I read this June 2017
Longlisted for the Man booker prize in 2011
The story of a family that arrives at a villa in France only to find a young girl kitty Finch already there. The story of the summer spent in the girl's company. Strange and quite haunting
Sunday 25 June 2017
Sometimes I lie by Alice Feeney
I read this May 2017 for the Regency Book Club
This is possibly going to be made into a mini series.
The action centres round a woman in a coma and is written form her perspective.
There is a whole back story, but we are left hanging as the title says, sometimes I lie ...
a psychological thriller, very interesting...
This is possibly going to be made into a mini series.
The action centres round a woman in a coma and is written form her perspective.
There is a whole back story, but we are left hanging as the title says, sometimes I lie ...
a psychological thriller, very interesting...
The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
I read this May 2017 as part of the Lawshall Book Club.
This book is about a dog and his life with his master who is a racing driver. He gets married, has a little girl and the wife dies from cancer. The inlaws try to take the daughter away. The viewpiont of the dog is delightful and he is so loyal.
I lovely book to read.
This book is about a dog and his life with his master who is a racing driver. He gets married, has a little girl and the wife dies from cancer. The inlaws try to take the daughter away. The viewpiont of the dog is delightful and he is so loyal.
I lovely book to read.
If Noone Speaks of Remarkable Things by Jon McGregor
I read this June 2017
Third time of reading - still surprising, still brilliant
Third time of reading - still surprising, still brilliant
Alice Diamond and the Forty Elephants
I read this June 2017. I borrowed it from Pat McHugh as it was about the Elephant and Castle district of London, where I was born and raised. It was interesting in a way, as the Elephant has become somewhat gentrified over the years, and this book was a truer reflection of how it was when I was growing up in the 60s and 70s (I was born 1955) . Basically supposed to be about the gang of women thieves, shoplifters headed up by Alice Diamond on the beginning of the 20th century.
It read too much like a text book, so much crammed in that really wasn't about the women and how they operated. It did mean the father of a boy at my primary school - Gregpry Powell, whose father was a stunt man.
It read too much like a text book, so much crammed in that really wasn't about the women and how they operated. It did mean the father of a boy at my primary school - Gregpry Powell, whose father was a stunt man.
Reservoir 13 by Jon McGregor
I read this June 2017 for the Lawshall book club (August meeting)
I have read 2 others of his books (If Noone speaks of Remarkable things 3 times!) and Even the dogs and really enjoyed them.
He has a playlike style that I really like, the books are very visual and have a slow build up.
The only 'downside' to this book, that I felt was that it was a little overlong, I don't know if that's just me and how I'm feeling at the moment, but it could have been shorter, in my opinion.
I do, however,highly recommend his books
I have read 2 others of his books (If Noone speaks of Remarkable things 3 times!) and Even the dogs and really enjoyed them.
He has a playlike style that I really like, the books are very visual and have a slow build up.
The only 'downside' to this book, that I felt was that it was a little overlong, I don't know if that's just me and how I'm feeling at the moment, but it could have been shorter, in my opinion.
I do, however,highly recommend his books
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