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Jun 24, 20231 min read
1075. Dorothy B Hughes - The Expendable Man
Published in the mid -1950s, this is very different. Re-published by a UK imprint called Persephone Books (to which P subscribes) it is...
Dec 11, 20221 min read
1035. Bernadine Evaristo - Girl, Women, Other
Have read this before, but tried to read it more seriously/critically, in view of the book group meeting later this week. Not really sure...
Feb 10, 20221 min read
944. Peter Papathanasiou - The Stoning
A new genre to me – ‘outback noir’; The Dry might fall into this category. An apparent murder in a grim town in the Australian outback,...
Aug 11, 20211 min read
883. Nick Hornby - Just Like You
Quite enjoyed this. A romance between a 40 year old white woman, divorced with two kids, and a 20+ old black man, who works in the local...
Jul 14, 20211 min read
877. Michael Holding - Why We Kneel, How We Rise
Holding was a West Indian fast bowler in the 70’s & 80’s, now a cricket commentator. This is extraordinary, written out of years of...
Jan 7, 20211 min read
841. Tayari Jones - An American Marriage
This was good, but not that good - I think the publicity has over-egged it. I struggled with a couple of aspects; were the 3 central...
Mar 17, 20201 min read
755. Jodi Picoult - Small Great Things
Another recommendation from Paddy. This was very good, but maybe a bit thematic for a novel. Three main characters through whom the story...
Oct 12, 20191 min read
721. Colson Whitehead - The Underground Railroad
Heard an extract on Radio 4. This is a shocking book about slavery in the deep south in the 19th century, but it is not a very good book....
Sep 10, 20191 min read
714. William Faulkner - Light In August
Always try to read one big chunky classic novel on holiday and chose this, for some reason this year. A big and difficult novel, about...
Sep 22, 20181 min read
627. Jay Stringer - Runaway Town
Running out of books on holiday, found this on my kindle. Never read it before and won’t again. Get this on Amazon