Reviews of Books
Posted in Recommended, Serious on Nov 29th, 2010
My book club has had this novel in our sights for a while. We read Rhubarb and all enjoyed it. Craig Silvey not only tells a good story, but he puts words together in an interesting manner. Here’s the blurb … Late on a hot summer night in the tail end of 1965, Charlie Bucktin, [...]
Posted in Miscellaneous on Nov 18th, 2010
As there was so much hype about this novel (even Mr H read it or at least listened to it), I thought I should read it too. I don’t think I’ll be reading two or three. It was too violent for me. I prefer to remain ignorant of all of the evil people do to [...]
Posted in Fiction - Light, Recommended on Nov 10th, 2010
I seem to be hearing quite a bit about this book and when it was described as ‘chick lit’ for boys I thought I had to read it. Here’s the blurb … You can live your whole life not realising that what you’re looking for is right in front of you. 15th July 1988 Emma [...]