‘Beatrice and Virgil’ – Yann Martel 2010.
It is rare that I actually dislike a book. I enjoy reading, enjoy narratives, and enjoy various styles of writing, even if I am not always convinced by the char...
‘Cold Spring Harbor’ – Richard Yates 1986.
While reading this book I realised that a very large number of the books I have been reading recently have been written in the 1930’s. This was certainly ...
‘The Windup Girl’- Paolo Bacigalupi 2009
‘The Windup Girl‘ is one of the most genuinely frightening dystopian novels I have ever read. While many dystopias are frightening for their sometim...
‘Dance, Dance, Dance’ -Haruki Murakami 1988 (English translation by Alfred Birnbaum 1994)
Murakami‘s novels are so unusual I find them very hard to describe. He is definitely one of my favourite authors, for a number of reasons relating to hi...
‘Cakes and Ale’ – William Somerset Maugham 1930.
Cakes and Ale is a rather biting satire of the life of various notable British writers, including Thomas Hardy, who were prolific in William Somerset Maugham...
‘Scoop: A Novel About Journalists’ – Evelyn Waugh 1938.
Evelyn Waugh is fast becoming one of my favourite writers. A few months ago I read one of his most famous novels ‘Brideshead Revisited‘ which I high...
‘Brave New World ‘-Aldous Huxley 1932
Ultimately I enjoyed this book. As a story it has all the elements of an entertaining reading experience, and it is deserving of its status as a ‘classic&...
‘Feed’- Mira Grant 2010.
I must first admit that I have a soft spot for zombie books, and apocalypse books in general, which is what originally made me buy this book online. Mira Grant&...
‘Fight Club’ -Chuck Palahniuk 1996
I don’t consider myself to be a reader of literature. I was about to insert some witty sentence here about you giving me a book by such-and-such author, but I...
‘Antigua, Penny, Puce’ ‐Robert Graves 1936.
I must admit I judged this book by its cover. While browsing in a secondhand book shop something made me pull out the battered Penguin Classic. I had never hear...