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A fine list :)Quote:
Originally Posted by ZootHornRollo
I'll check them out.
When I get home later today I'm going to stand in front of my bookcase (rub my chin a bit) and draw up a more detalied list.
Maybe we could start a FRA bookclub? :cool:
Tim
A rogue male by Geoffery Woodhouse I think. There has been two film adaptations of this.
Anything by George Orwell (coming up for air, is my fave)
Picture of Dorian grey
Sherlock Holmes
Shadow over Babylon
Reading Road to Wigan Pier at the moment
Aye, and don't forget 'The Thirty Nine Steps' John Buchan's most famous, with a bit of fell running in it too.Quote:
A rogue male by Geoffery Woodhouse I think. There has been two film adaptations of this.
Never had a bad word said about "The Long Walk Slavomir Rawicz"
Anything by Andy McNab or Lance Armstrong.
I have just finished reading The Woman in White - absolutely loved it :)
Now reading 1984 by George Orwell.. I think it's something I should read, and it's a good book... but not 100% sure I am actually enjoying it.
I'm currently reading A history of modern Britain by Andrew Marr. It's very interesting, but I'm only up to Eden - 1984 will presumably be later in the book. :pQuote:
Originally Posted by OneHillWonder
But seriously, I hadn't realised previously that bread wasn't rationed during WWII, but bread rationing was introduced after the war? It puts this talk of national austerity into perspective.
P.S. Catch 22 - great. If you haven't read it, you should.
I should probably read 1984, after the previous posts on this.
I'm not sure you're really meant to enjoy 1984, it's more of a 'call to arms' not to let it happenQuote:
Originally Posted by OneHillWonder
But, the Ministry of Truth's output could be viewed as 'Spin-Doctoring', & the rest follows............
Co-incidentally, the book I am 're-visiting' at the moment mentions Wigan Pier, & Eric Arthur Blair.Quote:
Originally Posted by N-dubya
It's a cracking read too (he's almost as good a writer as he is a DJ)
'Pies & Prejudice' by Stuart Maconie
Liked it but thought he played it pretty safe. It's almost like he was thinking 'is this going to offend anyone?' with every observation and opinion.Quote:
Originally Posted by RichardAThackeray
Nice chap though.
I liked Atonement but i've read some of the reviews of Solar and got a general synopsis of the book and it seems an interesting point of view. I think iwiil be definitely reading this. I relly liked Animal Farm, Down and out in Paris and London another Orwell title (biographical) Ipersonally think you should read before Wigan pierQuote:
Originally Posted by William Clough