Not one of Mum’s books, but one I bought in the airport at Brisbane for the long flight back to the UK at the end of January last. The cover design caught my eye – […]
Category: Book reviews
48. ‘The Ghost Road’ by Pat Barker – Vol.III of the Regeneration Trilogy.
The final volume in what both Mum and I considered to be one of the best series of books ever written about the First World War. ‘The Ghost Road’ is a magnificent conclusion, focusing very […]
47. ‘War and Peace’ by Leo Tolstoy
There is nothing I can say about this wonderful book that has not been said before, so instead, I’m going to tell you two stories. First, mine. The original TV adaptation aired on the BBC […]
46. ‘I am Pilgrim’ by Terry Hayes.
What a book! If you like a good thriller, you will love this – it is non stop action from the beginning to the end, and I found it very hard to put down. Mum […]
45. ‘One Hundred Years of Solitude’ by Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
Now here is a very, very special book, one I admit to being somewhat hesitant to gift forward – it was such an absolute favourite of Mum’s. However, after she first read it in 1989, […]
44. ‘The Testaments’ by Margaret Atwood.
I had been looking forward to reading this so much – and bought it for a holiday read for a little side trip to Bali for Youngest Daughter and I towards the end of my […]
43. ‘The English Patient’ by Michael Ondaatje.
This is one of Mum’s Books, and I remember having a conversation with her about how so many people have seen the (rather wonderful!) film starring Ralph Fiennes, Juliette Binoche and Kristin Scott-Thomas, not many […]
42: ‘Homo Deus’ by Yuval Noah Harari
Oh My Goodness….what a book! My second read for 2020, and my second book by this author – again, not one of Mum’s Books, but one I bought at the airport for the LOOOOONG flight […]
41. Happy New Decade! and, ‘The Hunting Party’ by Lucy Foley.
I must start by wishing all of you a Happy New Decade! Here we are in the Twenties…how astonishing! and also by sharing with you a small anecdote about a British Eccentric…yes, they are alive […]
40. ‘The Narrow Road to the Deep North’ by Richard Flanagan.
I don’t remember the last time I ended a book in tears, but I did this one. It is stunning. It won the Man Booker Prize in 2014, which surprises me not one iota – […]
