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    I'm reading 4-6 books a week at the moment...  I don't like TV and I read on the bus...

     

    Over the past couple of months I've read all of Chuck Palahniuk and Irvine Welsh...  Got into Scandinavian crime novels and have read the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo series, Jo Nesbo's Harry Hole books and some Icelandic guy whose name I can't remember...  

     

    I have just finished Walter Mosley's Leonid McGill mystery series and an aussie book called The Slap, which is quite a good read...

     

    I'm running low on inspiration... any recommendations?

    If you'd consider stepping back into fantasy again, a few years ago I read the Long Price Quartet, I've read loads of fantasy series, but this one has in my opinion the most interesting concept - poets and andats.

     

    Murakami? I read something by him some time ago and it was quite good.

     

    I picked up and started on,

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    because my dumbass never got around to read it before.

     

    Which Murakami?  :)   I've read a few books by Ryu Murakami which were quite short but were good stories (Popular Hits of the Showa Era being one example) but I assume you mean Hiroki Murakami.  His writing seems a bit serious but I might check it out properly.  The Liar's Key by Mark Lawrence is out in June - can't wait!!

     

    I'm now well into Voyager, the third book of Diana Gabaldon's Outlander series. Time disappears when I'm in this story, that's what I'd suggest to Ginginho right now.

     

    Will definitely check this out - still want to read Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale as well...

     

    Thanks all

     

     

    Yeah, Hiroki, 1Q84 sounds interesting.

     

    And yeah, I'm going to order Prince of Fools later, I found it under £5 on a website. I love Mark Lawrence.

     

    Post Office was pretty fucking amazing, definitely one of the best reads I've had in a long time!

     

    Now reading,

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    Pretty sure I'm holding a bottle or something. Everyone else in that photo is Spanish, they are just friends I made here. At some point last year I met a few people, we started going to parties, met others, the group grew... Now I have my very own Spanish armada. There's LOADS of Spanish people down here in Kent, it's really cool - nice people and it really helped my Spanish too, feeling confident I'll get close to fluent this year!

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    I'm reading 4-6 books a week at the moment...  I don't like TV and I read on the bus...

     

    Over the past couple of months I've read all of Chuck Palahniuk and Irvine Welsh...  Got into Scandinavian crime novels and have read the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo series, Jo Nesbo's Harry Hole books and some Icelandic guy whose name I can't remember...  

     

    I have just finished Walter Mosley's Leonid McGill mystery series and an aussie book called The Slap, which is quite a good read...

     

    I'm running low on inspiration... any recommendations?

    If you'd consider stepping back into fantasy again, a few years ago I read the Long Price Quartet, I've read loads of fantasy series, but this one has in my opinion the most interesting concept - poets and andats.

     

    Murakami? I read something by him some time ago and it was quite good.

     

    I picked up and started on,

    51grMGCKivL._SY344_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg

     

    because my dumbass never got around to read it before.

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    I feel like I've been missing out on great literature, it's all about catching up. I don't necessarily read fast either, most of my reading happens during the night, unfortunately it's not every night I can read, other night time activities often take over and I find myself outside with drink in hand or keeping someone else's feet warm in a random bed in Kent. I've recently made the decision that I don't want to drink anymore during the week, this has been helping my reading time considerably. As the days go by and I keep myself sober, I am able to sleep a little bit better and my hands are less shaky in the morning,I also no longer wake up to a feeling of incoming dread. Somehow this post went from books to me admitting my borderline alcoholism problem.

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    Increasing weights each week is unnecessary if you are performing the exercises correctly and know your strength. No one gains the strength to increase their lifts like that each week, it's all about finding the correct weight. The deadlift especially, it took me ages to increase my lifts after a few years -  I could add more, but I'd be sacrificing form, and when it comes to deadlifts... one way ticket to snap city! 

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    Indy, try chest+tris. Bench will hit your tris quite hard, so after you're done with your tris the burn is insane! Last exercise: dips. Your triceps will be crying.

    I used to do chest+bis like most people (we used to call it "copacabana training") but i switched it up the last couple of years with great results!

    Edit: I don't lift anymore :(

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    My dad, who has some wine knowledge, has never bought a bottle of wine for more than €5. There is very good wine available for cheap prices. Although I'm not so sure here in the UK, even though all supermarkets sell wine from Spain, Portugal and Italy, the vineyards all seem to be British owned and I have no idea what goes on in there. I have bought £5 wine which was pretty decent... it's just harder to find good Port. I want a bottle of Ferreira ffs.

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