Jacqui-S
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- Fife, Scotland
Not really fitting the brief for this part of the forum, but thought I would like to rekindle a bit of a dialogue on what we are reading for pleasure.
I love to get other people's opinions and recommendations, I find it really widens my reading repertoire.
I have just finished a classic for our local book group I am Legend by Richard Matheson
Possibly more widely known from the film with Will Smith - He is the last living man on earth after a "plague" and follows his life and his battles against the vampires. Really astonished this was written in 1954 and set in the future (1970's). First book for a while that really grabbed me, I thought it really well written, and really got engaged with it. Certainly more so than the film version which I saw ages ago.
I would recommend it for anyone who hasn't read it before. Relatively short and (for me) a quick read.
Before this I read Ken Follet's Pillars Of The Earth. I felt it was a bit of a tome, but really enjoyed the historical aspects, learning about monkish lifestyles (the good and the bad), the civil war and changing allegiances, and found some of the architectural stuff really interesting too. I know now it's Part 1 of 3, I didn't at the start. Might need a bit of a break before tackling the other two. I would still put it on a recommended list, but not for a light holiday read.
I love to get other people's opinions and recommendations, I find it really widens my reading repertoire.
I have just finished a classic for our local book group I am Legend by Richard Matheson
Possibly more widely known from the film with Will Smith - He is the last living man on earth after a "plague" and follows his life and his battles against the vampires. Really astonished this was written in 1954 and set in the future (1970's). First book for a while that really grabbed me, I thought it really well written, and really got engaged with it. Certainly more so than the film version which I saw ages ago.
I would recommend it for anyone who hasn't read it before. Relatively short and (for me) a quick read.
Before this I read Ken Follet's Pillars Of The Earth. I felt it was a bit of a tome, but really enjoyed the historical aspects, learning about monkish lifestyles (the good and the bad), the civil war and changing allegiances, and found some of the architectural stuff really interesting too. I know now it's Part 1 of 3, I didn't at the start. Might need a bit of a break before tackling the other two. I would still put it on a recommended list, but not for a light holiday read.
- until I realised you of course meant "My Labrador Friends"
