David Robert Jones, Musician, Song writer, Reader.
January is a tough month for David Bowie fans, being both his birthday, 8th January 1947 and the anniversary of his death, 10th January 2016.
I’ve been a fan of Bowie for as long as I can remember, music is my 2nd obsession, after books obviously, so I was delighted when a list of David Bowie’s Top 100 books was published back in 2013. See the full list here.
Then last month I was really excited to read a tweet by his son Duncan Jones saying that he was going to launch a book club in tribute to his late father.
My dad was a beast of a reader. One of his true loves was Peter Ackroyd’s sojourns into the history of Britain & its cities. I’ve been feeling a building sense of duty to go on the same literary marathon in tribute to dad. Time allowing…#Read-ItBig’nsTheBrain
— Duncan Jones (@ManMadeMoon) December 27, 2017
Followed by
Alright gang! Anyone who wants to join along, we are reading Peter Ackroyd’s “Hawksmoor,” as an amuse cerveau before we get into the heavy stuff. You have until Feb 1. ❤️
— Duncan Jones (@ManMadeMoon) December 27, 2017
I’ve always intended to read the whole list, which includes some of my favourite classics, Lolita, Clockwork Orange, In Cold Blood and 1984, but my TBR pile is taking over my whole house!
I may not be reading along with all his choices, but I will be closely following
Duncan Jones on Twitter, @ManMadeMoon, to see which books he picks, and what everyone thinks of them.
A big well done to Duncan Jones for keeping his late Father’s love of reading alive.
Anyone who has read or seen the tragedy would know that the plight of the poor youngsters may have been prevented if a letter had arrived on time. Their deaths were at the hands of a late delivery! Perhaps Royal Mail had neglected to remember that fact when they chose this play over LITERALLY ANY OTHER.
Twitter became awash with snarky comments from ‘um actually’ types who couldn’t wait to let Royal Mail know their mistake.
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