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The GOT Book Club

We just had a mention in the Messi book, his strike partner at Newells Old Boy's 'Grighini' came over to us in 2005 but when he returned to Italy where he was playing was involved in a serious car crash, the other lad who was driving the car Paraguayan international Julio Gonzalez lost his arm.
 
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Reidy's Bottle Of Grecian said:
We just had a mention in the Messi book, his strike partner at Newells Old Boy's 'Grighini' came over to us in 2005 but when he returned to Italy where he was playing was involved in a serious car crash, the other lad who was driving the car Paraguayan international Julio Gonzalez lost his arm.
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we get quite a few mentions in Pele's autobiog' as well, can't remember why though

gotta be one of the most boring books I've ever read though I have to say
 
hudd101 said:
Just read The Road by Cormac McCarthy. If anyone is into dystopian-genre literature you may like it - all the critics love it. I just didn't enjoy it though; his style and layout bored me really, it became really repetitive, quite quickly.
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Didn't sleep for a good week after reading that.
 
Dont think its been mentioned yet, but Monster Hunters International is a great book. Just absolutely jammed full of action and everything. Like the second book more than the first too, would be a fantastic movie adaptation if they ever were so inclined.


Also Lev Grossman's The Magicians and The Magician King. Cant really decide if a love them or if they just drag.
 
Currently reading "I am Malala" by Malala Yousafzai. Heavily ghostwritten obviously as she is like 15 and got shot in the face.

But its a cracking read from the perspective of someone living in the Swat Valley.

Enjoying it isn't the word, but its interesting
 

UltimoBarry said:
Currently reading "I am Malala" by Malala Yousafzai. Heavily ghostwritten obviously as she is like 15 and got shot in the face.

But its a cracking read from the perspective of someone living in the Swat Valley.

Enjoying it isn't the word, but its interesting
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I'm really glad she's getting the exposure. Hope for her to become an important figure for her country in the years and decades to come. They need it.
 
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I'm really glad she's getting the exposure. Hope for her to become an important figure for her country in the years and decades to come. They need it.
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From further reading about what has happened since, seems like the reaction to her in Pakistan is mixed at best. After the initial shock died down. Seems that whispers to denigrate her have dampened her hero status somewhat. Unbelievable strength of character is my outcome.
 
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From further reading about what has happened since, seems like the reaction to her in Pakistan is mixed at best. After the initial shock died down. Seems that whispers to denigrate her have dampened her hero status somewhat. Unbelievable strength of character is my outcome.
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Aye, an anti-woman society like that is bound to pile the hate on her. And as many are uneducated they will go along with it as they know nothing else.

If she carries on like she is, she'll either become Prime Minister one day or get assassinated (or both, see Bhutto).
 
UltimoBarry said:
From further reading about what has happened since, seems like the reaction to her in Pakistan is mixed at best. After the initial shock died down. Seems that whispers to denigrate her have dampened her hero status somewhat. Unbelievable strength of character is my outcome.
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I think, like a lot of third world people who become heroes in the west her opinions are somewhat filtered by the time they reach western media.

Like the sanitised depoliticised mandella who popstars liked to shake hands with, it's the same with her. She's been incredibly critical of the US for instance, but that kind of comment isn't often brought up when she turns up on talk shows over there.

I can see why people view her as someone who's been turned into a harmless mascot.
 

Just finished reading Ibrahimovic's book, 'I Am Zlatan'. One of the best books I've read for a while, definitely recommend it.
 

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