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Jan 6, 20141 min read
174. Thomas Hardy - Jude The Obscure
Another A level text, but I loved this on re-read after it must be 40 years. The complicated love story between Jude & Sue was so...
Oct 18, 20131 min read
156. Ernest Hemingway - A Farewell To Arms
Took me all week to read this, because I began the week trying to read 'Mary Barton' by Mrs. Gaskell. I seem to have had a fall out with...
Sep 21, 20131 min read
146. Sophie Hannah - The Orphan Choir
Complete rubbish. Get this on Amazon
Aug 12, 20131 min read
136. Noah Hawley - The Good Father
Another of Paddy’s library books. But definitely one of the highlights of the year. About a father & son; the son is arrested for...
Mar 31, 20131 min read
93. Reginald Hill - Exit Lines
Have read this before and was looking for another easy read. Hill usually provides this; he was a clever guy whose books are sometimes...
Mar 31, 20131 min read
92. Moshin Hamid - How To Get Filthy Rich In Rising Asia
Heard this reviewed on Radio 4. A bit different. A novel disguised as 'self-help' book very simply about getting rich in rising Asia....
Nov 8, 20121 min read
53. Alan Hollinghurst - The Stranger's Child
Never read any of his before. Enjoyed it but it was long. Why are all the characters (nearly all-male) gay? Even the central female...
Sep 17, 20121 min read
42. Rachel Heath - Part Of The Spell
One of P's library books; she thought it was a thriller, but it isn't. A bit 'chic lit' for me, about small-town life in Saffron Walden,...
Jul 25, 20121 min read
27. Thomas Hardy - Tess Of The D'Urbervilles
Thought I had better read a non-crime book. Haven't read any Hardy for years; don't know quite what to make of this. Hardy obviously took...
Apr 6, 20121 min read
1. Reginald Hill - Good Morning, Midnight
Suicide/Murder(?) screwed up family, security services involvement, a bit of state terrorism. Dalziel was deceived (?) by the prime...