0448 | The History of Love | Nicole Krauss
You know, I’m always disheartened when picking up a book to find a sticker staring back at me declaring that it’s been “Shortlisted by Richard & Judy’s book club.” What…
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0410 | The House of the Seven Gables | Nathaniel Hawthorne
Only read The Scarlet Letter by Hawthorne before and I enjoyed that. This though, was another story. It started well enough with a Poe-like sense of mystery and doom foretold….
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0396 | A Sentimental Journey | Laurence Sterne
Context: Was spending a relaxing day at Byron Bay, New South Wales when I started reading this. REVIEW Apparently there’s a movement in literature (and probably elsewhere in the arts)…
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0382 | That Hideous Strength | C. S. Lewis
Context: Moved into our fourth home in 2 years while I was reading this. REVIEW The final book in Lewis’ so-called space trilogy was a disappointment to me. At least…
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0329 | The Purloined Letter | Edgar Allen Poe
Context: As I finished this, my transfer went through to purchase my second ever motorbike, a 200cc Yamaha REVIEW Better be careful here or my review might actually be longer…
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0293 | The Nine Tailors – Dorothy L. Sayers
Context: The local equivalent of a bell in the village where I read this is a garamut, a wooden drum as pictured. REVIEW I’m not really one for whodunnits, mysteries…
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0289 | Outrageous Grace–Grace Fabian
Context: Wandered through the River Kior a number of times while reading this. REVIEW Subtitled “A Story of Tragedy and Forgiveness” this is about the lives of Grace and her…
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0279 | The Return of the Native –Thomas Hardy
Context: Listened to this over weeks while travelling through Korea, Japan and Australia to emigrate to Papua New Guinea. REVIEW Some Hardy I like. Others I do not. This fell…
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0277 | Letub – Rudolf Inselmann
Context: Finished this off on the back of the Dyna on the way into Madang. REVIEW I picked this up off the shelf in the office at the orientation course…
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0270 | Sula – Toni Morrison
Context: Read this while waiting for the Newcastle CLC church to start at the Life Centre. REVIEW Another offering from Morrison to compare with Beloved and Jazz. To be honest,…
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0266 | Into the Crocodile’s Nest | Benedict Allen
Context: Read this the lovely warm conservatory overlooking our friends’ garden in Flackwell Heath. REVIEW Benedict Allen would, these days, have his own TV series and have put a…
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0258 | Choke – Chuck Palahniuk
Context: The blossom was out in force as I worked my way through this one. REVIEW I kind of wish I’d take Palaniuk up on his advice in the opening…
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0253 | The Wasp Factory – Iain Banks
Context: Was reading this as we attended a wedding in Somerset. Someone had made a great model of the couple for the cake. REVIEW This is a rare book in…
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0250 | Northanger Abbey – Jane Austen
Context: finished this on my way down to Tesco’s to get myself some shopping. REVIEW Yet another Austen and, as I suspected, they’re starting to take on much of a…
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0239 | She – H. Rider Haggard
Context: finished this off as we made a long and very snowy drive back from up north to Cambridge. REVIEW Influential in terms of its contribution to the sci-fi fantasy…
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0238 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – Stieg Larsson
Context: 2009 became 2010 while I was reading this. REVIEW I don’t read thrillers as a rule so, when I unwrapped this book on Christmas day, I was intrigued to…
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0196 | Stargazing – Peter Hill
Context: Borrowed from my mate Gareth, and finished this off just as we were packing for a six week trip to Malaysia, Singapore, Australia, PNG and UAE. REVIEW My mate…
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0194 | Silas Marner – George Eliot
Context: Listened to this walking around Cambridge trying to find a decent pair of sandals for our trip to Papua New Guinea. REVIEW Only read Middlemarch before by Eliot although…