[ebooktalk] Re: MY RECENT READS
- From: "Shell" <shell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2013 20:32:29 +0100
Glad you enjoyed it Ian,
I read it on Talking book, so didn't have those problems. There is a sequel
to it, which only came out a couple of years ago, about 10 years after the
first one. I may give it a go, but I'd like to find it on audio I think.
I think the South Riding will also be my next read too.
Shell.
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From: "Ian Macrae" <ian.macrae1@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, July 08, 2013 8:30 PM
To: <ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [ebooktalk] MY RECENT READS
> Last week I finished Sacred Hunger by Barry Unsworth which, due to
> interruptions by tennis didn't go as quickly as it might otherwise have done.
> It was a book I enjoyed very much though I think it lost some momentum once
> the action left the slaving ship. also, reading it using Peter in synth
> speech meant the pigeon was a little difficult to get sometimes once the
> action moved to the settlement. But all in all a very satisfying read. I'm
> now doing the first in a sequence by Anthony riches set on the Roman Wall
> during the occupation of Britain. It is written in very contemporary
> language but this doesn't particularly bother me because it gives a flavour
> of how Roman soldiers might well have spoken to each other. The plot is a
> little over simple and somewhat predictable and the whole thing is an
> irresistible build-up to a big set piece battle, but quite enjoyable for all
> that. Like David, my next read will probably be South Riding, though I am
> also hoping to have a go at one of his June reads too, The Magpies.
>
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