This will sound stupid...

But I really struggle to read. Not literally, but I just don't have the attention span to focus on a book. I wish I did, but after about the first twenty odd pages, I find I stop actually reading and taking in the words and just glaze over them.

Posted By: Klobo04 on June 19th 2025 at 17:43:05

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wrath of the book club - what are you reading at the moment? (General Chat) - Tombs, Jun 19, 17:22:49
- Great Expectations (n/m) (General Chat) - Kev, Jun 19, 23:32:00
- Rememberence of things past - Proust (n/m) (General Chat) - Worthing Yellow, Jun 19, 21:29:54
- A Shardlake novel set in Norwich during the reformation. (General Chat) - Legacy Fan, Jun 19, 21:18:10
  - Tombland (n/m) (General Chat) - revsimon, Jun 19, 21:21:09
- Death at Fakenham Races by Ross Greenwood (n/m) (General Chat) - revsimon, Jun 19, 20:49:06
- Just finished city of thieves (General Chat) - 51eve, Jun 19, 20:41:43
  - My favourite book. (n/m) (General Chat) - tudders, Jun 19, 21:49:12
- 3 body problem (n/m) (General Chat) - Mingemaster, Jun 19, 20:41:06
  - Good trilogy (General Chat) - 51eve, Jun 19, 22:06:26
- Nothing at the moment (n/m) (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Jun 19, 20:05:22
- The Accidental Time Machine - Joe Haldeman (General Chat) - Milko, Jun 19, 19:47:12
- God is an englishman by bijan omrani (n/m) (General Chat) - paulg, Jun 19, 19:32:02
  - Cracking read (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Jun 19, 19:42:57
- Doug Beattie An Ordinary Soldier (n/m) (General Chat) - Tony Martin, Jun 19, 19:09:58
- The Godfather (again) (General Chat) - Garry Brooke, Jun 19, 19:05:01
  - I really like him (General Chat) - camcan, Jun 19, 19:55:01
- Just like Jennings, by Anthony Buckeridge (n/m) (General Chat) - Fenwood Lad, Jun 19, 18:51:49
- Neutral Citation Number: [2025] EWHC 1430 (Comm) (General Chat) - Old Git, Jun 19, 18:51:26
  - great book that i loved it right off (General Chat) - Tombs, Jun 19, 20:11:42
    - lollage (n/m) (General Chat) - Milko, Jun 19, 20:13:34
- Moon Over Soho, the second in Ben Aaronovitch's 'Rivers of London' series. Read the first (General Chat) - Wild Edric, Jun 19, 18:43:41
  - Yeah I’ve read them all (General Chat) - Duck, Jun 19, 20:40:10
  - i tried reading the rivers of london after someone on here recommended it (General Chat) - Tombs, Jun 19, 19:25:02
    - I want to like it, I've read all of Christopher Fowler's Bryant & May series and people ha (General Chat) - Wild Edric, Jun 19, 19:30:44
- Berlin (General Chat) - APB, Jun 19, 18:26:25
  - Has it taken your breath away? (n/m) (General Chat) - camcan, Jun 19, 19:56:06
  - Where's it set? (n/m) (General Chat) - tudders, Jun 19, 18:32:48
    - Bristol (n/m) (General Chat) - Bertie Russell, Jun 19, 18:34:49
    - In and around (n/m) (General Chat) - APB, Jun 19, 18:34:28
- Deliver me from nowhere (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, Jun 19, 18:16:06
- All the Kremlin’s Men - Inside the Court of Vladimir Putin (n/m) (General Chat) - Boyer, Jun 19, 18:08:56
- Crusaders tomb by AJ Cronin (n/m) (General Chat) - RadioCanary, Jun 19, 18:06:21
- Withered Hill by David Bennett (General Chat) - jamesward, Jun 19, 18:02:43
  - Barnett (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, Jun 19, 18:02:59
- Time to think - Hannah Barnes (n/m) (General Chat) - Disco, Jun 19, 17:52:09
- outrageous plug (General Chat) - rosarios_school_tie, Jun 19, 17:47:50
  - Outrageous plug... (General Chat) - Captain Bligh, Jun 19, 19:03:45
- Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (General Chat) - Bertie Russell, Jun 19, 17:47:37
  - Great book and film (n/m) (General Chat) - Milko, Jun 19, 20:09:07
- This will sound stupid... (General Chat) - Klobo04, Jun 19, 17:43:05
  - Thicko (General Chat) - jamesward, Jun 19, 18:55:49
    - I'm not a "thicko" (General Chat) - Klobo04, Jun 19, 18:59:12
  - Doesn’t sound stupid at all. I’m very similar. I’m not (General Chat) - Chopper, Jun 19, 18:22:15
- If you want more WW2 my cousin has a new book out (General Chat) - camcan, Jun 19, 17:40:09
  - nice one but i'm limiting my ww2 bookerage to max hastings at the minute as i've got (General Chat) - Tombs, Jun 19, 17:55:21
    - You can add six of his in to the backlog (n/m) (General Chat) - camcan, Jun 19, 19:16:59
- Marching powder (General Chat) - ParrotPuncher, Jun 19, 17:38:31
- Caledonian Road by Andrew Hagan (General Chat) - camcan, Jun 19, 17:32:53
  - That was my last book (General Chat) - Bertie Russell, Jun 19, 17:48:47
    - Interesting - I'm about two thirds through and had started to wonder (General Chat) - camcan, Jun 19, 17:50:39
      - Yeah, think that was when it did a bit for me (General Chat) - Bertie Russell, Jun 19, 17:52:57
- Prisoners of Geography by Tim Marshall. Right up your street I reckon. (n/m) (General Chat) - tudders, Jun 19, 17:32:47
  - cheers, i shall have an investigate (n/m) (General Chat) - Tombs, Jun 19, 17:34:08
    - order has been placed 👍 (n/m) (General Chat) - Tombs, Jun 19, 17:37:37
      - In fact Shadowplay by the same writerer even more you. (n/m) (General Chat) - tudders, Jun 19, 17:46:08
        
        14.5 years of my life in and around there on and off 👍👍 (General Chat) - Tombs, Jun 19, 18:01:09
        
        Have you read bridge over the river drina? (General Chat) - paulg, Jun 19, 20:17:38
        
        nope (General Chat) - Tombs, Jun 19, 20:49:39
        
        Death of yugoslavia tv series was superb too (General Chat) - paulg, Jun 19, 21:00:24
        
        I read loads of that sort of stuff, I'll dig some others out for you. (n/m) (General Chat) - tudders, Jun 19, 18:25:09
- Under the ivy by Graeme Thompson (General Chat) - Nelsons final flanel, Jun 19, 17:31:01
- The Smartest Guys In The Room (General Chat) - Ken Breadstick, Jun 19, 17:30:48
  - Old school! (n/m) (General Chat) - JD3, Jun 19, 18:06:24
    - Yes, I’ve read it a couple of times. (General Chat) - Ken Breadstick, Jun 19, 21:22:07
- Phantom Pain wings (General Chat) - Cardiff Canary, Jun 19, 17:26:45
- Knave (n/m) (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, Jun 19, 17:26:03
  - The Jo Guest edition? (n/m) (General Chat) - APB, Jun 19, 18:26:02

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