Mainly books, but also other pleasing things
Posted in Book Reviews, Books, Crime Fiction on Sep 3rd, 2010
Thirteen Hours by Deon Meyer (translated from Afrikaans by K L Seegers) is a great book. I was engrossed in it right from the start. It’s tense, taut and utterly enthralling. Moving at a fast pace the book follows the events during the thirteen hours from 05:36 when Rachel, a young American girl is running for [...]
Posted in Book Reviews, Books, Crime Fiction on Sep 2nd, 2010
It took me some time to ‘get into’ Seeking Whom He May Devour, mainly because of the somewhat stilted style, which may be a result of the translation from French, but as this is the first book by Fred Vargas I’ve nothing to compare it with. Looking at the reviews on Amazon, it seems as [...]
Posted in Books, Fiction, Sunday Salon, Weekly Events on Aug 29th, 2010
One of my favourite bookshops is Barter Books in Alnwick, so a trip there is always a treat. We were actually on our way to visit friends in Lancashire but stopped for a coffee in the shop, which is in a converted railway station, absolutely full of all kinds of books. I didn’t have any [...]
Posted in Book Beginnings on Friday, Books, Crime Fiction, Weekly Events on Aug 27th, 2010
Book Beginnings on Friday is a meme hosted by Becky at Page Turners. Anyone can participate; just share the opening sentence of your current read, making sure that you include the title and author so others know what you’re reading. If you like, share with everyone why you do, or do not, like the sentence. [...]
Posted in Books, Crime Fiction, Teaser Tuesdays, Weekly Events on Aug 24th, 2010
Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Share a couple or more sentences from the book you’re currently reading. You also need to share the title of the book that you’re getting your “teaser” from … that way people can have some great book recommendations if they like the [...]
Posted in Book Reviews, Fiction on Aug 23rd, 2010
The Tapestry of Love is a beautiful book and a delight to read. I am so pleased that Rosy Thornton sent me a copy to review. It’s a gentle book and yet it’s about the drama of real life, its joys and tragedies. There is romance and so much more as the story of Catherine Parkstone [...]
Posted in Book Beginnings on Friday, Books, Crime Fiction, Memes on Aug 20th, 2010
Book Beginnings on Friday is a meme hosted by Becky at Page Turners. Anyone can participate; just share the opening sentence of your current read, making sure that you include the title and author so others know what you’re reading. If you like, share with everyone why you do, or do not, like the sentence. [...]
Posted in Book Reviews, Crime Fiction, Fiction on Aug 19th, 2010
The latest Rebus book I’ve read is Fleshmarket Close. As usual with Ian Rankin’s books this is a complex novel, based around the issues of asylum seekers, illegal immigrants and racial prejudice. Rebus, himself is tolerant, pointing out that his grandfather was Polish and an immigrant. But Rebus hasn’t mellowed at all. He is still a loner and now [...]
Posted in Biography, Books, Crime Fiction, Fiction, Non-fiction on Aug 14th, 2010
I’ve recently finished Whatever You Love by Louise Doughty and am over halfway into The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Charles Dickens. Even though I’ve started The Serpent Pool by Martin Edwards I’m thinking what to read after that. I have a number of books lined up – my birthday books for example, but I have [...]
Posted in Book Reviews, Early Reviewer, Fiction, LibraryThing on Aug 13th, 2010
Whatever You Love, set in a coastal English town is, as it says in the blurb, an ‘astonishing and emotionally-charged novel’, about Laura whose nine-year old daughter, Betty has been killed by a hit and run driver. Laura tells her story alternating between events before Betty’s death – how she met and married David, Betty’s father, their subsequent [...]
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