No footy apart from the Euros and Olympics to worry about so we might hit the bookstore. Try : Rough Ride, Paul Kimmedge, Left foot forward, Gary Nelson. French Revolutions, Tim Moore (or any of his books except the monopoly one) 1000 years of annoying the French, Stephen Clarke. Why men don't have a clue and women always need more shoes - Allan and Barbara Pease (Mrs 2RJ told me to read this one..!!) Older readers might like Mike at Wrykin - P.G.Wodehouse Billy Bunter and the man from South America - Frank Richards. Add your recommendations to this....................... Other likely titles are on.. http://www.britishsportsbookawards.co.uk/
Done the game of thrones series 7 books so far, the hunger games 3 books and Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance which is a philosphy book I think gets a bit heavy at times with references to Kant and the like .
NO ... but it was on a par with the white cliffs by eileen dover.. STOP IT Yorkshire this is a sensible thread
I've started that but decided to leave it for the plane. I'm enjoying it and want to read it in one go.
Did Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance years ago - amazed everyone who knows what I think about mending things Reading 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami - I've read just about everything he has written
Some interesting books here to check up on Desert Island choices for me I might consider include: Phantastes and Lilith - two books by George McDonald who inspired CS Lewis and Tolkien Dancers at the End of time - series by Micheal Moorcock One or two of the Joanne Harris series - that slightly mystical French connection An all time favourite is Earth Abides by George Stewart... a sort of post apolyctic (spelling, Yorkshire, lose a mark) novel
Just bought it- sounds interesting. Love my Kindle and love historical fiction. Just finished Harry Sidebottom's latest, 'The Caspian Gates'. Good Roman historical stuff by an academic who can write entertaingly. Now onto Black Diamond, the latest Bruno Correge by Martin Walker. French rural policeman. Set in Perigord. Easy reading and fuelling my desire to get back to France for a holiday.
For lovers of crime fiction in its many guises....Ellie Griffiths, Martin Edwards, Phillip Kerr...all authors I've discovered and enjoyed recently (set respectively in Norfolk, the Lake District and pre- and post-war Germany)
'FLY FISHING' By J. R. HARTLEY. 'OH DEAR, THEY'VE GOT IT !' Personally you can beat anything by Irvine Welsh, his books are non-put-downable-until-finished. The book from the film Slum dog millionaire is also great.
