Hey there, been a long time since I posted but I've got something to share.
Recent book - Riddle of the Sands by Erskine Childers, this was one on loan from the library. Plugged as being a forerunner of the modern spy novel. I got about halfway through it and had to put it down out of sheer boredom. Unless you have been sailing I'd say you might find this book particularly confusing and somewhat boring. I got them impression I left right before it was going to get "exciting" but I wasn't holding out great hope.
In the interim I was reading the adventures of Sinbad the Sailor, which I forgot was one of the 1001 Stories of the Arabian nights. Actually I'd say its 7 of the nights. Very short little book which I read on the plane to Berlin. A little bit repetitive but I could see how a 10year old would have enjoy this.
So I've switched to a recent €2 purchase of For Whom the Bell Tolls by Hemmingway which, so for, is great.
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