Reviews of Books
Posted in Fiction on Dec 9th, 2011
As you know, I read Patterns in the Carpet and really enjoyed it, so decided to read more Drabble. I really struggled with this one. I had to renew my library copy (which is extremely unusual). I’m not sure if it was me or the book – I have been really busy… Here is the [...]
Posted in Fiction, Recommended on Dec 6th, 2011
This is my favourite Whipple to date. I found this novel compelling reading when and how would Mr Lockwood’s fraud be discovered? What would happen to all of the Hunters? Whipple’s ability to write about ordinary people in an interesting manner is amazing. I find it difficult to understand why she is not more wildly [...]
Posted in Fiction, Recommended on Dec 2nd, 2011
This was a book club selection – we occasionally like to try the Booker winner (2011). Here is the blurb … The story of a man coming to terms with the mutable past, Julian Barnes’s new novel is laced with his trademark precision, dexterity and insight. It is the work of one of the world’s [...]