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Anyone know what time beach house hit the stage? 9pm ish or will it be (hopefully!) a bit later? (Grumble, Damn clashes!)

being an unemployed librarian with no sign of anything resembling a job in the near/medium/long-distant future, that actually made me smile alright :) Thanks :)

Found brooklyn very slight tbh, understated, but not in a particularly good way! Way over-hyped imo - it's not a bad book by any means, but nothing exceptional either.

Naturally :) Ordered the Gates' short stories brand new from an Amazon seller for £3.95 delivered. Can't go wrong at that price!

Thanks for that Charlie - have only read Preston Falls, but I *love* short fiction so will deffo have to order that one (and knowing me, I'll probably get the rest as well!) Thanks a mill for the heads up.

The Thing around your neck by Adichie. Awesome short fiction. Will have to check out her novels, didn't think the would be my kind of books but after reading this I'm a total convert.

What about Richard Yates and Richard Ford? Both excellent. In the case of the latter, start with The Sportswriter or any of his short fiction. Richard Powers' Time of our singing is a right ol' tome but also worth it. Can't go wrong with the richards I say! Also Carver is ridiculously good...

Aye, second the road twitter thing. I have bought about 4 or 5 CDs in the last couple of months through the twitter updates alone (all good stuff too). Loving the new signed copies of most of the Irish stuff too. Nice for presents for people.

Really??? I thought it wasn't much above brutal on the scale of bad books tbh. But then again, sure what do I know!

Got this in the post the other day - really, really lovely, especially Brendan Gardens. Can't recommend it enough.

Almost there myself now - 'tis obviously very compelling!

The Brief wonderous life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz. Have to say I'm loving it, even though I thought it would be one of those books that's too cool for me!

Does anyone know if the album will be in road earlier tomorrow? Will be in round lunch.

Thanks a mill for the bump - am annoyed with myself for missing the original thread. Could've had a copy weeks ago! Everything he's done is pretty much gold, and it's been such a long time since Crown Time :(

Am I the only one who still thinks the majority of Small Moments is class?

awesome stuff, can't wait for the record :)

Awesome stuff. Fantastic poster as well - you should sell the posters as well tbh. I'd buy one :)

I always start off really liking Kundera's books and then the fade for me in general :( Did like the Book of Laughter & Forgetting though! Currently on Netherland - Joseph O'Neill. Nice, but can't really see what everyone was wetting themselves about. Haven't finished it yet though.

Time of our singing - Richard Powers Jaysus, it's good!

+1 I love pretty much everything Yates has done, Young Hearts Crying is also very notable, and his short fiction is incredibly good. I'm not going to watch the film, in case it ruins the book for me in any small way, as right now, in my eyes, it's pretty much perfect. sigh / grrr / sigh