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From: Champ on 21 Jun 2010 08:28 On Mon, 21 Jun 2010 12:59:29 +0100, darsy <darsy(a)sticky.co.uk> wrote: >>Nevil Shute >"On the Beach" is a great novel. Not read that, although I do recall loving "A Town Like Alice" when I read it many years ago. I should propose "On The Beach" to our work Book Club [1] [1] recently started. First book was All Quiet on the Western Front. Current one is Three Men in a Boat. -- Champ We declare that the splendour of the world has been enriched by a new beauty: the beauty of speed. ZX10R | Hayabusa | GPz750turbo neal at champ dot org dot uk
From: darsy on 21 Jun 2010 08:39 On Mon, 21 Jun 2010 13:28:07 +0100, Champ <news(a)champ.org.uk> wrote: >Three Men in a Boat. ugh. -- d.
From: darsy on 21 Jun 2010 08:46 On Mon, 21 Jun 2010 13:04:30 +0100, ogden <ogden(a)pre.org> wrote: >darsy wrote: >> On Mon, 21 Jun 2010 11:03:39 +0100, Colin Irvine >> <look(a)bottom.of.home.page> wrote: >> >> >Nevil Shute >> >> "On the Beach" is a great novel. > >I've got a real soft spot for apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction. >On the Beach is a great example of the former. I love a happy ending. I recently-ish read Liz Jensen's "The Rapture" - recommended (but then, I like everything she's written). -- d.
From: wessie on 21 Jun 2010 09:16 "sweller" <sweller(a)mztech.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in news:xn0gvn46018ev1001 @news.individual.net: > wessie wrote: > >> My lad, now 19, was 7 when the 1st Harry Potter book came out and began >> reading them straight away. By the time he was 12 he was more >> interested in reading about sport but still read HP when a new one came >> out. > > Much the same as my daughter - except it was ballet not sport - not sure > if she bothered with the last few HP books but really liked them at the > 7-11 age. > I reckon my lad has probably read all of them and gone to see the films, using the subterfuge of having a 10 year old half brother. -- wessie at tesco dot net BMW R1150GS
From: steve auvache on 21 Jun 2010 09:24
On 21 Jun 2010 05:28:09 GMT, "sweller" <sweller(a)mztech.fsnet.co.uk> wrote: > hated Enid Blyton Loved it, especially Noddy. Anyone who could put it to the pigs was an OK geezer in our 'hood. |