Book Talk Bournemouth
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Monday, 31 December 2007
The Shoe Queen - Anna Davis
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This book was the last Tesco Bookclub book. It is light hearted and a fun, quick read. It is not particulary deep but good for a dull aftern...
The Book Thief - Markus Zusak
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This is a brilliant book. It is narrated by Death and is set in Germany during WWII. Do not let this put you off. I found it utterly fascina...
Thursday, 13 December 2007
The Dig - John Preston
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This is an interesting book, as it is a fictionalised account of the most famous archaeological dig in Britain in the modern age - that of S...
Monday, 26 November 2007
Alibi - Joseph Kanon
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This is a gem of a book. Quite old now published in hardback in 2005. It is set in Venice just after the end of WW2. A former US Army war cr...
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Tuesday, 13 November 2007
The Rossetti Letter by Christi Phillips
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This book could have had so much going for it. History, a glamorous location - Venice, Venetian Courtesans, political intrigue, but oh dear ...
Wednesday, 31 October 2007
Man Booker Winner - The Gathering by Anne Enright
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I am not a big fan of the Booker prize winners on the whole and this is no exception. Anne Enright does write lyrically, but after a while i...
Monday, 29 October 2007
The Ghost - Robert Harris
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I read this novel in 24 hours flat. It is absolutlety brilliant and impossible to put down for long. The story twists and turns and it is di...
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