Payback by Margaret Atwood (2008)
Read: October 2009
Interesting premise - especially in the current climate. Not just exploring finance, but non-monetory forms of "oweing".
Scroodge analogy works and is interesting at first, but an extended metaphore bores the point home.
Monday, 12 October 2009
Sunday, 11 October 2009
By Any Means by Charley Boorman
By Any Means by Charley Boorman
Read: September-October 2009
We'd enjoyed this series on TV, as well as Charley's previous Race to Dakar and Long Way Round/Down, so thought we'd get the book over the summer for a good summer read.
It was a good summer read and covered the story in a little more detail than the TV programmes did. Fortunatly the book didn't make as big a deal about the "different forms of transport" used which seemed quite dubious at times in the show. The book focused more on the different countries and cultural expereinces Charley had but again had Russ and Mungo featured which we both enjoyed - adding a bit more than just Charley-fest to the show/book.
We've now started watching By Any Means 2 where Charley travels North through Australia and then around the Pacific Rim to Japan (I think that's where he will end up). This does rememdy the "we're going to count every single vehical we get in, no matter how similar it was to the last one" problem, and grounds the show more in the area of using culturally/geographically interesting/unique forms of transport, which I am pleased about. On the other hand though it seems Russ is producing from a distance, and the camera focuses solely on Charley. One of the aspects that I liked about this book and the original series was the interaction between Charley and the others, so we'll just have to see how this pans out.
OK gone on enough about the next series, back to the original By Any Means - good book again by Charley, in the same vein as before so if you liked the others this one will be a good read.
Read: September-October 2009
We'd enjoyed this series on TV, as well as Charley's previous Race to Dakar and Long Way Round/Down, so thought we'd get the book over the summer for a good summer read.
It was a good summer read and covered the story in a little more detail than the TV programmes did. Fortunatly the book didn't make as big a deal about the "different forms of transport" used which seemed quite dubious at times in the show. The book focused more on the different countries and cultural expereinces Charley had but again had Russ and Mungo featured which we both enjoyed - adding a bit more than just Charley-fest to the show/book.
We've now started watching By Any Means 2 where Charley travels North through Australia and then around the Pacific Rim to Japan (I think that's where he will end up). This does rememdy the "we're going to count every single vehical we get in, no matter how similar it was to the last one" problem, and grounds the show more in the area of using culturally/geographically interesting/unique forms of transport, which I am pleased about. On the other hand though it seems Russ is producing from a distance, and the camera focuses solely on Charley. One of the aspects that I liked about this book and the original series was the interaction between Charley and the others, so we'll just have to see how this pans out.
OK gone on enough about the next series, back to the original By Any Means - good book again by Charley, in the same vein as before so if you liked the others this one will be a good read.
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