Ingenious is the first that comes to my mind when I think of this book. Of course mainly due to McEwan's decision on the identity of the narrator. The book is narrated by a foetus. Trudy, the mother, has betrayed her husband and the baby's father and together with her lover plots to kill him. …
I probably already mentioned in five other posts how I bought Why Be Happy When You Could be Normal? by complete accident and absolutely fell in love with this book. A logical consequence of that had to be reading Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit. It took me almost two years but finally I made the step. …
Continue reading Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit – Jeanette Winterson
I think I read the first book two years ago and it was an easy read and not horribly written, with some funny moments, but also some interesting observations. After finishing Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit with mixed feelings, I was definitely in the mood for something lighter. The first book tells a story of …
Continue reading Even More Ketchup Than Salsa: The Final Dollop – Joe Cawley
I am in a bit of a pickle about this book. I am definitely not an expert in self-help books, I maybe read one or two others during my reading career, so I cannot compare it to its peers. While I liked some things about it I really found many other things annoying. It was …
Continue reading The Life-Changing Magic of Not Giving a F**k – Sarah Knight
It was probably one of the last books I bought on my Kindle before the book buying ban and also the last one in my recent non-fiction reading spree. Now I moved on to fiction, again hoping to find something more uplifting, I had the same hopes for non-fiction earlier and no such luck - …
Continue reading This is London: Life and Death in the World City – Ben Judah
This was my Christmas gift for myself. I read Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? at the beginning of the year and loved it, I still have to get to Oranges are Not the Only Fruit, so this was my second book by Jeanette Winterson. The full title is Christmas Days: 12 Stories an 12 Feasts for …
This book starts with an emotional earthquake and from then on keeps the tension all the way to the end. Veronica Hegarty has to tell her mother that her brother, Liam, is dead. Veronica is shocked and grieving herself and now she has to inflict this news on her mother, but at the same time …
I bought Homage to Barcelona together with Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell in preparation for my vacation in Spain. Never having read anything by Colm Toibin, and recently back from my trip to Ireland I got tempted to start with this one. The result is that Homage to Catalonia is still unread, over a month …
This one was something I rarely read - historical crime fiction, for some unknown reason I usually prefer myy crime to be contemporary, or at least 20th century. I probably was tempted to buy this one on one of the kindle sales, which is where I get most of my crime stash. The book is …
Continue reading The Devil in the Marshalsea – Antonia Hodgson
This is yet another time when I have to admit the impossible. I have not read a single Harry Potter book in my life. My knowledge o J.K. Rowling's writing is limited to reading, and quite enjoying, The Cuckoo's Calling. I bought this book shortly after it was published, tried to read it at some …
