Read: During July really. I can't remember exactly when I started, but I think I finished it on July 31st. It was read mainly in the car and on the train.
Review: Chas, just like everyone else in his class, is keen to collect 'war souvenirs': bullets, helmets, bits of aeroplane - especially anything with writing or symbols on. But when he finds an entire German plane crashed in the woods, with the machine gun still attached, things begin to get a little out of hand. I didn't entirely enjoy the beginning of this book, but the story drew me in and by the end I would agree with the comments on the back, which describe it as an interesting exploration of wartime themes for both adults and children.
Time: I guess this one took me a couple of weeks, but only cos I was so busy in between! I read it on the way down south, even reading in the car a bit, until we stopped for a surprise birthday youth hostelling trip! (I was surprised! And it was fun). Then I had a break during Harriers (I started Robinson Crusoe instead - it felt more appropriate to read that on a boat) and finished it in my tent on the first night I was at Soul Survivor (whilst the others danced the night away in Mr Boogies - or, in Noah's case, fell asleep in the cinema).
Ok, I usually don't fall asleep in cinemas because you have to pay to get in. If I'm paying to go to sleep, I'm gonna at least stay at a place with a continental breakfast... shoot.
ReplyDeleteThis cinema just so happened to be free, without chairs, with good carpet and showing a late-night, not-so-interesting film to an exhausted, soul-survivoring audience.