This week's book reviews:

[Sir C]

1. For your ears:

David Hepworth. A Fabulous Creation: How The LP Saved Our Lives.

Typcially insightful, reudite stuff from the muso's muso. Highly recommended.

2. For your eyes:

Andrew Miller. Now We Shall Be Entirely Free.

It's got Peninsular wars, it's got a bit of a road trip, it's got all the good stuff. One to remind you how much you love a good story. Go get it.

[Monty92]

1. For your ears:

David Hepworth. A Fabulous Creation: How The LP Saved Our Lives.

Typcially insightful, reudite stuff from the muso's muso. Highly recommended.

2. For your eyes:

Andrew Miller. Now We Shall Be Entirely Free.

It's got Peninsular wars, it's got a bit of a road trip, it's got all the good stuff. One to remind you how much you love a good story. Go get it.

How do you find so much time to read? I manage about 10 pages an evening :-(

[Burney]

1. For your ears:

David Hepworth. A Fabulous Creation: How The LP Saved Our Lives.

Typcially insightful, reudite stuff from the muso's muso. Highly recommended.

2. For your eyes:

Andrew Miller. Now We Shall Be Entirely Free.

It's got Peninsular wars, it's got a bit of a road trip, it's got all the good stuff. One to remind you how much you love a good story. Go get it.

Yes. Hepworth's stuff is always good. I enjoyed that one more than the last.

Shame he's a lefty and a Tottenham fan, mind.

[Sir C]

How do you find so much time to read? I manage about 10 pages an evening :-(

I don't watch Strictly Come Dancing or I'm a Celebrity. Nor do I steal christian babies and drink their blood. :shrug:

[Monty92]

I don't watch Strictly Come Dancing or I'm a Celebrity. Nor do I steal christian babies and drink their blood. :shrug:

9am-6pm
Work/childcare

7pm
Kids' bedtime bantz

8.30pm
Din dins

9pm
Bit of tellybox/Netflix

10.30pm
Newsnight

11.30pm
Sex with yo mum

11.32pm
Sleep

F*ck am I supposed to read a c*nting book?

[Burney]

I don't watch Strictly Come Dancing or I'm a Celebrity. Nor do I steal christian babies and drink their blood. :shrug:

:nono: They don't drink Christian babies' blood.

They put it in those water biscuit thingies.

[Burney]

9am-6pm
Work/childcare

7pm
Kids' bedtime bantz

8.30pm
Din dins

9pm
Bit of tellybox/Netflix

10.30pm
Newsnight

11.30pm
Sex with yo mum

11.32pm
Sleep

F*ck am I supposed to read a c*nting book?

Do you use audiobooks?

[Viva Prat Vegas]

That's a worryingly inordinate amount of time spent tucking the kids up in bed
:sherlock:

[Sir C]

9am-5pm
Work

5pm-7pm
Cooking/listening to book

7pm
Din dins

7:30pm-10pm
Bit of tellybox or read as appropriate

10pm
Bed. Read

10:30-11pm
Go sleepybyes

05:30am-09am
Run/read

Easy

[Sir C]

:nono: They don't drink Christian babies' blood.

They put it in those water biscuit thingies.

Matzos? Matzos are as dry as a nun's kúnt, how can they have blood in?

[Burney]

Matzos? Matzos are as dry as a nun's kúnt, how can they have blood in?

I'm not sure about the mechanics. Also, if they had blood in, wouldn't they be pinker?

Anyway, you know what Monty's lot are like. Clever sods. They've probably found a way round these issues.

[WES]

How do you find so much time to read? I manage about 10 pages an evening :-(

I'm with you on this one, Monty. Even though my children are grown, the only time I would get to read is on the train and as I read the newspaper on the way in, then spend the day reading emails and documents of various types, the last thing I want to do on the way home is read a book, so I watch videos instead.

Maybe 15 minutes in bed before I fall asleep but it would have to be one hell of a book to keep me up at that point.

[Monty92]

I'm with you on this one, Monty. Even though my children are grown, the only time I would get to read is on the train and as I read the newspaper on the way in, then spend the day reading emails and documents of various types, the last thing I want to do on the way home is read a book, so I watch videos instead.

Maybe 15 minutes in bed before I fall asleep but it would have to be one hell of a book to keep me up at that point.

And let's face it, if your missus comes to bed and you're reading a book, you may as well hang a 'do not disturb' sign over your cock.

[Monty92]

Do you use audiobooks?

I listen to podcasts in the gym or while running, and I have no commute as I wfh.

I've tried to listen to stuff while cooking, but I struggle to focus on both tasks.

[Monty92]

That's a worryingly inordinate amount of time spent tucking the kids up in bed
:sherlock:

7pm
Bath

7.20pm
Chasing the total and utter f*cking c*nts around the house trying to get them dry/into their pyjamas

7.30pm - 8pm
Stories/reading

[Viva Prat Vegas]

Hmm. :sherlock:
That still leaves an unaccounted for half-hour from then until 'Din dins' at 8:30pm
;-)

[barrybueno]

Hmm. :sherlock:
That still leaves an unaccounted for half-hour from then until 'Din dins' at 8:30pm
;-)

5 mins in the bath then 25 mins of his wife trying to dry him while he runs around the house...

[Monty92]

Hmm. :sherlock:
That still leaves an unaccounted for half-hour from then until 'Din dins' at 8:30pm
;-)

Yeah, I wonder what I could possibly be doing for 30 minutes before sitting down to eat dinner...............

[Viva Prat Vegas]

(open goal)

[Burney]

I listen to podcasts in the gym or while running, and I have no commute as I wfh.

I've tried to listen to stuff while cooking, but I struggle to focus on both tasks.

Yeah, my prime listening points are driving and cooking. I love zoning out while cooking and listening to hours of a good book.
But then cooking comes naturally to me, so distractions aren’t an issue.