Book review.....

Doesnotcompute said:

Just finished reading Lance Armstrong - It's not about the bike. A really good read, started
Saturday finished today.

If you haven't read it because you're not into road racing, or you think you know the story or
worry it's all about the TdF, then I heartily recommend it, because it's not.

I like the style it's written in, and ocassionally found myself chuckle out loud - a rarity in
books these days.

Then follow that up with "The escape artist" by Matt Seaton Which leads onto 'Before I say goodbye"
By Ruth Picardie

Marc said:

Doesnotcompute said:

Just finished reading Lance Armstrong - It's not about the bike. A really good read, started
Saturday finished today.

If you haven't read it because you're not into road racing, or you think you know the story or
worry it's all about the TdF, then I heartily recommend it, because it's not.

I like the style it's written in, and ocassionally found myself chuckle out loud - a rarity in
books these days.

Then follow that up with "The escape artist" by Matt Seaton

Will check it out...

Quoted message said:

Which leads onto 'Before I say goodbye" By Ruth Picardie

funnily enough, this is on route via amazon marketplace. brand new first edition, four quid
inc delivery.

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Dnc

Quoted message said:

Just finished reading Lance Armstrong - It's not about the bike. A really good read, started
Saturday finished today.

If you haven't read it because you're not into road racing, or you think you know the story or
worry it's all about the TdF, then I heartily recommend it, because it's not.

I like the style it's written in, and ocassionally found myself chuckle out loud - a rarity in
books these days.

Funny that. I've recently finished that book too - maybe just over a week ago. It was an excellent
book and very inspiring for cycling and for life. It was one of only a handful of books that didn't
need "breaking in". I often need time to "get into" a book but not this time.

Am now reading "French Revolutions - cycling the Tour de France" (Tim Moore), but finding it a bit
slower going.

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...meandering mule...

Quoted message said:

If you haven't read it because you're not into road racing, or you think you know the story or
worry it's all about the TdF, then I heartily recommend it, because it's not.

I read it when it came out; it was a very good read, quite inspiring in some ways. I shall have to
read again soon.

Niv.

Doesnotcompute said:

Quoted message said:

Then follow that up with "The escape artist" by Matt Seaton

Will check it out...

Quoted message said:

Which leads onto 'Before I say goodbye" By Ruth Picardie

funnily enough, this is on route via amazon marketplace. brand new first edition, four quid inc
delivery.

It sold that badly? :-(

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Marc Stickers,decals,membership,cards, T shirts, signs etc for clubs and associations of all types.
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I'll second that. I bought the hardbacked American edition while I was in the US before it was released over here though it had been released in the UK before I made time to read it. It made me think about suffering and gave me courage in the event of me discoverying I have cancer.

Armstrong has another book coming out 'this Fall' entitled 'Every Second Counts', there are some extracts on www.lancearmstrong.com

marc said:

Doesnotcompute said:

Quoted message said:

Then follow that up with "The escape artist" by Matt Seaton

Will check it out...

Quoted message said:

Which leads onto 'Before I say goodbye" By Ruth Picardie

funnily enough, this is on route via amazon marketplace. brand new first edition, four quid inc
delivery.

It sold that badly? :-(

Possibly, but probably not, Amazon have for about a quid or so less than RRP, this is a private
seller using Amazon - a bit like Ebay but fixed prices....

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Dnc

Quoted message said:

Am now reading "French Revolutions - cycling the Tour de France" (Tim Moore), but finding it a bit
slower going.

--
...meandering mule...

Slow going...but bloody funny in places!

--
Mark

"Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak"

MSA said:

Quoted message said:

Am now reading "French Revolutions - cycling the Tour de France" (Tim Moore), but finding it a
bit slower going.

Quoted message said:

Slow going...but bloody funny in places!

I have recently finished "Le Tour: A History of the Tour De France" by Geoffrey Wheatcroft.

The author is an historian, and former literary editor of "The Spectator" so it is a bit different
from your average bike-racing book.

He recounts the history of the Tour in the context of French political and social history of the
last 100 years.

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One from last year is "Cat" by Freya North. This is a humorous novel about a female journalist
covering the TdF for the first time. It is hardly a work of serious literature, but it is fun to try
to spot the real identities of some of the thinly-disguised characters.

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Has anyone read Les Woodland's "Yellow Jersey Companion to the Tour De France"?