0162 | A Short History of Papua New Guinea – John Waiko
Context: Courtesy of the mother in law, I read this while working in the Wycliffe kitchens. REVIEW Reading up on PNG history is one of the areas I’m focussing on…
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0152 | The Brothers Karamazov – Fyodor Dostoevsky
Context: Listened to this while working in the kitchens of Wycliffe UK – cutting onions mostly. REVIEW It’s quite a simple plot really. Each brother represents a different element of…
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0151 | Cat’s Eye – Margaret Atwood
Context: finished this off in our room in Piddington with a view out over the garden. REVIEW I liked this. It kept me wanting to read more and I was…
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0149 | Becoming Sinners – Joel Robbins
Context: Read this as part of my preparation for language survey in PNG this summer. REVIEW Robbins has written a fascinating insight into the cultural mindset of the Urapmin people…
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0148 | Hard Times – Charles Dickens
Context: Read this mostly on my way to and from work along this farmer’s track. REVIEW This is a shorter novel than most Dickens I’ve read but it still contained…
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0140 | The Murder of Roger Ackroyd – Agatha Christie
Context: Found this among my grandmother’s collection and listened to it on numerous journeys to B&Q as we refurbished the kitchen. REVIEW Just like The Moonstone which provided the foundation,…
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0139 | Perfume | Patrick Suskind
Context: Bought this for my grandmother for Christmas but, having listened to it, decided against giving it to her. She’s not much of a fan of orgies. REVIEW Perfume is…
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0136 | Treasure Island – Robert Louis Stevenson
Context: flowers from Kathy for Mrs Arukiyomi’s birthday which were decorating our room as I read this. REVIEW While everyone else was reading this in my childhood, I was tucking…
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0135 | In Cold Blood – Truman Capote
Context: Everyone was wrapping presents for Christmas while I read this. Lots of book-like shapes with my name on them there! REVIEW A fine piece of reportage which is only…
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0134 | Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit – Jeanette Winterson
Context: read this in bits while watching Roy Keane equalise for Liverpool against Arsenal with the father-in-law. REVIEW On p161 out of the 176 pages of this novella, Winterton states…
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0133 | Christ Stopped at Eboli – Carlo Levi
Context: Read this in the tea shop of Reed’s in Downham Market with the in-law’s on the way to Susan’s funeral. REVIEW This is Captain Corelli’s Mandolin meets Walden if…
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0131 | Waterland – Graham Swift
Context: Read large parts of this while doing a loooong backup on my laptop. REVIEW Now this is an interesting book. It’s interesting because, as far as I know, it’s…
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0117 | Oblomov – Ivan Goncharov
Context: started this on a walk in the country in Portugal with my family. REVIEW Never heard of this and would never have done if it wasn’t for the 1001…
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0110 | Cloud Atlas – David Mitchell
Context: Started this in the UK and finished it off on the lawn at my mum’s in Portugal. REVIEW I know this book has had a lot of praise and…
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0109 | Strait is the Gate – Andre Gide
Context: Finished this in a day on my bed at my mum’s place in Portugal. REVIEW This started off as an unassuming romance novella but, before long, I realised that…
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0106 | The Corrections – Jonathan Franzen
Context: Read this while staying at my in-laws where I gave the spare room a much needed seeing-to. REVIEW This book I liked. It’s the story of your average disfunctional…
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0103 | The Singapore Grip – J.G. Farrell
Context: took me a long while to read this and some of that time was spent exploring St Andrews in east Scotland. REVIEW This is a deceptively long book. It…
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0100 | The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde – Robert Louis Stevenson
Context: Picked this up at a charity shop in Stockton high street and read it as I walked to and from car showrooms buying a second hand car. REVIEW This…