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It is teh little brother's birthday today (26! Not quite so little anymore) and I need to go get a pressie, because I am a Nice Sister.
His request was 'a good book, or something', which is fairly non specific, so suggestions welcome! I may also donate some of the left-over beer from the party, tho I think it's mostly bud, so, maybe not ;p

UPDATE!
For him, I have purchased Lemmy's autobiography, because everyone should read it, the man is a Legend. Also a freak of nature.
And this, because opening it a random, I found it describing Prince Charles as "...the looney feudal shithead jug-eared parasite bastard." and I figure the Brat will enjoy that kind of thing.

For myself I bought another Tom Holt (tho I did give up on him a while back when they were just getting over twisty and pointless) and "The Dumas Club",as per malvino's recommendation, because how can I tell if the brother will like if I haven't tried it? These things are important to test out you know!

Date: 2006-03-31 05:46 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tyrell.livejournal.com
Anything from http://www.firebox.com/ .

Especially the Flying Car (http://www.firebox.com/index.html?dir=firebox&action=product&pid=415).

Date: 2006-03-31 05:48 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hellison.livejournal.com
ooh firebox, good call. I wonder if he'd mind waiting ;p

Date: 2006-03-31 06:04 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] malvino.livejournal.com
Do you have a gadget shop in town? They normally sell the same stuff as firebox and iwantoneofthose.com. If not, perhap something by Arturo Perez-Reverte, one of the best novelists around and largely unknown in the UK.

Date: 2006-03-31 06:12 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hellison.livejournal.com
We did have a gadget shop, but it shut I think. There is some great stuff on firebox tho, sorely tempted by the electric-shock laser guns ;p

But since it is actually his b'day today, I may just have to run round to Waterstones and see what I can find!

Date: 2006-03-31 06:08 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] being-here.livejournal.com
anansi boys?

Date: 2006-03-31 06:38 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hellison.livejournal.com
hmm possibly... I shall have a nosey about the bookshop and see what I can find.

Shockingly, I have yet to finish Anansi Boys, it disappeared for ages, but I found it the other day buried in the back of the car. So my reading for the weekend is sorted at least ;)

Date: 2006-03-31 07:32 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] thesme-01.livejournal.com
OMG WHY DID I READ THAT AS ARSE BOYS?

Date: 2006-03-31 07:35 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] being-here.livejournal.com
because you're a dirty, dirty girl?

Date: 2006-03-31 07:37 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] thesme-01.livejournal.com
or because you have Ruined My Mind?

Date: 2006-03-31 07:42 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] being-here.livejournal.com
Meh. Could be that I suppose

Date: 2006-03-31 07:44 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] thesme-01.livejournal.com
Because before I met you (oh em, and rediscovered _unhurt_) would it have crossed my mind to watch Harry Potter in order to spot hot boy love potential?

Date: 2006-03-31 07:53 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] being-here.livejournal.com
It might have done - I'd never thought about the Hoff and the car before I met you!

Date: 2006-03-31 07:57 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] thesme-01.livejournal.com
That was _unhurt_.
ha!

Date: 2006-03-31 08:05 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] being-here.livejournal.com
Only via you.

Ha back!

Date: 2006-03-31 08:09 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] thesme-01.livejournal.com
it was she that started it!

Date: 2006-03-31 08:09 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] thesme-01.livejournal.com
I warned you not to click in fact!

Date: 2006-03-31 08:33 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] being-here.livejournal.com
Oh come on! The quickest way to get me to click something is to tell me not to. You should know that!

Date: 2006-03-31 06:11 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] thipe.livejournal.com
What kind of books is she into?

Date: 2006-03-31 06:36 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hellison.livejournal.com
Hard to say, he used to like all the same fastasy type stuff I do, which made it easier, but he seems to have gone off allt hat now. I shall have to find something boyishly amusing I think...

Date: 2006-03-31 07:32 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] thesme-01.livejournal.com
nudge nudge thipe called your brother a girl ahahaha

Date: 2006-03-31 07:54 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hellison.livejournal.com
Obviously he is confusing him with my *older* brother, who is a big girl really anyway ;p

Date: 2006-03-31 08:03 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] thipe.livejournal.com
Yes, obviously *nodnods*

Date: 2006-03-31 08:34 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] reuss.livejournal.com
Haha, that "Is It Me.." book is top. Read the entry on Keane. Read it now. It makes me laugh just remembering it :)

Date: 2006-03-31 08:38 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hellison.livejournal.com
ROFL
Look at them! Just look at them!

Excellent stuff ;p

Date: 2006-03-31 08:40 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] reuss.livejournal.com
...like runny cheese.

Date: 2006-03-31 08:52 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] being-here.livejournal.com
The Dumas Club is great! Have you read Secret History by Donna ... Can't remember. It is also great. Different, but great.

Date: 2006-03-31 09:57 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] http://users.livejournal.com/_unhurt_/
tartt. the name of the writer, not you. well, as far as i know...

Date: 2006-03-31 10:38 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] being-here.livejournal.com
It is! Excellent. It was on the tip of my tongue (as it were) :)

Date: 2006-03-31 11:31 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] malvino.livejournal.com
The Dumas club is grate, doubly so if you know Dumas reasonably well (particularly the three muskahounds). Is the disc down btw? I can read the boards but can't get in at all, but I can't get through to my uni email either so it might just be me :/

Date: 2006-03-31 01:29 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hellison.livejournal.com
It's just you. Looks like teh Worst Connection Evar just got even worse

sux2bu tonight!

Date: 2006-03-31 02:28 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] malvino.livejournal.com
At least I don't have crappy cartoon music stuck in my head :)

But no, no sign at all of anything hapenning, it's not even trying to connect anymore, just disconnecting instantly. I think it knows it's not going to happen.

Date: 2006-03-31 02:51 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hellison.livejournal.com
well the mud was actually down there just now ;p try again!

Date: 2006-03-31 02:53 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] malvino.livejournal.com
nothing doing.

Date: 2006-03-31 01:30 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hellison.livejournal.com
ps ARRGGH now i have the theme tune from Dogtanion in my head, damn you!

Date: 2006-04-01 11:14 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] http://users.livejournal.com/_unhurt_/
just went to read the amazon reviews of the lemmy book:

Lemmy, the thinking person's Ozzy Osbourne

HEH.

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