0083 | Wild Swans – Jung Chang
Context: Finished this at Stephen & Abigail’s house where we first met Matthew their son. REVIEW Finally read this book. Twice I’ve started it and I realised I needed to…
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0081 | The Shack ~ William Young
Context: My mate Chuck suggested I read this. I read it in a day as that’s all the time I had at his house in Kumamoto, Japan.REVIEW Not bad but…
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0080 | A Suitable Boy – Vikram Seth
Context:company on the train from the tea hills to Colombo in Sri Lanka REVIEW This is a mammoth book at 1474 pages and, although it wasn’t always easy going, it…
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0070 | Atonement ~ Ian McEwan
REVIEW Friend lent me this as we both wanted to get it done before (if?!) the film is released in Korea. Quick read and well worth it I think despite…
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0068 | Enduring Love ~ Ian McEwan
REVIEW My first McEwan and it won’t be the last. This guy can write a very engrossing novel.
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0059 | The Godfather ~ Mario Puzo
REVIEW The films are great (well, at least I and II are) and the book is well worth a read whether you’ve seen them or not.
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0057 | The Hours ~ Michael Cunningham
REVIEW This was a surprise. Here’s when reading something because it’s on a list pays off. I wouldn’t have touched this book if it hadn’t been on the 1001 list….
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0050 | The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time ~ Mark Haddon
REVIEW Well this book has received more acclaim than most over the last few years so I was curious (ha ha) to see what it was like when a friend…
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0044 | Never Let Me Go ~ Kazuo Ishiguro
If you enjoyed this book, you’re going to love the map. REVIEW Ishiguro picks you up and sets you down in the English summer idyll of tranquil boarding school life….
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0041 | Paradigms in Conflict – David Hesselgrave
REVIEW Hesselgrave I know from the masterful work Communicating Christ Cross-Culturally and, like that book, this one doesn’t disappoint.
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0040 | Spiritual Power & Missions – Edward Rommen (Ed.)
REVIEW This book deals with issues that I’ve always queried, ever since my family encountered magic and witchcraft in west Africa when I was a teenager.
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0038 | The Poisonwood Bible – Barbara Kingsolver
If you enjoyed this book, you’re going to love the map. REVIEW I’ve not read a book with a more apt title for a while. This is a book about…
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0037 | Pride & Prejudice – Jane Austen
If you enjoyed this book, you’re going to love the map. REVIEW Been meaning to read this for years and years. I could hardly claim to be a book lover…
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0033 | Middlesex – Jeffrey Eugenides
If you enjoyed this book, you’re going to love the map. REVIEW From page 1 until I ran headlong into the back cover, this was one of the most engaging…
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0010 | Far From the Madding Crowd – Thomas Hardy
REVIEW: So pleased that this was a delightful read. I’d read Tess of the D’Urbervilles many years ago and found it flowery, overlong and downright depressing. So, it was nice…
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0002 | Staying On – Paul Scott
Read this while travelling around SE Asia. Made me want to take off back to India. Also made me wonder at the life my grandmother had prior to leaving India…