Nov 27, 2008
Oblivious – Cyndia Depre
I was due to review this book yesterday for Cyndia Depre’s online book tour and, for the first time I am a day late Unfortunately, due to the vagaries of the post, my copy of the book never arrived and although I ordered it off Amazon more than 10 days ago, it actually landed in my hand on Tuesday. Yep, that’s two days ago. So I had spent the last two days madly reading Oblivious so I... read more
Nov 6, 2008
Heart of Darkness and Youth – Joseph Conrad
Hands up all those people who didn’t study Heart of Darkness at school? Not many of you? OK, those of you who did, hands up those who can’t remember much about it. I know my hand is up, which is why I went back to read it again after I finished Blood River by Tim Butcher a few weeks back. The edition I read was also one which contained the short story Youth as well as an introduction by Tim... read more
Nov 4, 2008
The Gargoyle – Andrew Davidson
I received this book as a Goodreads reviewer. Unlike many proof copies that I have received in the post, this book was beautiful with a magnificent dust jacket and black edged pages. I suspected it wasn’t going to be your average story, and I was right. I am not so sure what I felt about this book. Did I love it or did I hate it? I couldn’t put it down. I read it in about three days. I was... read more
Nov 4, 2008
A Thousand Splendid Suns – Khaled Hosseini
This is the second book I have read about the plight of women in Afghanistan. This is the second time I have had to read a book in installments, putting it down when my anger and fury grew too great to continue reading. And this is the second time I have come away from a book wondering how, in our supposedly modern world, human beings can still be treated worse than animals for the sake of a tradition, or... read more
Nov 4, 2008
My Brain, My Future – Michael Durr
I was asked to review this book by the author, and received it in the post several months ago now. I started it almost straight away, but with other books pressing including my reading group books, I put it down for a while. I have since finished it, and have been considering my review for a little while now. The basic premise of the book is that in order for the readers (in this case, members of the... read more
