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Oct 1, 20221 min read
1017. Shelby Van Pelt - Remarkably Bright Creatures
Quite enjoyed this, but insubstantial. Tova, an elderly Swedish widow, works as cleaner in an aquarium and develops a relationship with...
May 13, 20211 min read
859. Tracy Chevalier - A Single Thread
Bought this by mistake, as P already has a copy and I read it 18 months ago. But I like Chevalier and it is quite a good book. About a...
Jan 2, 20161 min read
367. Javier Marías - The Infatuations
A library book by a writer I had never heard of; apparently a prominent modern Spanish novelist. The narrator is a very verbose young...
Feb 7, 20141 min read
182. Sian Busby - A Commonplace Killing
Bought four books in Waterstones with a token Dan gave me for Xmas. I had never heard of this or the author who turns out to be the wife...
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...