The Last Fighting Tommy - The life of Harry Patch, last veteran of the trenches 1898 - 2009 by Harry Patch and Richard Van Emden
What are you reading at the moment? (Part 4)
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Best Kept Secret - Jeffrey Archer - book 3 of the Clifton Chronicles - I love getting stuck in to these family sagas and I'm really enjoying this series.
The Forgotten Legion by Ben Kane
Have gotten really into Roman stuff lately, Douglas Jackson and Anthony Riches. Hopefully this will be just as good!
Have gotten really into Roman stuff lately, Douglas Jackson and Anthony Riches. Hopefully this will be just as good!
Royal Escape - Georgette Heyer
Splendid account of King Charles ll fleeing from the Battle of Worcester, and seeking safe houses in order to reach the Channel to sail to safety in France.
Wonderful characters litter the story, Charles sparkling wit, is a joy to read, and as this book was published in 1938, held up remarkably well.
Must read more of Heyer in the future.
Splendid account of King Charles ll fleeing from the Battle of Worcester, and seeking safe houses in order to reach the Channel to sail to safety in France.
Wonderful characters litter the story, Charles sparkling wit, is a joy to read, and as this book was published in 1938, held up remarkably well.
Must read more of Heyer in the future.
Harriet Said by Beryl Bainbridge.
I'm also going through an early volume of Harold Pinter plays I picked up online.
I'm also going through an early volume of Harold Pinter plays I picked up online.
The Rest is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century. Alex Ross
Quote:
“The landscape of twentieth-century classical music is a wild one: this was a period in which music fragmented into apparently divergent strands, each influenced by its own composers, performers and musical innovations. In this comprehensive tour, Alex Ross, music critic for the ‘New Yorker’, explores the people and places that shaped musical development: Adams to Zweig, Brahms to Björk, pre-First World War Vienna to ‘Nixon in China’.
Above all, this unique portrait of an exceptional era weaves together art, politics and cultural history to show how twentieth-century classical music was both a symptom and a source of immense social change”
“The landscape of twentieth-century classical music is a wild one: this was a period in which music fragmented into apparently divergent strands, each influenced by its own composers, performers and musical innovations. In this comprehensive tour, Alex Ross, music critic for the ‘New Yorker’, explores the people and places that shaped musical development: Adams to Zweig, Brahms to Björk, pre-First World War Vienna to ‘Nixon in China’.
Above all, this unique portrait of an exceptional era weaves together art, politics and cultural history to show how twentieth-century classical music was both a symptom and a source of immense social change”
Originally Posted by Smithy1204:
“Just started 'Daughter' - Jane Shemilt”
“Just started 'Daughter' - Jane Shemilt”
Ha! I've just finished From the Cradle
Been sneakily reading it at work all day on my kindle 
I have to say I really enjoyed it and all the twists in itNot sure whether to go back to Girl on the Train now, start Stolen Child or else look for something new
Normal - Graeme Cameron. Told from the first person point of view of a serial killer. Bit disappointed, finding is curiously uninvolving and flat, but the majority on Amazon loved it, so it may just be me.
I've been re-reading Diana Gabaldon books as I've been watching Outlander. So far I've read Outlander, Dragonfly in Amber, Voyager and Drums of Autumn. Having a break from those now though.
About to start The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins.
About to start The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins.
Originally Posted by stud u like:
“"The Humans" by Matt Haig.
"The Year 1000" by Robert Lacey and Danny Danziger.”
“"The Humans" by Matt Haig.
"The Year 1000" by Robert Lacey and Danny Danziger.”
The Humans is a great book, I think it is being made into a film.
Currently reading Mr Penumbra's 24 hour bookstore
Originally Posted by Beautiful_Harv:
“CL Taylor - The Accident”
“CL Taylor - The Accident”
might be silly considering the title
but is this good so far? what really is it about?
Breaking the Silence - Diane Chamberlain.
Slow build up, but unusual and intriguing story. Well written, but a bit too slow in parts for my taste. That said, the subject matter really interested me.
Slow build up, but unusual and intriguing story. Well written, but a bit too slow in parts for my taste. That said, the subject matter really interested me.
Originally Posted by clm2071:
“The Moon's a Balloon by David Niven”
“The Moon's a Balloon by David Niven”
"" One of the very best books ever. Read it a few years back along with Niven's 'Bring On The Empty Horses' ..............
I am going to read both of them again before long.
Originally Posted by tv_lover_06:
“might be silly considering the title but is this good so far? what really is it about? ”
“might be silly considering the title
but is this good so far? what really is it about? ”
I'm quite enjoying it, a woman's daughter is in a coma and the mother is convinced the cause wasn't an accident. There is flashback/ diary entries which are really good
Just finished book 3 of the Clifton Chronicles series by Jeffrey Archer and I'm going to read a few other books before I move onto book 4 so I've started The Ice Twins by SK Tremayne.
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