Sep 19, 2011 Posted by booktiger

The Fifth Woman – Henning Mankell – 499

I have been progressively working my way through the entire Inspector Wallander series and the more I read, the more I like them. I have to admit I wasn’t as thrilled with the first one as I thought I would be, but I am really glad I persevered. The second was fabulous, the third even better and the fourth was gripping. This one is the sixth book (I have the fifth – Sidetracked – on order... read more

Sep 15, 2011 Posted by booktiger

Cat and Mouse – James Patterson – 500

In the past year, although I haven’t been keeping the blog, I have certainly been reading. Just from my written scribblings, I would estimate I have probably read around 70 books since I last wrote here. I have been going back and trying to record as many as I can remember on Librarything, but I think I accept that there is no way that I can remember them all. Indeed, a couple of times I have started... read more

Aug 11, 2010 Posted by booktiger

My Heart is Breaking through the Demise of my Beloved Book

I haven’t written here for a while. It’s not because I haven’t been reading – I have. In fact, I have read as much, if not more than usual but I haven’t found the heart to write about it. But I have returned to the blog because there are several things which are happening at the moment which I feel so passionately about that it hurts. The first is the loss of the well thought... read more

Mar 13, 2010 Posted by booktiger

Remarkable Creatures – Tracey Chevalier

Remarkable Creatures is one of those wonderful books where the author is deliberately writing fiction, and never claiming that it is anything but, but she is basing that fiction on a lesser known historical figure and in turn not just bringing that figure to life, but reviving interest in that figure in a way that a straight history never could. This book is about Mary Anning, arguably the greatest fossil... read more

Feb 19, 2010 Posted by booktiger

The Other Side Of You – Salley Vickers

The Other Side of You is a thought provoking and incredibly moving story which I loved…and didn’t love all at the same time. It is the story of a woman, Elizabeth, who is brought to a psychiatric hospital after a failed suicide attempt. She is treated by David, her doctor, and through the course of the story she tells him, eyes are opened all around. David starts to see that he is in a loveless... read more

Jan 13, 2010 Posted by booktiger

The Bookwoman’s Last Fling – John Dunning

From an intensely likeable hero in Jack Reacher, I then turned to a significantly less likeable hero in Cliff Janeway. I picked up The Bookwoman’s Last Fling because the blurb on the back sounded intriguing – a crime, to do with books and with horses – two things I absolutely love. When I started reading I wondered what could go wrong? I soon found out. The main character of this book... read more

Jan 13, 2010 Posted by booktiger

One Shot – Lee Child

I like Lee Child. I really like the way he writes, I like how he constructs his story, builds the tension and develops the plot. And of course, like everyone who has ever read a Jack Reacher novel, I adore his leading man. Lee Child turns popular crime fiction into something satisfying and definitely worth reading. I took One Shot with me on the flight from London to Adelaide, packing it in my little on... read more

Dec 24, 2009 Posted by booktiger

A Guide To The Birds of East Africa – Nicholas Drayson

And in amongst the sadness and anger of the past few books I have been reading, at last I get the opportunity to read something a little lighter. A Guide To the Birds of East Africa was just the distraction I needed – it is a lovely, feel-good story which doesn’t avoid issues or the reality of the world, but still provides hope in humanity and the power of goodness. Mr Malik is rather taken... read more

Dec 24, 2009 Posted by booktiger

When A Crocodile Eats The Sun – Peter Godwin

I seem to have read a number of books recently which filled me with various emotions – anger at injustice, sadness at the blind greed and selfishness of the human race, and rage at people who use power for their own ends, whilst trampling on anyone around them who gets in their way. When A Crocodile Eats The Sun is a memoir from the journalist, Peter Godwin who was a white who was born and grew up in... read more

Dec 23, 2009 Posted by booktiger

Flat Earth News – Nick Davies

I am really not a big fan of the mainstream media – that, as most of you will know, is no secret. I don’t like sensationalism, I hate celebrity culture, and I dislike the paternalistic, materialistic nonsense which seems to be characteristic of most news channels today, whether visual, audio or written. I came to Flat Earth News with this attitude, and this book didn’t just reinforce it... read more