Sunday, 29 March 2026

20 mins read?

 


Isn't this so true? At the moment I'm reading the latest Patrick Gale book.It has the same character Harry Cane as his book,' A Town Called Winter,' and I'm loving it.


He is such a talented author. We've heard him talk as a guest of an Essex Literacy Festival, when we lived in Billericay.  and he was amazing. 
He takes two years to write a book, researching it and the first draft is hand written. He showed us one of his A4 note books with lines crossed out and the new writings underneath. 
He read a section of his last book, 'A Perfectly Good Man,' and you could have heard a pin drop in the silence when he finished, before the loud clapping of hands started. 
We thoroughly enjoyed the talk and then as I was the person, who ran the book group, with a couple other members we served the drinks and snacks.
It was a super evening. If he is ever talking near you, do go, its very worth it.
And I am thoroughly enjoying his latest book,' Love Lane,' If you haven't read any of his books, I recommend them.

Chrisxx

9 comments:

Live and Learn said...

I checked 3 library systems around me and none of them carry his books, unfortunately.

jabblog said...

Good recommendations - thank you.

Sooze said...

I plan on reading for an hour in bed every night....sometimes (if it's a good book) it's longer than that, other times I wake up when the book falls out of my hand onto the floor after just a few minutes!

Lowcarb team member said...

Many thanks for the recommendations.

All the best Jan

Lorrie said...

Twenty minutes can so often turn into hours. I find it almost impossible to turn out the light, so I read downstairs until it's time to go to bed, without my book!

Miss Merry said...

I concur with those best four hours!

doodles n daydreams said...

Thanks for the book recommendations, I like a good read to finish the day before turning off the light.

aussiebel said...

A very sweet picture.

HappyK said...

Thanks for the recommendation. I will look for his books. Every book you have recommended and I've read I've really liked!!! :)