SS-GB by Len Deighton
I think I have read most of Deighton’s books over the years but hadn’t read this one. My eye was … More SS-GB by Len Deighton
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The Queen of Dirt Island by Donal Ryan
Set in a small Irish village, Nenagh, four generations of Aylward women live loudly, argumentatively and with fierce love for … More The Queen of Dirt Island by Donal Ryan
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
The first question I wanted answers to from this book is how do you have time to have seven husbands? … More The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
I am Not Sidney Poitier by Percival Everett
I must remember in future not to read the introductions to a book by another author. It can ruin the … More I am Not Sidney Poitier by Percival Everett
After Sappho by Selby Wynn Schwartz
This is the fourth and final book that I needed to read for the Future Learn course How to Read … More After Sappho by Selby Wynn Schwartz
Trust by Hernan Diaz: Book club – bending and aligning reality
. . . if money is fiction, finance capital is the fiction of a fiction p216 Apart from reading books … More Trust by Hernan Diaz: Book club – bending and aligning reality
Bolla by Pajtim Statovci, translated by David Hackston
This is the third of four books that I am reading for the FutureLearn course ‘How to read a Novel’ … More Bolla by Pajtim Statovci, translated by David Hackston
So Much Blue by Percival Everett
I chose this book because I have joined LibraryThing to keep a record of books that I own and read … More So Much Blue by Percival Everett
Bitter Orange Tree by Jokha Alharthi
Translated by Marilyn Booth I read this book because I am taking part in a MOOC – massive open online … More Bitter Orange Tree by Jokha Alharthi
The Covenant of Water by Abraham Vergese
This is an epic story starting in the 1900 and ending in 1970 that shows the progress in India through … More The Covenant of Water by Abraham Vergese