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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...
Aug 21, 20221 min read
1005. Karen Joy Fowler - The Jane Austen Book Club
I enjoyed this, but not as much as P did. A group of Californian women (+1 man) set up what the title indicates and discuss a book a...
Jan 17, 20221 min read
934. Mary Paulson-Ellis - Emily Noble's Disgrace
This is very different, quite difficult and very good. A book about a boarding house in Portabello, Edinburgh, really throughout the 20th...
Dec 17, 20211 min read
923. Lucy Worsley - Jane Austen At Home
This is really good – I expected a rather frothy and lightweight book from a woman who likes to prance around in period costume in her TV...
Sep 6, 20171 min read
520. Joanna Trollope - City of Friends
I don’t normally write about books I haven’t managed to finish, but this was execrable. Four posh and over-privileged women wanking on...
Sep 26, 20121 min read
45. Kerry Wilkinson - Vigilante
Similar to no.41 and although Jessica Daniel's character had developed, I didn't think it was as good (or maybe it was better, but hadn't...