Options
Recommend 2 books to read before we shuffle off this mortal coil.
The 2 books I would recommend are:-
The Winding Road Unfolds a true story by T S Hope.
Taken from the diary of a volunteer soldier It records the horror of six months of hell on the Western Front as experienced by a 16 year old infantryman in late 1917.
A scarce book but can be read on line at
http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b42216;view=1up;seq=10
My other book is The Stirk of Stirk by Peter Tinniswood another scarce book.
It tells the adventure of The Stirk of Stirk who together with his two companions, the giant and the dwarf, he tracks down Robin Hood and the perils the three men face.
The Winding Road Unfolds a true story by T S Hope.
Taken from the diary of a volunteer soldier It records the horror of six months of hell on the Western Front as experienced by a 16 year old infantryman in late 1917.
A scarce book but can be read on line at
http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b42216;view=1up;seq=10
My other book is The Stirk of Stirk by Peter Tinniswood another scarce book.
It tells the adventure of The Stirk of Stirk who together with his two companions, the giant and the dwarf, he tracks down Robin Hood and the perils the three men face.
0
Comments
Billy Liar - Keith Waterhouse
Great Expectations
Ultimate Joke Book Volume 3
The life and death of H Rochester Sneath - Humphrey Berkley.
The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Nighttime by Mark Haddon
Any edition of the complete Sherlock Holmes stories
Non-fiction:
Moondust: In Search Of The Men Who Fell To Earth by Andrew Smith
The Innocent Man by John Grisham (IIRC it's the only non-fiction he's written).
I need to give this another go. Twice I have tried and just couldn't get into it.
Completely different, there's a wonderful book, "Le Grand Meaulnes" written about 100 years ago by a French writer called Alain Fournier. It is a rite of passage novel, a romance and a mystery all in one, and beautifully written. I've only read the Penguin translation (my French is barely menu standard, let alone novels) but it is a lovely read.
ok maybe not.
The Color Purple
For number 2 could be anything, although off the top of my head a toss-up between the Lord of the Rings trilogy, to stuff like a Handmaids Tale, or Perfume the Story of a Murderer, or an Instance of the Fingerpost.
There are so many worthy of commendation that it is all down to personal choice, although the above would be among many faves for choice 2.
Brave New World
Awful book for me. Couldn't get on with at all. Similarly failed with the 100year old man who claimed out of a window and disappeared.
Mine:
To kill a mockingbird - teaches us so much without the reader realising it.
Lord of the flies - a book that makes you look at yourself and wonder.
Yes!
Also, Last Exit To Brooklyn - Hubert Selby, Jr.
One of the saddest but most thought provoking books I've ever read.
Henry James Portrait Of A Lady.
To the Ends of the Earth and The Feather Men.
God yes, that is an awesome book. Not overly cheery though.
On The Road
The Tibetan Book of the Dead
I haven't read that, but my mum has and she quite liked it. It could be Haddon's writing style you dislike.
The Mahabharata
Tao Te Ching
To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee