Reviews of Books
Posted in Miscellaneous on Feb 25th, 2009
This chapter I’ve found extremely visual – I could picture the cold light, the snow, the awful home for the ‘feeble minded’. I’m still wondering what on earth these people are thinking? Is Caroline planning on returning the baby to the doctor? Why hasn’t he rung ahead and warned them of Caroline’s arrival? Also, it’s [...]
Posted in Miscellaneous on Feb 16th, 2009
I was keen to read this book because it was mentioned on Dovegreyreader and I do like a good 1950s domestic drama. The blurb … In affairs of the heart the race is not necessarily won by the swift and fair. Imogen, the beautiful wife of a distinguished barrister Evelyn Gresham, is facing the greatest [...]
Posted in Miscellaneous on Jan 25th, 2009
I bought this book for my Dad for Christmas – imagine my surprise when he had already read it! I decided to keep it and read it myself. I liked it. I thought the quality of the writing was a bit poor, but it was definitely a compelling page turning read (more like a screenplay [...]
Posted in Miscellaneous on Dec 18th, 2008
I’m an enormous L.M Montgomery fan – her books were an escape when I was a child and even now as an adult they’re my guilty pleasure. So I couldn’t resist a biography! I’ve read all of the journals and like many people was shocked to discover that her life was so dark (and depressing). [...]
Posted in Miscellaneous on Oct 18th, 2007
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.
Posted in Miscellaneous on Aug 7th, 2007
This blog will contain reviews of the books I’m reading. I read a lot, but I’m certainly not literary – I liked Harry Potter (unlike Harold Bloom). I’ll write about what I like and don’t like, whether I would read it again or whether I’ll sell my copy on Ebay! My next post will be about ’The Sea’ by John Banville (Winner of the 2005 Man Booker prize).