Reviews 

About a man Charlie, his lover Miranda, and a synthetic man, Adam, whom Charlie has bought. Set in an alternative 1980’s when Thatcher is...

One of P’s. Very strange book – if it reminded me of anything it was Philip Pullman with the parallel world's theme. Or it could be a...

Borrowed from P, as between library books. Inherently far too girly for me, but full of sharply observed points. Ghosts means (news to...

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...

Local library now open again, post lockdown, so opportunity to try some books. This was very good – an almost 19th century novel written...

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...

I am reading these in chronological order as I find the complete works pretty un-navigable on my kindle. I have read this before, but...

I half enjoyed this, if that is possible. Paddy said it reminded her a bit of Iris Murdoch, although it was better written and without...

One of Paddy’s, the fictionalised biography of an English, Sandy Denny type and era folk/rock singer (born c1950 so of our era)....

Complete change from Herron, but this is very good as well. Written in bold, experimental and poetic prose, it features mainly 2...

Airport/aeroplane reading but this was completely different. A disparate group of characters are travelling Manchester to Euston in the...

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...

Could be a parody of Pride and Prejudice, except I can’t think of 2 suitable nouns. Nonetheless, girl falls for incredibly rich and...

I found this difficult and hard work. The two sisters (Elinor – sense) and (Marianne – which I think means passion) both fall in love...

Barbie now comes into focus. The whole thing is quite brilliant and I am amazed that he is not better known as a writer, and how long it...

Another library book via P. I am not reading at all fluently at the moment; this was quite a good book but I didn’t really enjoy it at...

I am not sure if I have ever read this before; although I have seen the TV adaptation many times and the book drags back memories,...

A library book via P, although probably a ‘woman’s book’, I loved this, beautifully written with a really well constructed plot – would...

An Xmas present from B, maybe with Larkin’s most famous opening line in mind. (?) I started hating it, seeing it as a typically footnoted...

A short and unplanned read post no.339 above. This is a very good book, but as I had forgotten about it I can’t think of much to say. If...