Reviews of Books
Posted in Fiction, Recommended on Feb 18th, 2013
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). Here is the blurb … Anne Tyler gives us a wise, haunting, and deeply moving [...]
Posted in Recommended, Serious on Feb 9th, 2010
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 – everyday life with all of its complexities. Here is the book description … In [...]
Posted in Recommended, Serious on Oct 26th, 2009
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 so annoying. She interferes with the best of intentions and then just makes every thing [...]