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Oct 8, 20191 min read
720. Tracey Chevalier - The Lady And The Unicorn
Remarkably, there was another book of hers in the house, which obviously belonged to my Dad. This was totally different, although the...
Oct 5, 20191 min read
719. Tracey Chevalier - A Single Thread
One of Paddy’s and this was brilliant. Set in the early 1930’s and about a 38 year old spinster whose intended had been killed the 1st...
Sep 8, 20191 min read
713. Agatha Christie - The Murder Of Roger Ackroyd
Haven’t read any for many years but 707 sparked my interest. This is a good and really brilliantly plotted whodunit – if you haven’t read...
Feb 2, 20191 min read
654. Erskine Childers - The Riddle Of The Sands
The 3rd paper book bought with Daniel’s Xmas Waterstone’s voucher. I has no idea that Childers’ was on IRA man, executed by firing squad...
Dec 11, 20181 min read
644. Jonathan Coe - What A Carve Up!
Quite a long read, but have been very busy with work; maybe a summer holiday beach book. Quite a difficult read, very funny in places but...
Nov 30, 20181 min read
643. Albert Camus - L'etranger
Inspired I think by no. 641 to re-read this as the books are thematically quite similar, in that both have an obscurely motivated murder...
Nov 28, 20181 min read
642. Jonathan Coe - Middle England
A book about Brexit, by the author of The Rotters Club, and a sequel in that some of the characters recur. Quite an angry (I presume)...
May 6, 20181 min read
590. Joanna Cannon - Three Things About Elsie
I didn’t enjoy 'The Trouble with Goats and Sheep' (her first book) but this was much better. A thriller about dementia, which is a clever...
Sep 27, 20171 min read
532. Emma Cline - The Girls
Strange novel about a Manson type cult set in California in the late 60’s and the fascination of a young girl for an older cult member. I...
Jul 7, 20171 min read
506. Joanna Cannon - The Trouble With Goats And Sheep
I didn’t enjoy this much, at least until very near the end when the subject became a little clearer. So, (as everyone says nowadays), it...
Feb 11, 20171 min read
466. Artemis Cooper - Elizabeth Jane Howard: A Dangerous Innocence
This is a very good biography of Elizabeth Jane Howard, whose Cazalet novels I enjoyed a year or 2 ago, and who was married to Peter...
Dec 25, 20161 min read
455. John Cleese - So Anyway...
An autobiographical fragment, covering odd bits of his life. Covered school, university and early showbiz career, roughly up to Monty...
Dec 13, 20161 min read
452. Julie Cohen - Falling
Another that Paddy enjoyed from the library. I guess this is chic-lit, and on the whole I enjoyed it. Made me think about the difference...
Dec 5, 20161 min read
450. Charles Cumming - A Spy By Nature
I seem to have finished the very good Tom Kell trilogy. This is the first in a (somebody else) series and it is not a promising start. A...
Nov 30, 20161 min read
449. John Le Carré - Call For The Dead
I think this may be his first novel (see 447); I have read it before but always enjoy it. The plot is as described above, although with...
Nov 27, 20161 min read
448. Charles Cumming - A Divided Spy
The 3rd in the Thomas Kell series. This was brilliant; he is a great writer this guy and I am surprised that none of these books has been...
Nov 24, 20161 min read
447. John Le Carré - The Secret Pilgrim
I was looking for a different Le Carré book, but this one was referred to in 446, so I thought I would give it a go (I must have read it...
Nov 20, 20161 min read
446. Charles Cumming - A Colder War
The 2nd in the Thomas Kell series. This was weird because I had read the book before, and spent a lot of the time reading it puzzling...
Nov 17, 20161 min read
445. Charles Cumming - A Foreign Country
The first of a series of novels featuring Thomas Kell, a disillusioned and cynical ex MI5 officer, who has been suspended in disgrace...
Nov 13, 20161 min read
444. Charles Cumming - The Hidden Man
The third of the three I bought with the birthday tokens and by far the best. The key point is that this is a good novel, with the spy...