364348275842007-07-16T08:13:00.000+01:002007-07-16T08:13:00.000+01:00I am hardly reknowned for my enjoyment of literatu...I am hardly reknowned for my enjoyment of literature, but thought I'd let you know that I've read 5, yes FIVE, books recently - something I haven't done since my Willard Price days, I suppose.<BR/>They're not exactly the sort of highbrow stuff <I>you</I> read bate, but hey ho.<BR/>I'm sure you will have heard of them - they're the "Jack Reacher" novels by Lee Child.<BR/>I admit, they probably are classed as trashy, second-rate thrillers, the sort of book you'd pick up at an airport in a hurry, a bit like Jack Higgins' novels.<BR/>That said, <I>I like them</I>, and they've got me reading fiction again, rather than my usual staple diet of reference books, field-guides and the sports pages of the independent...<BR/><BR/>However, it's The Open at Carnoustie this week, televised for virtually twelve hours a day from thursday to sunday, so bang goes all reading this week!<BR/><BR/>Your latest book does look quite interesting. Nice cover too!The Black Rabbithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10041328339344144512noreply@blogger.com