With summer now upon us I like to indulge in some lightweight reading when on my holidays. I tend to leave the serious, thought-provoking or intense books at home and delve into a little literary froth that doesn't require much concentration. My colleagues and I have a book swap at work and I think that was how I ended up with a copy of Cat by Freya North. The book was originally published in 1999. I did not realise that there are other books to accompany this one which relate the Cats sisters and they certainly do not need to be read in order as this was a successful stand alone title. Cat (Catriona McCabe) is a 28 year old journalist who has ...  Read the complete review

Cat is the tale of Catriona "the babe" McCabe, fledgling sports journalist, on her first ever Tour de France covering the event for The Guardian newspaper. The book features the sort of detail that you'd expect to find within the pages of a specialist cycling magazines pull out supplement on the Tour in a stage by stage blow by blow account. As a bike enthusiast I found this mildly informative but for those with no interest in cycling whatsoever give it a very wide berth as it features an awful lot of strategy and references to cog sizes as well as haemorrhoids and udder cream. The only redeeming feature is the books devotion to bonking. ...  Read the complete review

Freya North - Cat First published by William Heinemann in 1999. ISBN: 0 09 948476 5 Another book of the mini series about the McCabe sisters; Fen, Pip and Cat. If you haven't read my reviews of the other two I'll just repeat my advice here: Doesn't matter what order you read them in but read them all before venturing on to 'Home truths' as this book is set a few years in the future for the whole McCabe family. ---The Characters--- Cat McCabe: cycling enthusiast, going off to cover the Tour De France as a sports journalist: the main character. Fen McCabe: Cats sister, ...  Read the complete review