Wednesday 30 December 2009
The Girl Who Played With Fire by Stieg Larsson
Death in Venice by Thomas Mann
Sunday 20 December 2009
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Tuesday 15 December 2009
Case Histories by Kate Atkinson
Monday 7 December 2009
Winterland by Alan Glynn
Wednesday 2 December 2009
Yellow Blue Tibia by Adam Roberts
Thursday 26 November 2009
The Bone Garden by Kate Ellis
Wednesday 25 November 2009
The Secret Scripture by Sebastian Barry
Friday 20 November 2009
Hearts and Minds by Amanda Craig
Saturday 14 November 2009
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
Monday 9 November 2009
Testimony by Anita Shreve
Sunday 8 November 2009
Millennium by Tom Holland
Wednesday 28 October 2009
the Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
Monday 26 October 2009
The Dig by John Preston
A Gate At The Stairs by Lorrie Moore
Sunday 25 October 2009
The Standing Pool by Adam Thorpe
Monday 19 October 2009
Nella Last's Peace by Nella Last
Saturday 17 October 2009
The Battle for Spain by Antony Beevor
The Lemur by Benjamin Black
Saturday 10 October 2009
A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
Wednesday 7 October 2009
The Lazarus Project by Aleksandar Hemon
Wednesday 30 September 2009
A Week in December by Sebastian Faulks
The overwhelming "to be read" pile
Friday 18 September 2009
Ordinary Thunderstorms by William Boyd
Friday 11 September 2009
The Outcast by Sadie Jones
Wednesday 9 September 2009
Le Grand Meaulnes by Alain-Fournier
Saturday 5 September 2009
A Vicious Circle by Amanda Craig
Sunday 30 August 2009
The People's Act of Love by James Meek
When Will There Be Good News? by Kate Atkinson
Friday 21 August 2009
Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets by David Simon
Friday 14 August 2009
Turbulence by Giles Foden
Tuesday 11 August 2009
The Girl of His Dreams by Donna Leon
The Steep Approach to Garbadale by Iain Banks
Wednesday 5 August 2009
The Children of Men by P.D. James
Exit Music by Ian Rankin
Tuesday 7 July 2009
Cold Earth by Sarah Moss
DATE PUBLISHED: 2009 DATE READ: July 2009 NOTES: A group of six young archaeologists go to the shores of Greenland to investigate the site of a group who seem to have left in a hurry. They have left behind a world through which some sort of epidemic is sweeping – but no-one knows how serious this is. They have only a short time to spend on the dig as winter is on the way and they only have a limited amount of food and fuel. But soon their internet links fail and they seem to be cut off from the outside world. The gathering tension works well and the author conveyed the life they were leading very well. Although there is an underlying seriousness much of the dialogue and observations are witty and sharp. As the food runs out and the plane to relieve them fails to arrive the group begins to disintegrate and friendships splinter apart. Each chapter is told by a different member of the group. This technique works pretty well – though I would have like more differentiation between some of the narrative voices. This is a very accomplished debut novel and I will certainly look out for her future work.
Sunday 21 June 2009
The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox by Maggie O'Farrell
Tuesday 16 June 2009
Celebrity -How entertainers took over the world and why we need an exit strategy by Marina Hyde
Saturday 6 June 2009
The Outlander by Gil Adamson
Wednesday 3 June 2009
Amenable Women by Mavis Cheek
Tuesday 2 June 2009
Some thoughts on book signings.....
Heartland by Anthony Cartwright
Sunday 17 May 2009
The Black Monastery by Stav Sherev
Friday 15 May 2009
The Hidden by Tobias Hill
Sea of Poppies by Amitav Ghosh
Wednesday 29 April 2009
A Whistling Woman by A S Byatt
So I have, at last, completed the Frederica Quartet - some 2,000 pages brimming with ideas. Do I get a medal?