We were hoping for a festive read and David Baldacci’s book promised a ‘heart warming holiday tale’. It focuses on Tom Langdon, a disillusioned journalist as he travels from Washington to LA to be with his current girlfriend by Christmas Read More …
Year: 2017
Book Review: – Cartes postales from Greece
The structure of Victoria Hislop’s book is unusual – a set of short stories with what feels like two framing devices. First we meet Ellie who has received a series of postcards from Greece intended for a previous occupant of her flat. Read More …
Book Review: – One hundred years of solitude
One Hundred Years of Solitude is often cited as Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s finest and most famous work – part of the canon that led to him being awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. It tells the story of the rise Read More …
Book Review: – The last painting of Sara de Vos
It was generally agreed that ‘The last painting of Sara de Vos’ was an enjoyable and engaging book. The story is written in three time periods. In the 1600’s Sara herself is trying to earn a living through painting in Read More …
Book Review: – How to fall in love
‘How to fall in love’ by Cecelia Ahern proved to be a very easy read – definitely in the category of holiday reading. However it wasn’t the sweet romantic story suggested by the title and the cover with the thread Read More …
Book Review: – A long walk home
In September 2011 Judith Tebbutt and her husband David set out on an adventurous holiday to Kenya. After a joyous week on safari in the Masai Mara, they flew on to a beach resort forty kilometres south of Somalia and Read More …
Book Review: – Wintergirls
Wintergirls is a tale written with teenagers in mind looking at eating disorders. We all felt it was a good read – the story certainly pulled you through. We see the world from the point of view of Lia, a Read More …
Book Review: – The last werewolf
As ever a book that produced a range of reactions – most felt it was a good read. It was written well – gritty and true to life with quirky description and phrasing (some esoteric words not often used) and Read More …
Book Review: – Olive Kitteridge
Olive Kitteridge produced a broad mixture of reactions in the group ranging from ‘I loved it’ to ‘I hated it’. The book is set in a small coastal community in Maine and Olive is presented in a series of linked Read More …
Book Review: – The unlikely pilgrimage of Harold Fry
Harold Fry receives a letter from an old colleague informing him that she has cancer and is writing to say goodbye. He pens a response, sets out to the pillar box, can’t bring himself to post the letter and walks Read More …