What books will you be reading when you go to Plakias this year?

[George]

Anyone read 'McCarthy's Bar' by Pete McCarthy?

It's been recommended to me, sounds like an ideal read.

george g...

[Tony and Sandra Smith]

I will stick to my usual Chris Ryan and Andy McNab books then exchange them at Ali and Daves !

                              Barny.

Just read (and I had bought it ready to take away in the summer but dipped in and then finished it!) "Sniper One" about an army unit based in Iraq (covering the episode where Pvt  Beharry gained his VC). I would strongly recommend it as a great read and on a sombre political note why we should support our troops in Iraq irrespective of whether we feel the war was justified or not.

Tony

[Rodger]

This year I was reading The Broken Kings by Robert Holdstock, a somewhat bizarre fantasy novel that contrives to take the wizard Merlin back to ancient Crete where he encounters Daedalos (sp?).  Also, whenever I'm in Greece I like to read some Homer, this year it was the Odyssey in Robert Fagles' translation (Penguin Classics).

[Tony and Sandra Smith]

Goody! We both now have Kindles and so our suitcases when we visit Plakias in September will have loads of potential space as we wont be taking the usual library of books (usually about 10 paperbacks). The down side is that space will probably be filled with more shoes for Sandra.  

[travellingran]

Goody! We both now have Kindles and so our suitcases when we visit Plakias in September will have loads of potential space as we wont be taking the usual library of books (usually about 10 paperbacks). The down side is that space will probably be filled with more shoes for Sandra.  

Hello,

Just sorting out my final book list.  On my Kindle I have :- Jerusalem: The Biography by Simon Sebag Mentefiore.  Life by Keith Richards . Smut by Alan Bennett.
A few paperbacks namely Gore Vidal , Palimpsest , a memoir.
Victor Pritchett, Collected stories.
Lord Denning , The Discipline of Law.  Some chiklit .  In addition of course is the excellent Plakias library. Will be there for a month this time so plenty of time for a good read.

Hope Jann enjoyed her trip this time and Kerstin and Peter likewise. Staying  again at Rowena and Carl's great apartment at Panorama.
Heather.

[Tony and Sandra Smith]

Goody! We both now have Kindles and so our suitcases when we visit Plakias in September will have loads of potential space as we wont be taking the usual library of books (usually about 10 paperbacks). The down side is that space will probably be filled with more shoes for Sandra.  

Hello,

Just sorting out my final book list.  On my Kindle I have :- Jerusalem: The Biography by Simon Sebag Mentefiore.  Life by Keith Richards . Smut by Alan Bennett.
A few paperbacks namely Gore Vidal , Palimpsest , a memoir.
Victor Pritchett, Collected stories.
Lord Denning , The Discipline of Law.  Some chiklit .  In addition of course is the excellent Plakias library. Will be there for a month this time so plenty of time for a good read.

Hope Jann enjoyed her trip this time and Kerstin and Peter likewise. Staying  again at Rowena and Carl's great apartment at Panorama.
Heather.

Lord Denning "The Discipline of Law". That sounds a bit heavy going!

[JBMouse]

Time to read a book? Not for us this year! Due to the extremely high prices being charged by Olympic for this year, our normal 2 week holiday to Kostas has been cut to 1 week, but we will attempt to fit 2 weeks worth of eating, drinking and sun bathing into 1 week, so time to relax with a good book is definately out of the question! We may need another holiday to recover from rushing around to all the tavernas and bars in Plakias, Myrthios and Lefkogeia.
See you all in June (don't blink or you'll miss us)

[travellingran]

Goody! We both now have Kindles and so our suitcases when we visit Plakias in September will have loads of potential space as we wont be taking the usual library of books (usually about 10 paperbacks). The down side is that space will probably be filled with more shoes for Sandra.  

Hello,

Just sorting out my final book list.  On my Kindle I have :- Jerusalem: The Biography by Simon Sebag Mentefiore.  Life by Keith Richards . Smut by Alan Bennett.
A few paperbacks namely Gore Vidal , Palimpsest , a memoir.
Victor Pritchett, Collected stories.
Lord Denning , The Discipline of Law.  Some chiklit .  In addition of course is the excellent Plakias library. Will be there for a month this time so plenty of time for a good read.

Hope Jann enjoyed her trip this time and Kerstin and Peter likewise. Staying  again at Rowena and Carl's great apartment at Panorama.
Heather.

Lord Denning "The Discipline of Law". That sounds a bit heavy going!

Tony,

It is rather . Should keep me quiet and well out of mischief though !!

Heather.

[C and P]

Sadly we won't be in Plakias  this summer, having switched loyalty to holidays in our campervan, but the must-read that I enjoyed last year was Christopher Somerville's excellent 'The Golden Step', which recounts his walk east to west across Crete.

[harribobs]

Just read "Sniper One" about an army unit based in Iraq (covering the episode where Pvt  Beharry gained his VC). I would strongly recommend it as a great read and on a sombre political note why we should support our troops in Iraq irrespective of whether we feel the war was justified or not.

Tony

superb book  heartily recommend it

the must-read that I enjoyed last year was Christopher Somerville's excellent 'The Golden Step', which recounts his walk east to west across Crete.

i have been looking for this book

[travellingran]

If all else fails then try Abe Books. Usually find they have the most obscure or out of print tomes.

Heather.

[Barny]

I will be trying out my 'kindle' on the beach. (ooh err)

               Barny.

[bwian]

Two Anne Zouroudis, a biography of Dickens, Terry Pratchett's Dodger, Murder on the Orient Express & From Russia With Love.

 

[Tony and Sandra Smith]

The Kindle has revolutionized my holiday reading. I no longer agonize over filling half the suitcase with books. My only disappointment was the initial unreliability of the machine having had to return a total of four of them to Amazon before I've got one that seems to be fully functional and stable

[Barny]

Have you used yours in the bright sunlight yet? (whatever that is) and would it be too hot on the beach to use it?

           Barny.