Reviews of Books
Posted in Fiction - Light, Recommended on Jul 24th, 2010
I know it’s July because the Tour De France is on and Janet Evanovich has another Stephanie Plum novel out. I was a late arrival to the Stephanie Plum novels a member at my book club recommended them as ‘racy and pacy’. I’ve been addicted since I read the first one. These are light [...]
Posted in Fiction - Light, Recommended on Mar 23rd, 2010
I do quite like Salley Vickers – I haven’t read everything she has written, but the bits I have read I enjoyed. I borrowed a copy of this book from a friend. Mrs Heatherington sets sail alone on a cruise, with hopes of new experience and replenished independence. Vic, the on-board entertainer, has an eye [...]
Posted in Fiction - Light on Mar 11th, 2010
My Book club is reading The Interpretation of Murder. One of the member’s library suggested it. My overwhelming impression is one of confusion. At first I found it compelling, but then I couldn’t seem to get to the end. Here’s the blurb … In this ingenious, suspenseful historical thriller, Sigmund Freud is drawn into the [...]
Posted in Fiction - Light on Mar 3rd, 2010
I’m a bit of a knitter (see my knitting blog), so I read the Friday Night Knitting Club which was OK – certainly light entertainment (but I don’t have a problem with that). Once I’d finished the Bronte, I decided I needed something that could be read quickly with little concentration so I picked up [...]
Posted in Fiction - Light, Recommended on Dec 29th, 2009
I think I bought this book based solely on the title. Here is the blurb … Renee is the concierge of a grand Parisian apartment building on the Left Bank. To the residents she is honest, reliable and uncultivated – an ideal concierge. But Renee has a secret. Beneath this conventional facade she is passionate [...]
Posted in Fiction - Light, Recommended on Dec 14th, 2009
I’m a keen L M Montgomery fan – so keen I’ve travelled from Australia to Prince Edward Island. When this book was released I wasn’t entirely convinced I wanted to read it – I had already read The Road to Yesterday which I believed contained all of the stories, but I read a review on [...]
Posted in Fiction - Light on Oct 15th, 2009
I’ve been a Katie Fforde fan for a long time. When I hear about a new novel I pre-order it so I can get it quickly. They are very formulaic (and there is something comforting in that) and easy to read. Here’s the information from Katie Fforde’s website … With bookshop where she works about [...]
Posted in Fiction - Light, Recommended on Oct 14th, 2009
I bought this book based on a few blog entries. I’m not quite sure what I was expecting. It was a fun, light and entertaining novel, but just a bit strange. This novel is about imagination and group flights of imagination and family ties. It has a definite upper-middle class English feel to it. This novel [...]
Posted in Fiction - Light on Oct 12th, 2009
I’m a keen Marian Keyes fan. I’ve read them all – they’re one of my guilty pleasures. While on holiday (here) I read in the paper that she had a new book out, so I popped down to the local Book Store and picked up (what I think might have been their only copy) a [...]
Posted in Fiction - Light, Recommended on Sep 9th, 2009
My reason for selecting this book is slightly odd. I wanted to buy three books from Persephone and so selected this as my third because I had recently watched an adaptation of Ballet Shoes. That being said, I enjoyed this novel. She has a wonderful way of getting inside peoples’ heads. Here is what Persephone [...]