Didsbury book group

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This is my second time through this compilation of humorous short stories and it’s actually just as good as I remember it being.
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Ok, number two of two. I’ll try and get the next book up pretty smartest.

I’ve always wanted to read Ernest Hemingway’s books. I have a copy of ‘For whom the bell tolls’ glaring at me from my bookshelf. Must get round to reading that. Still, although this is a short book, it’s considered one of his best so a good start.
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All right, I’ve been very lax this month. I really should have had these reviews up much sooner. In my defence, I’m really very lazy.

The first of two books this month, Erich Maria Remarque’s ‘All quiet on the western front is generally held as one of the greatest war novels of all time. Not having read any other war novels, I can’t really comment on that, but I can tell you that this is a very good book.
The story centres on a group of German soldier in World War I and on one named Paul Bäumer in particular. It covers their training and convalescence as well as fighting in the trenches and details with a very neutral tone what they were put through during the course of the story. (continue reading…)