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Aug 15, 20151 min read
330. Sebastian Faulks - A Fool's Alphabet
Either I had forgotten this, or it has sat unread (by me) on the bookcase for 10 years. It grew on me; couldn’t see the point for about...
Aug 6, 20151 min read
326. Richard Flanagan - Wanting
Saw a very good program on the TV about him and thought I would start off, still post Zola, with something easier than 'The Narrow Road...
Mar 22, 20151 min read
290. Penny Feeny - That Summer In Ischia
Superior chic lit really. Quite a good plot, about the current lives of a couple of gels who went child-minding in Italy in the late 70’s...
May 15, 20141 min read
207. Henry Fielding - Joseph Andrews
Never read any Fielding. This was actually quite fun; a take on ‘Pamela’ (Joseph is her disappeared brother). A big rumbustious (is that...
Jan 2, 20141 min read
173. Paul Ferguson - Killing The Dead
A Christmas present from Ben. The sort of cheap thriller I used to read a lot of. Quite a clever plot, well-plotted, and very filmic;...
Nov 3, 20131 min read
160. Robert Ferrigno - Dead Silent
Don’t know where I found this, but I wanted a cheap thriller after William Boyd. Cheap it certainly was; I don’t know why people bother...
Oct 7, 20131 min read
152. E. M. Forster - A Passage To India
I started this to avoid starting no.153 before our flight to Barcelona and have just spilled a glass of water over the keyboard, but it...
Sep 13, 20131 min read
143. Sebastian Faulks - A Week In December
This is good but difficult. I read a lot of it thinking this is really a book to take on holiday and not to try to read during a busy...
Jun 5, 20131 min read
113. E. M. Forster - Where Angels Fear To Tread
Probably enjoyed this less than I expected, although not in a very receptive mood when I read it. The plot is fairly far fetched; English...
May 22, 20131 min read
106. Jeannie Faulkner Barber - Taste Of Fire
Mistook "good quality crime" on some website for Mills & Boon. Complete tat. Get this on Amazon
Dec 24, 20121 min read
67. Linda Fairstein - Night Watch
Never heard of this author; she was a New York prosecutor of crimes against women. The sub-plot is based loosely around the Dominic...
Sep 6, 20121 min read
38. Ford Madox Ford - The Good Soldier
Have tried reading this many times, but there is a big Ford Maddox Ford drama 'Parades End' on the TV which has encouraged me to give it...