Recent content by Mike rench

I think my favourite book changes with the years, so I'll probably give a diferrent answer next time, but at the moment it is : Talking it Over by Julian Barnes. Why? Beacuse it is the book that has most connected with me on a personal level, it felt like Julian Barnes had got inside my...

A thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini Mariam was five years old the first time she heard the word harami.

The Black Arrow The Black Arrow by Robert Louis Stevenson. My parents bought me this when I did well in my school exams a er very long time ago. Never got past chapter two. Have tried loads of time to better this. All have failed! Still it looks good on the shelf.

I think if I've got to the point where I'm excited about the book then I would buy it so I could read it straight away, although I think the library where I live get new books quite quickly, you just have to reserve them in advance.

I would prefer a book in my hand to the screen. I'm hoping that most people will as well, I recently asked the same question on facebook and got the reply that real books were the way to go. (I'm releasing my book for free in installments on my web, but am hoping that when it is published...

The Dandelion Tree: Chapter 1 Chapter 1 Night is Coming The glow of the terminal bled into the sky to light the wings of vagrant seagulls. White rain fell and splattered over the train as it left the protection of arced plastic like a pig leaving its sty to forage for truffles. Isaac...

Altered Carbon 'Still trying to laugh, I went through.' Altered Carbon by Richard Morgan

Salmon Fishing in the Yemen Salmon Fishing in the Yemen by Paul Torday Judges, BOLLINGER EVERYMAN WODEHOUSE PRIZE FOR COMIC FICT. "A wonderfully engaging and extraordinary tale of love, fly-fishing and political spin. Torday treated the judges to a novel that was poignant and hugely...

Remainder Yes me to, it was brilliant. Totally got absorbed in that Universe, which I'm not sure was that healthy!

Hi this is the prologue to my book The Dandelion Tree: The sun exposed the beach in its glare. Holidaymakers mixed with locals, flesh tanned, children played, waves swam away as the tide receded. With worries left in cars reaching boiling point, carefree days rolled over the cliffs to give...

What's the latest time you have ever stayed up to, to finish a really good book and what was the book?

These are my favourite books: 1984 by George Orwell, A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian by Marina Lewycka, The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon, Remainder by Tom McCarthy, The People's Act of Love by James Meek, Of...

Hiya I'm an author and have just joined. Wanted to say Hi and introduce myself. I am married with three wonderful kids and live in the UK. I have a blog called Tales From The Tree which is a readership interactive roll out of chapters from my book, The Dandelion Tree. Looking forward to...