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Noah’s Compass – Anne Tyler

I went to a second hand book store/book exchange and I always feel I have to buy something. So when I saw this Anne Tyler novel I was on it.  I have read quite a few Anne Tyler novels – … Continue reading

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A Patchwork Planet – Anne Tyler

I do like Anne Tyler novels, so when someone donated this one to the second hand book stall at my daughter’s school fete I had to have it. One of the perks of volunteering is that we see the books … Continue reading

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A Spool of Blue Thread – Anne Tyler

Anne Tyler is one of my favourite authors. I love her narrow focus – like Austen’s three or four families in a country village. It is the common experience made extraordinary. I have read Breathing Lessons, The Beginner’s Goodbye and Breathing Lessons and … Continue reading

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The Beginner’s Goodbye – Anne Tyler

I’m a Anne Tyler fan – a review here and here – I like how she can make the ordinary extraordinary. I picked this one up from the library and it was quite an easy read (shorter than other Tyler novels). … Continue reading

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Saint Maybe – Anne Tyler

I picked this book us from the library (in large print! – I quite like large print I wonder if that means I need reading glasses?). I liked Anne Tyler. I like how her novels focus on more domestic themes … Continue reading

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Breathing Lessons – Anne Tyler

I’ve been making an effort to get books from the library and this is one I found while browsing (I was looking for Sarah Waters). It one the 1989 Pulitzer Prize for fiction. I liked this one – Maggie is … Continue reading

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Good to a Fault – Marina Endicott

I read about this novel on Cornflower Books – I can’t find the reference now it might even be in a comment somewhere – anyway I thought if I see it around I’ll grab a copy and then, on the … Continue reading

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Not Forgotten

Reviews of The Last Anniversary by Liane Moriarty, The Secret of Lost Things by Sheridan Hay, Three Wishes by Liane Moriarty, Digging to America by Anne Tyler and First Among Sequels by Jasper Fforde to follow – soon.

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