Spirit Walker by Michelle Paver

I read this in December 2012
Second of The Chronicles of Ancient Darkness.
Set in the Ice age, a tale of the clans and a great sickness visited on them and Toraks search for the cure.

I especially like the chapters written form wolfs piont of view... fire is the beast that bites hot, rivers are fast wet, deep wet...
Very enjoyable
9/10
Helen

Wolf Brother by Michelle Paver

I read this December 2012
The first of The Chronicles of Ancient Darkness

Set in the ice age times, the story follows a young wolf and a wolf clan member called Torak.
Written for young teens
Excellent book
9/10
Helen

The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry By Rachel Joyce

I read this December 2012
Chosen by members of the Waterstones Arc Bury St Edmunds Book Club
I quite enjoyed this book.  I found it was more about Harold's wife and her attitudes than it was about Harold.  Quite a light good natured read.  I found it all worked out a little too neaty in the end for me.
But a nice book -  light enough to read on holiday.
Strangely it made me envious of someone who could just get up and do something wholly unprepared...

7/10
Helen

The Girl who Married a Lion by Alexander McCall Smith

I read this December 2012
I picked it up at the book sale my Creaive Writing group held when we had our Christmas 'Readings from the Writing Room' a get toghther with friends to give us some practice reading out to an audience.
As with most of AMcCS works this is a good bedtime or light reading time book.  Lots of very short stories set in Africa. 
Very light and enjoyable
7/10
Helen

This Damn United by David Pearce

I read this in December 2012
It is a World Book Night Book and I got this copy at Waterstones event at the Arc Bury St Edmunds
I found this a bit hard going.  I am/was a massive Brian Clough fan - big mouthed straight talking when so many people in his position were so sycophantic.  Agree with him or not he didn't care and was true to his own beleifs..
I still found this hard going though

5/10
Have you read it?
Helen

Unique by Alison Allen-Gray

I read this in November 2012
I had lent my friends' daughter a selection of business, finance and economics books for her studies and when they were returned, I got this book back as well....
So I thought I would have a go.
It's aimed at a teenage market, which I don't mind there is so much good childrens writing out there and I've never bothered about what age groups stories are aimed at.
SPOILER ALERT
This is about a cloned child who doesn't know that he had an elder brother who died, until he is in hos early teens.  This is a book about discovery, of secrets, lies, withheld truths and self discovery.
I really enjoyed this book given to me by mistake..
7/10
Helen