Reviews of Books
Posted in Miscellaneous on Jul 31st, 2009
I’m still plugging away at The children’s Book, but I thought I show you all the books in my soon to be read pile.
There is
The Brain That Changes ItselfNorman Doidge
BreathTim Winton
Through Black SpruceJoseph Boyden
Mariana Monica Dickens
The Making of a MarchionessFrances Hodgson Burnett
SaplingsNoel Streatfield
My mother-in-law lent me The Brain That Changes Itself, so that needs to [...]
Posted in Serious on Jul 27th, 2009
This book was picked by another member of my book club based on a review in The Australian.
Steven Carroll won the Miles Franklin award in 2008 for The Time We Have Taken.
We all decided we should read something Australian – although this one is set entirely in England.
Here’s the blurb …
England, September 1934
Two young lovers, [...]
Posted in Fiction - Light, Recommended on Jul 26th, 2009
There is something quite comforting about reading Janet Evanovich. The Stephanie Plum novels are all the same – there will be explosions, there will be sexual tension between Stephanie and Ranger or Stephanie and Morelli or maybe both, there will be incredibly incompetent bounty hunter episodes.
Having said that, there also hilarious – definitely a guilty [...]