Category: Rooties Recent Reading

  • I was Amelia Earhart (Jane Mendelsohn)

    I can read a lot, find little bits of interest in a story and have inspiration to carry on. This story, although cleverly written just isn’t one I’d want to re-read. This short (150 or so pages) novel is a ficticious idea of how Amelia Earharts final flight may have ended. Ficticious is the key…

  • Tuesday's War (David Fiddimore)

    I want to email this author and tell him he’s a bastard. With my well known interest in all things aviation you could expect me to enjoy a book based around the times of a Lancaster bomber crew serving in World War 2. However, I would have loved this book if it had been set…

  • Jonathon Livingston Seagull (Richard Bach)

    Some 15 years ago I read a book which I thoroughly enjoyed. Last month I saw it for sale in a book shop (still in print!) and I had to buy it for some friends for Christmas. I also had to read it again before I gave it to them and surprised myself just how…