Books, lots of books After another day of working in the Oxfam shop yesterday I must say that I am really starting to like it. I most like to work behind the till which I did all day yesterday. I like the interaction with the people buying books or music. Some are very talkative, some [...]

Book exchange in Lympstone (Devon) I like to read and I used to buy my books new in the many book shops London seems to have. I normally don’t really want to keep books after I read them so I found some better and cheaper ways to get books and to get rid of them [...]

Easter in the snow This blog has been neglected pretty badly lately. I will try to get back to the normal update frequency (whatever that is) asap. And yes I do feel quite a bit better, thank you. Back at work now, and it feels like I haven’t been there for 6 months. Don’t know [...]

Bill Nighy and Edgar Allan Poe Remember this? The suggested book titles for Bill to read have been collected and the result list is made. Now it is time to cast your vote on the book you want Bill Nighy to read next for Silksoundbooks! I need as many votes as possible in order for [...]

Pirates invading London They are coming to get me. What’s in here: books, Oxfam, writing, reading, and being late for dinner.

Ocean’s 13 – George Clooney Ocean’s 13 – George Clooney A bit of a messy post, with a lot of groovy “boys” in it.

Silksoundbooks.com So you feel absolutely knackered with a headache and a soar throat but you don’t want to call in sick in your last week at your current job. You drag yourself to work, and after an hour the fire alarm goes. While enjoying the view from the 18th is great, walking down the stairs [...]

Parade’s End by Ford Madox Ford I made a list of things I need to buy before taking off. My calender tells me that one week from now I will be in Moscow, and I now realize how time is running very fast. On my to buy list were (among other things) Lonely Planet’s Trans-Siberian [...]

Starter for ten – David Nicholls Northern Lights – Philip Pullman The Cryptographer – Tobias Hil I have found my bookshop. I buy loads of books in the charity shop around the corner here in Croydon, where I can buy a bag full of books for only a few pounds. Most of them are just [...]

The Salmon of Daoubt – Douglas Adams The Salmon of Doubt is a must read if you are a fan of Douglas Adams. It contains interviews with, and articles written by Douglas Adams, and it gives you quite some personal background about Douglas Adams as a person. It’s difficult to base your opinion on books [...]

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon I picked up reading again after I came to London. There are several reasons for this. One is I like reading. Give me a good book and I am out of this world and into the book, and I don’t hear anything happening [...]

Some books you just don’t want to finish, because you weren’t finished with the story and it’s character. One of those books (just read) is Notes On A Scandal bij Zoe Heller. It’s a story about obsession, loneliness and moral. It’s deliciously written, and you’ve got the feeling that you are minding other people’s businesses [...]

Bill “Slartibartfast” Nighy en Martin “Arthur Dent” Freeman Sometimes you run into books that catch you from the very first page. The Da Vinci Code seemed to be one, but coming nearing to the end of this book it faded out, and became a bit boring. The Hitchhikers Guide to The Galaxy seems to be [...]

Gisteren op Schiphol hield ik de traditie in ere, ik kocht een boek voor de terugreis. Het werd The Da Vinci Code van Dan Brown (in het engels). “Eindelijk” hoor ik u denken. Ja als een boek zoveel bergen positieve recensies krijgt dan vind ik het verdacht worden, en dan kon het boek (dacht ik) [...]