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FKA twigs' first CD as an eight year old was Emancipation by Prince. Wow. The poor sod. At least it will have kept her busy

Reading this entire book in the Batista pose

Bored, let's relearn Italian through the words of Don Carlo

Drive carefully and slowly past ice cream vans because children are "more interested in ice cream than traffic" okay sweeping generalisation

Finally page 135 the title character appears

"Gatsby le magnifique" oh don't worry I hate myself

Hoping there isn't a twist at this point

Oh he is calling out his haters in a medical professional way

Enjoying all of the contemporary cultural references such as: Pokémon Platinum 🥰 Fallout 3 🥰 a UKIP rent-a-gob 😔 a disgraced TV presenter 😔

About the least sexy book to be reading in public but we move

There is a plan behind me beginning a third Italian book

Chris I'm so sorry I know you gave me this to read months ago

Just finished the short story David by J. M. G. Le Clézio. Could log every individual story, but mama didn't raise no stat-padder

You are now reading the thoughts of a Waterstones Plus member

the natural thing to do after toiling for 18 months to get halfway through an Italian language book is to borrow another one

this book prevented me from going to the gym today

"I have been halted beneath a huge poster showing Silvio Berlusconi's strange smile. This immensely powerful man, owner of a vast media empire and leader of the main opposition party, has something of the beaten dog about him. It's an expression I have never figured out. The lips are lifted in a smile, but the eyes are pained, as though anticipating that you won't trust him."

can't make a prosperous country without breaking a few human rights

This book is great at making me realise obvious things like, hey idiot, ever wondered why China and India have hardly ever gone to war with each other despite being neighbours for thousands of years? Well, ever heard of a mountain range called the HIMALAYAS? And I go ohhhh yeah of course

fascinating to see the thought processes that would soon help compose Behaviour.... Neil clearly super into Russian history, months before he writes My October Symphony

Much like the Robbie book in revealing the fascinating mundanity of pop stars at the height of fame. Some thoughtful musings around the privatisation of charity and poverty porn, interspersed with Neil comparing Los Angeles to Swindon, and Chris wondering if it's rude to tell Ryuichi Sakamoto that he likes *one* of his songs

this, from me, holds little weight; but like nothing I've read

80 minutes 4 pages 👍 set the scene and now I'll forget it all when I pick it up again... siamo in una stazione ferroviaria