Monday, 29 July 2019

Tenant for Death - Cyril Hare

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Published in 1937 this is the first of the Inspector Mallett series. This was one of his books recommended on the Bodies from the library...

Bodies from the library 2019

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Finally I was able to go this year to Bodies from the Library on 29th June 2019. As well as meeting so many Golden Age enthusiasts and shari...
Saturday, 3 June 2017

Naomi Alderman - The Power #BaileysPrize @readingagency

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This is an amazing book. Clever, innovative, funny, shocking and thought provoking. 15 year old girls suddenly acquire the power to genera...
Friday, 2 June 2017

C E Morgan - The Sport Of Kings #BaileyPrize @readingagency

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This is a beautifully written novel, almost painfully so. It screams the new ' Great American Novel'. Indeed it was  a finalist fo...
Thursday, 1 June 2017

Madeleine Thien - Do not say we have nothing #BaileysPrize @readingagency

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This is a very rich. textured book. It reminded me of the perennial Wild Swans by Jung Chang. This book is set in Canada, Hong Kong, and ...
Monday, 22 May 2017

Gwendoline Riley - First Love #BaileysPrize @readingagency

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Well I have to confess to being flummoxed with this book. It is beautifully written but I did not get it. None of the characters were appe...
Friday, 19 May 2017

Linda Grant - Dark Circle #BaileysPrize @readingagency

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I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Loved the feisty Jewish twins diagnosed with TB. This is 1949 and the new NHS sees them arriving at a form...