I read this in April 2016. I had been passed it for the charity bookshelf at work by a friend. I decided to give it a go as I wanted a light easy book to read. This is part of the Vera series (on TV as well, I don't watch it)
It starts with a double murder, has another on the way. Lots of characters, lots of provate life of Vera the detective stuff.
What can I say, Surprised myself by enjoying it!
Light and easy to read/follow.
Sunday 24 April 2016
The Leader of the Pack by Larry Honner
I read this April 2016 because I bought it for the Mackintosh designed binding and it was a Blackies book.
It's a children's book written around 1910- 1930 ish. It's abot a wolf cub whose mother is killed by wolf hunters and siblings taken away. The cub befriends other forest animals and is taken under the wing of a lone wolf who turns out to be the leader of all the wolves. It is brutal, unsentimental, tells it like it is sort of book. I don't know if these books would ever pass muster as children's books these days, but I remember reading these no punches pulled non PC books when I was a child and enjoying them.
A good bedtime read
It's a children's book written around 1910- 1930 ish. It's abot a wolf cub whose mother is killed by wolf hunters and siblings taken away. The cub befriends other forest animals and is taken under the wing of a lone wolf who turns out to be the leader of all the wolves. It is brutal, unsentimental, tells it like it is sort of book. I don't know if these books would ever pass muster as children's books these days, but I remember reading these no punches pulled non PC books when I was a child and enjoying them.
A good bedtime read
Sunday 10 April 2016
So You've Been Publicly Shamed by Jon Ronson
I read this April 2016, I had previously read the Psychopath Test and really enjoyed it. I have seen some Ted Talks that Jon Ronson has given and enjoyed them. I heard about this on a TV programme and wanted to read it.
Jon went to interview the subjects of public shamings. People who had made a bad taste joke or had misquoted something, or lied. Jon was a victim of a spambot himself (someone who uses your identity on twitter to post false posts.
This is a really interesting book - non fiction, and has lots of research and cases in.
Worrying that we can all be the subject of internet trolls,
Be careful what you post folks...
10/10
Jon went to interview the subjects of public shamings. People who had made a bad taste joke or had misquoted something, or lied. Jon was a victim of a spambot himself (someone who uses your identity on twitter to post false posts.
This is a really interesting book - non fiction, and has lots of research and cases in.
Worrying that we can all be the subject of internet trolls,
Be careful what you post folks...
10/10
Travels with my Aunt by Graham Green
I read this March 2016
It was the Regency Book Club's choice for June 2016
Previously we had read Brighton Rock.
This book is charming, very easy to read. I thought it would be a bit like PG Woodhouse or Saki (which I would not have minded) but it was and it wasn't ...the Aunt turned out to be such an interesting character, and pulled the staid Retired Bank Manger out of his 'bubble' of respectability.
Quick and easy to read...great bedtime book
10/10
It was the Regency Book Club's choice for June 2016
Previously we had read Brighton Rock.
This book is charming, very easy to read. I thought it would be a bit like PG Woodhouse or Saki (which I would not have minded) but it was and it wasn't ...the Aunt turned out to be such an interesting character, and pulled the staid Retired Bank Manger out of his 'bubble' of respectability.
Quick and easy to read...great bedtime book
10/10
The Sisters Brothers by Patrick DeWitt
I read this March 2016, it had been suggested a few times at the Waterstones Book club. It was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2011
Set in the American Wild West, it follows 2 hired assassins Charlie and Eli Sisters. They are ruthless, lawless and on a mission. They are coming to the end of their career (well Eli wants to give up) and as brothers they have a sometimes love/hate relationship.
A story of wasted lives, brutality of frontiersmen lives, the triumph and tragedies of the 1849 San Francisco gold rush. Of love and family
I really enjoyed it...
9/10
Set in the American Wild West, it follows 2 hired assassins Charlie and Eli Sisters. They are ruthless, lawless and on a mission. They are coming to the end of their career (well Eli wants to give up) and as brothers they have a sometimes love/hate relationship.
A story of wasted lives, brutality of frontiersmen lives, the triumph and tragedies of the 1849 San Francisco gold rush. Of love and family
I really enjoyed it...
9/10
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