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3.74 AVERAGE
3.74 AVERAGE
adventurous
funny
inspiring
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
This book was funny, comforting and has me hankering for french food and wine. I’m not into cycling but found that interesting. Also I would like to be BFF with the author. She seems fun.
I liked this book: it was entertaining and full of lovely stories, ideas. It made me crave to be on the road in France and travelling with the writer.
A lovely reading experience.
Recommended!
Many thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for this ARC, all opinions are mine.
A lovely reading experience.
Recommended!
Many thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for this ARC, all opinions are mine.
adventurous
funny
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
Fun travel and food logue. Enjoyed all the food reviews. Slightly frustrated at what appears to be a lack of planning for the trip, also will now check all opening times when travelling to France!
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
This is a bicycle travel narrative from an English food writer - the notion is to travel around France on her own circular Tour de France, celebrating the specialties of different regions. She travels by bicycle but covers some longer distances by train. Sometimes she travels alone but is also joined occasionally by different friends.
Travel narratives can engage a reader in different ways. Here Cloake goes light on general history (thankfully) and the amount of discussion of regional differences in cooking seem just right. As is often the case with bicycle travel books, the discussion of details of the cycling is not extensive, but there is enough for someone who is probably disproportionately interested in those aspects.
One certainly sees how important it is to have a relaxed attitude towards plans with travel like this - even with the Internet, things often seem not to have happened as planned for any number of reasons.
Travel narratives can engage a reader in different ways. Here Cloake goes light on general history (thankfully) and the amount of discussion of regional differences in cooking seem just right. As is often the case with bicycle travel books, the discussion of details of the cycling is not extensive, but there is enough for someone who is probably disproportionately interested in those aspects.
One certainly sees how important it is to have a relaxed attitude towards plans with travel like this - even with the Internet, things often seem not to have happened as planned for any number of reasons.
I truly, truly loved this. Warm, funny, consistently interesting and friendly and packed full of food that sounds so good I was all but licking the pages. Highly, highly recommended.