I read this book : October 2011
Borrowed from and recommended by Pat.
Winner of the 1999 ooker Prize
A stry set in South Africa for a change - I don't read many of those. A disgraced Prof of Peorty a tale of love, sex and the way things have changed.
I enjoyed the way thsi book is wriiten and the multi faceted interwoven storyline
8/10
have you read this?
What did you think of it?
Helen
Monday 10 October 2011
Saturday 8 October 2011
Come Next Spring by Elizabeth Graham
I read this in October 2011
Why: lent to me by Jayne this is another Mills & Boon for my research
Plot: Set in Canada on a ranch a rich older man,a virginal young innocent.
Sub plot of family intrigue and death of first wife. This was published in 1979 and I was surprised that really the main character traits seen here are still prevailing inb the Modern versions of M&B. The stories ar all linear, no real surprises, Never shocking and all had a happy ending, they really do have such a good idea of what their readers want.
3/10
Have you read this or are you a M&B fan? I woould love to hear form you.. I am in the process of writing a romance.
Helen
Why: lent to me by Jayne this is another Mills & Boon for my research
Plot: Set in Canada on a ranch a rich older man,a virginal young innocent.
Sub plot of family intrigue and death of first wife. This was published in 1979 and I was surprised that really the main character traits seen here are still prevailing inb the Modern versions of M&B. The stories ar all linear, no real surprises, Never shocking and all had a happy ending, they really do have such a good idea of what their readers want.
3/10
Have you read this or are you a M&B fan? I woould love to hear form you.. I am in the process of writing a romance.
Helen
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
I read this October 2011
Why: My next door neighbour's eldest granddaughter (Chantelle) is reading this for English Lit A level. I have read it before and am a Cormac McCarthy fan esp. No country for Old Men and when I heard I volunteered to re read The Road and chat it through with Chantelle as it's always good to hear what other people think of the books you've read and this one is particularity stylistic and enigmatic.
The Plot: A post ppocalypse world were a man and boy are forced onto the road in search of they no not what. It has no chapters, no mention of what happened, no beginning or end, just the relentelss need to survive. These people really are at the underneath of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs.
I enjoyed my first reading of this a few years ago when it first came out (it won the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for fiction) but on second reading I found it had more of a spiritual side than I remembered. I really enjoyed this depressing, melancholy book and am glad to have re read it.
I would be interested to know who you think the people at the end are, I have my opinion but until Chantelle has read it and formed her own - I will keep it to myself.
Have you read this book? did you like it? tell me what you thought of it
9.5/10
Helen
Why: My next door neighbour's eldest granddaughter (Chantelle) is reading this for English Lit A level. I have read it before and am a Cormac McCarthy fan esp. No country for Old Men and when I heard I volunteered to re read The Road and chat it through with Chantelle as it's always good to hear what other people think of the books you've read and this one is particularity stylistic and enigmatic.
The Plot: A post ppocalypse world were a man and boy are forced onto the road in search of they no not what. It has no chapters, no mention of what happened, no beginning or end, just the relentelss need to survive. These people really are at the underneath of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs.
I enjoyed my first reading of this a few years ago when it first came out (it won the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for fiction) but on second reading I found it had more of a spiritual side than I remembered. I really enjoyed this depressing, melancholy book and am glad to have re read it.
I would be interested to know who you think the people at the end are, I have my opinion but until Chantelle has read it and formed her own - I will keep it to myself.
Have you read this book? did you like it? tell me what you thought of it
9.5/10
Helen
Wednesday 5 October 2011
The Italian's Passionate Revenge By Lucy Gordon
I read this book September 2011
Why: another M&B research novel
Didn't like this one at all I'm afraid.
3/10
Have you read this?
Let me know what you thought of it
Helen
Why: another M&B research novel
Didn't like this one at all I'm afraid.
3/10
Have you read this?
Let me know what you thought of it
Helen
Sunday 2 October 2011
Black-Eyed Devils By Catrin Collier
I read this October 2011
Why: because I want to write a romantic novel.
Lent to me by Jayne Shipway - Thanks
Not a Mills and Boon this one, published by accentpress
Only 79 pages, no sex just romance set against a welsh miners strike and the Irish blacklegs biught in by the owners. shirt and sweet, with darker undertones
Actually quite enjoyed this little book
5/10Have you read it?
Let me know what you think
Helen
Why: because I want to write a romantic novel.
Lent to me by Jayne Shipway - Thanks
Not a Mills and Boon this one, published by accentpress
Only 79 pages, no sex just romance set against a welsh miners strike and the Irish blacklegs biught in by the owners. shirt and sweet, with darker undertones
Actually quite enjoyed this little book
5/10Have you read it?
Let me know what you think
Helen
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