tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-567341920155817669.post665898952582463339..comments2023-12-09T10:50:14.388+00:00Comments on Life, yoga and other adventures: World Book Night 2013Julia Thorleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00485301135194085398noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-567341920155817669.post-85836605868826724722012-08-13T14:26:31.930+00:002012-08-13T14:26:31.930+00:00It has to be fiction, or at least narrative non-fi...It has to be fiction, or at least narrative non-fiction,and published in Britain in paperback. One of last year's books was by Bill Bryson - non-fiction and a non-Brit. I don't suppose I shall be selected, but at the very least I have provoked some debate around the family dinner table.Julia Thorleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00485301135194085398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-567341920155817669.post-32964625970660603532012-08-13T13:06:06.915+00:002012-08-13T13:06:06.915+00:00PLease oh please avoid Hardy. No-one should be sa...PLease oh please avoid Hardy. No-one should be saddled with that. I did Far from... at O level (the least bad) and have tried sooooo hard to read others. Then came Jude the Obscure. I very nearly opened a vein.<br /><br />Pratchett is surprisingly Marmite (I love both) so maybe not. Does the author have to be British? Is it fiction only (Hence the Haynes... some of the greatest works of Grahamnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-567341920155817669.post-91993861470467966032012-08-13T07:34:29.079+00:002012-08-13T07:34:29.079+00:00Ah, boys and their toys. Thanks for stopping by, T...Ah, boys and their toys. Thanks for stopping by, Tim. :)Julia Thorleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00485301135194085398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-567341920155817669.post-7762663341690355082012-08-12T19:39:42.049+00:002012-08-12T19:39:42.049+00:00Just thinking out of the box, one of my most finge...Just thinking out of the box, one of my most fingered books was the Haynes manual for the VW Jetta.Tim Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17485853260506414304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-567341920155817669.post-6787956537264026882012-08-12T16:03:38.608+00:002012-08-12T16:03:38.608+00:00Thanks, Sally. Good advice.Thanks, Sally. Good advice.Julia Thorleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00485301135194085398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-567341920155817669.post-38920680924675474252012-08-12T16:03:10.606+00:002012-08-12T16:03:10.606+00:00Thanks, VikLit. Welcome aboard!Thanks, VikLit. Welcome aboard!Julia Thorleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00485301135194085398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-567341920155817669.post-37199516674477752712012-08-11T19:54:51.799+00:002012-08-11T19:54:51.799+00:00World Book Night is all about getting non-readers ...World Book Night is all about getting non-readers to read. So I think you should go mainstream and 'easy'. The classics or anything too literary will put people off.<br />Good Luck!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-567341920155817669.post-12161997052676552462012-08-11T15:19:12.804+00:002012-08-11T15:19:12.804+00:00Sounds like a lovely reason to trawl through the s...Sounds like a lovely reason to trawl through the shelves. <br /><br />Came over because you coined team WB on blogaboutwriting and that was AWESOME!VikLithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12675200811539358961noreply@blogger.com