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May 5, 20221 min read
972. Elif Shafak - The Island Of Missing Trees
This is a wonderful book. Set mainly in Cyprus in the mid-1970s when the country was ripped apart by the Greek/Cypriot civil war, it...
Aug 14, 20211 min read
884. Jodie Chapman - Another Life
This was very good, but I would have enjoyed it more if it had been written in a linear narrative, rather than with all the time shifts,...
Mar 9, 20141 min read
187. Honoré de Balzac - Eugenie Grandet
A proper story at last. I hadn’t realised how early in the 19th century Balzac was writing; 1820’s/30’s. So there is lots of classicism,...
Dec 22, 20131 min read
171. George Eliot - The Mill On The Floss
This was an A-level set text, and I read my old copy from the time, which is almost ruined by asinine adolescent observations. I will get...
Jun 8, 20121 min read
16. David Nicholls - One Day
Holiday book swap with P. Didn't like this at first but it grew on me. One day is Whitsun day annually and it covers the fortunes of a...