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

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

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