I’m back from a lovely holiday in Northern France. We stayed in a gîte near St Malo in Brittany and enjoyed investigating the old towns and villages in the area. We did some rock pooling, visited a goat farm, experienced the ‘velo bike’ and braved the crowds at Mont Saint Michel.
I didn’t do much reading, but I managed to finish these books:
- HHhH by Laurent Binet (outstanding)
- Lacrimosa by Regis Jauffret (depressing)
- Half-Sick Of Shadows by David Logan (stangley captivating)
- The Book of Answers by C Y Gopinath (bizarre)
Full reviews will follow shortly.
I hope you had a wonderful half term!
16 replies on “I’m Back!”
Vivian Swift talked about this place in “Le Road Trip”. You absolutely MUST read this book. You will fall in love.
Sandy, That is a strong endorsement! I’ll keep an eye out for it.
Sounds like you had a great time.
As a teacher, I had a relaxing half term, but have now got the back to school blues….
Sam, Glad you had a good half term. Hope the children are good for you 🙂
Sounds like you had a great holiday! 🙂
I did 🙂
Welcome back, looking forward to your ‘Book of Answers’ review…!
mark,
“looking forward to your ‘Book of Answers’ review…!”
Um, yes. That isn’t going to be an easy one to write 🙂
I saw Laurent Binet talking about HHhH at the Hay Festival last week – charming, amusing, engaging and very French! I have added this to my wish list as a direct result so I look forward to your review.
Alison, I’m jealous. I’d love to hear Binet talk. He is very passionate in his views and although I may not agree with them all he must be fascinating to listen to. Hope you enjoy HHhH as much as I did.
Welcome home!! That is pretty good reading for a vacation!
Jenners, It looks a lot when I list it like that, but I’d actually nearly finished HHhH and Shadows before I left and I read most of Answers on my way home (ferry delayed by 4 hours!)
Happy to hear you are back and had a nice time.
🙂
Sounds like a lovely break Jackie. Did you take your pup? I thought HHhH was excellent too.
Lindsay, No – we left Ayla behind with her doggie friends. I’d be tempted to take her next time though. Glad you enjoyed HHhH too!