Eileen by Ottessa Moshfegh All that man is by David Szalay Do not say we have nothing : a novel by Madeleine Thien
My reading
My Reading – October 2016
His Bloody Project : Documents Relating to the Case of Roderick Macrae by Graeme Macrae Burnet The Wife's Tale by Christine Wells Hot Milk by Deborah Levy The Sellout by Paul Beatty Save
My Reading – September 2016
Sweet Tooth by Ian McEwen The Scorching Wind by Walter Macken (There are few reviews and I was unable to a detailed review that didn't completely give the plot away.) Still she wished for Company by Margaret Irwin A Room with a View by E M Forster (Spoilers) The Happiest Refugee by Anh Do Save
My Reading – August 2016
Toby's Room by Pat Barker Noonday by Pat Barker The Cursed Child by JK Rowling, John Tiffany & Jack Thorne The Library of Unrequited Love By Sophie Divry 1914 Poetry Remembers edited by Carol Ann Duffy
One Minute Book Review – Noonday by Pat Barker
The third book in Pat Barker's Life Class trilogy takes up the story of Elinor Brooke, Paul Tarrant and Kit Neville in 1940, over twenty years after the events of the first two books ( 1 -Life Class and 2-Toby's Room) The world is at war again and London is suffering sustained aerial bombing. As … Continue reading One Minute Book Review – Noonday by Pat Barker
My Reading – July 2016
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte Life Class by Pat Barker Nelly Dean by Alison Case Sleeper's Castle by Barbara Erskine Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
One Minute Book Review – Sun on the Stubble by Colin Thiele
The first time I laughed out loud while reading a book in public occurred reading Sun on the Stubble on the tram home from school, aged twelve. Although considered a children’s book, this is one book that I am happy to read again and again. Bruno Gunther is the youngest son of a hardworking German … Continue reading One Minute Book Review – Sun on the Stubble by Colin Thiele
One Minute Book Review – Nelly Dean by Alison Case
A retelling of Wuthering Heights, once again from the point of view of the housekeeper, Nelly Dean. This time Nelly relates those elements that she withheld in the original story. The characters in Case’s story retain the personalities of the original but Nelly Dean attempts to explain their motivations and to provide hidden meaning to … Continue reading One Minute Book Review – Nelly Dean by Alison Case
Opening lines
Lately, there have been a number of lists floating around the web of great opening lines from literature. One the basis of these single sentences most people would want to read further. Here I have put together the opening one or two lines of a dozen of my favourite books. While most of them do … Continue reading Opening lines
My Reading – June 2016
Station 11 by Emily St John Mandel The Golden Dice By Elisabeth Storrs Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte No Shred of Evidence by Charles Todd The Visitors by Rebecca Mascull
Catherine Meyrick 