Re: OT: Children's Book series

On 23 Apr, 19:57, Bob Moore <b...@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
On 23 Apr 2007 05:43:48 -0700, Sofa - Spud <comfyso...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

FWIW I've yet to read DaVinci , If I saw a copy for 20p

Save yourself 20p, I read it and thought it was the worst-written book
I've ever read. But Digital Fortress was even worse, so I was wrong
the first time :-)

Well if I saw it cheap enough I'd get it and keep it in the van as a
reserve book in case I forgot the book I was reading at the time , I
reckon I could slam through it in a few hours. The at least when I'm
sitting reading on holiday and anyone asks if I've read it I can
answer truthfully.

I was asked last year on holiday - I'd taken War & Peace , I said no
and they must have thought me a terrible litarary snob. W&P BTW is a
stunning truly "unputdownable" book , the first 75 pages are slow than
bang it just takes off and never stops. Stunning stuff indeed, a ful
holidays reading in one book for 99p!!

.

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