HiddenPaw

Anyone got any recommendations for good holiday reads?

I like travel writing, factual stuff, historical travel tales. I haven't read a work of fiction for years. My favourite reads in recent times have been 'The Dig Tree', 'The Singing Line' and 'Into the Blue'. I've just bought 'Rabbit Proof Fence' to take with me and I'm halfway thru 'Whitefella Jump Up'. Yes, there's a distinct Aussie theme going on there but I will read about anywhere on the planet! Good reading essential in order to manage without BE for 2 weeks.

banjo

that's a hard one given your preferences..... they aren't factual, but have you tried the Alexander McCall Smith Number 1 Ladies Detective Agency series? They give a delightful insight into life in Botswana. Well worth trying

acer rose

'Watching the English' by Kate Fox. Not strictly travel related but a fascinating read if you are interested in what makes a people tick.

eurotramp

I just finished "Pillars of the earth" from Ken Follett....really great book.
Almost 1000 small printed pages..that would keep you busy

Pants

Who said you could go on holiday HP???

Hows little T and N doing? and of course hubby......sorry no suggestions on books unless it's Tweenies or Cinderella influenced...!!!

Johnsyweb

Two books that I read while we were travelling that I would heartily recommend are "Yes Man" by Danny Wallace and "Jack & Harry -- No turning back" by Tony McKenna.

HiddenPaw

Ah, the joys of permanent employment! 25 days forced upon us, what are we supposed to do!!

T&N are fine! Really, the Cinderella and Tweeenies recommendations would be most welcome - I'm sick of the bloody Gruffalo and Room on the Broom!!! I can recite them off by heart now (and so can T so there's no skipping pages at bedtime! )

How's the bump? xx

ladyofthelake

Bill Bryson's 'A Short History of Nearly Everything' looks like an interesting read. I've made a mental note to get it hopefully sometime soon.

Pants

lol....I have the opposite, trying to convince contractor hubby to have some holiday time of with us..sod the money we need to have some time together apart from weekends.!!

Glad the girls are ok...give them a hug from me and M.

Bump is doing very well..lots of kicking and rumba dancing mainly in evening and when I am trying to get to sleep...har har.....as if..!!

On a slightly serious note I have just finished reading this book....

Confessions of a Bad Mother: In the Aisle by the Chill Cabinet No-one Can Hear You Scream by Stephanie Calman

Sure to give all mums a chuckle or two....shame they don't give you it to mums on a compulsory basis when they first get preggers....!!

xx

dbark

A good book I couldn't put down recently was "The Time-Traveler's Wife" by Audrey Niffenegger. I then passed it on to my daughter who loved it too!

gruffbrown

I love Bill Bryson but this one is heavy going. It's not as funny as most of his others.
I'd Definitely recommend any of his others for Holiday reading though, he has me chuckling out loud.

ladyofthelake

Really? Hmm, will add another mental to the first... don't read it when looking for a light pick-me-up.

gruffbrown

It's totally out of character for him, it's very clever, but nowhere near as hilarious. It is was it says on the cover.

Pants

Have to agree gruffbrown.....Mr Bryson has me laughing out loud..!!I loved

"Notes from a small Island."....he really got so many English/Scots down to a T !!Has me smiling just thinking about it. I loved "Down Under" too....


He has a new book due out in Sept here called

"The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid "...

HiddenPaw

Thanks for all the replies. I gave up trying to reply yesterday! I will look up all the suggestions on Amazon as sadly I don't get time to browse around bookshops these days (and if I do I normally end up in kid's corner reading the Gruffalo..again!

Johnsyweb, I will defo read up on the 2 you have suggested - your life sounds like mine 4 years ago so we might be on the same wavelength!(dinky, emigrated, 14,000km road trip round Oz, settled in Melbourne).