http://blog.prospectblogs.com/2008/07/30/summer-books-to-love-and-hate/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:20:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 http://blog.prospectblogs.com/2008/07/30/summer-books-to-love-and-hate/#comment-5112 the prophet Fri, 15 Aug 2008 20:36:18 +0000 http://blog.prospectblogs.com/?p=765#comment-5112 Right now i'm reading Down and Out in Paris and London. A classic, I love it. Right now i’m reading Down and Out in Paris and London. A classic, I love it.

]]> http://blog.prospectblogs.com/2008/07/30/summer-books-to-love-and-hate/#comment-5110 lesley Fri, 15 Aug 2008 20:14:08 +0000 http://blog.prospectblogs.com/?p=765#comment-5110 This is very lazy as people are just issuing "wish lists" but not setting priorities. I'd love to read lots of this lot and might have done in younger childless days. However what I want is one, or maximum two, absolute must-read, gripping yet not too taxing book (s) that when completed will have felt rewarding, that yield at least one dinner party discussion (among not too showy off friends) and can be managed by an exhausted single mother of an eighteen month old on holiday with childless friends who will only get to read if at all if the baby manages a nap at noon! - I'll look out for replies This is very lazy as people are just issuing “wish lists” but not setting priorities. I’d love to read lots of this lot and might have done in younger childless days. However what I want is one, or maximum two, absolute must-read, gripping yet not too taxing book (s) that when completed will have felt rewarding, that yield at least one dinner party discussion (among not too showy off friends) and can be managed by an exhausted single mother of an eighteen month old on holiday with childless friends who will only get to read if at all if the baby manages a nap at noon! - I’ll look out for replies

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