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Do you have an all time favourite book
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one that you go back to after a while and re-read it.
I have read The Riddle of the Sands, by Erskine Childers several times, the book was published in 1903 and I find it interesting for its historical fact that was eventally leading to the first world war and quite atmospheric. As well as the classics The Anaeid, the Odyssey and the The illiad, which I like to read now and again. I also liked to read the Stephen Donaldson fantasy books The Chronicles of Thomas Covanent trilogies.
I have read The Riddle of the Sands, by Erskine Childers several times, the book was published in 1903 and I find it interesting for its historical fact that was eventally leading to the first world war and quite atmospheric. As well as the classics The Anaeid, the Odyssey and the The illiad, which I like to read now and again. I also liked to read the Stephen Donaldson fantasy books The Chronicles of Thomas Covanent trilogies.
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If you say so jan, I've always given them a miss, but then someone gave me a few of James Pattison's books and I enjoyed them.
Elvis I enjoy autobiographies too, One or two stay in my mind. Tom Jones was never a someone I liked very much, and I liked him even less after I'd read his book, Frank Muir is a good one and Sheila Hancock's book about her life with her husband was a nice autobiography.
Elvis I enjoy autobiographies too, One or two stay in my mind. Tom Jones was never a someone I liked very much, and I liked him even less after I'd read his book, Frank Muir is a good one and Sheila Hancock's book about her life with her husband was a nice autobiography.
goodnight mr tom - i first read that when i was ten years old and it made me love literature from that point. i still occasionally revisit it and it still tugs at my heartstrings each time. the tv version recently was also quite good. other than that, i am a trashy novel ho and read loads of fiction - jeffrey archer, jeff abbott, dan brown, robin cook, john grisham, tess gerritsen (just a few!!!).
i collect all the books i read and when i am poor, bored or no new tomes have come out, i'll re-read something random. i never get full-priced books at waterstones or whsmith, but buy from oxfam, other charity shops ot tesco/asda (2 for £7 things). I love books! i also do the weekend crosswords in the mail, express, times and observer and confess to being addicted to sudoku now, too. it's good to stimulate your mind.
oh - one last thing. i hate reading from a computer and take much more information in when i am touching, feeling and smelling the book in my hands (yes - i confess to being weird about this).......but it's just not the same x
i collect all the books i read and when i am poor, bored or no new tomes have come out, i'll re-read something random. i never get full-priced books at waterstones or whsmith, but buy from oxfam, other charity shops ot tesco/asda (2 for £7 things). I love books! i also do the weekend crosswords in the mail, express, times and observer and confess to being addicted to sudoku now, too. it's good to stimulate your mind.
oh - one last thing. i hate reading from a computer and take much more information in when i am touching, feeling and smelling the book in my hands (yes - i confess to being weird about this).......but it's just not the same x
mamya you have an interesting choice of books there, I would like to read them.
Cpt Kirk David Niven's books were interesting "The Moon's a Balloon" and Bring on the Empty Horses, both made interesting reading about the film stars of the day.
notafish I thought Frank Muirs book was so gentle and nice.......... a different era.
Cpt Kirk David Niven's books were interesting "The Moon's a Balloon" and Bring on the Empty Horses, both made interesting reading about the film stars of the day.
notafish I thought Frank Muirs book was so gentle and nice.......... a different era.
Thankyou, I feel that books are for different moods. Perfume is excellent I read it long before the film, and you do actually start to 'smell' things as the descriptions are so intense.
Gervase Phinn is hilarious and I have seen him speak a few times and always finds my funny bone, just love the way children tell it like it is.
Also a horror fan, Herbert, Koontz, KIng etc
Gervase Phinn is hilarious and I have seen him speak a few times and always finds my funny bone, just love the way children tell it like it is.
Also a horror fan, Herbert, Koontz, KIng etc
SK I just saw your post after I'd said goodnight, You certainly are busy reading etc, I like crosswords too, general knowledge suduko etc, Goodnight Mr Tom was a lovely book. I don't like reading from a computer either, I don't think I could do with those new Ipages or whatever they call them, I like to feel the book and turn the pages.
goodnight x
goodnight x
