Burning Your Own

Posted on 26 June, 2021

Read: Burning Your Own by Glenn Patterson ★★★★☆ 📚 1969, Mal is 10. I’d have been 11. Mal lives in a estate in Northern Ireland. Great, horrible, atmosphere. Football with his pals and building bonfires with civil rights and politics in the background.

Posted on 8 June, 2021

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Read: Cunning Women: A feminist tale of forbidden love after the witch trials by Elizabeth Lee ★★★☆☆ 📚 I enjoyed this well enough, unlikely plot, felt a bit like a young adult book.

The Golden Rule by Amanda Craig

Posted on 29 May, 2021

john

Read: The Golden Rule by Amanda Craig ★★★☆☆ 📚 a take on “Strangers on a Train”. This kept me turning the pages but spelled things out a bit too much. I also guessed what was going on even before the big hint.

August by Callan Wink

Posted on 26 May, 2021

john

Read: August by Callan Wink ★★★☆☆ 📚This was a nice change from the daily introspective books I’ve been reading. August, the main character says little and doesn’t seem to think much. The sensitive silent type. I enjoyed reading about his mum more.

Jo Baker Offcomer

Posted on 20 May, 2021

john

Read: Jo Baker Offcomer ★★★☆☆ 📚

a bit to queasy for me, young woman who is in a bad situation cutting herself with a blade and stupid choices.

I Give It to You by Valerie Martin

Posted on 16 May, 2021

john

I Give It to You by Valerie Martin ★★★★☆ 📚
Set in Italy, mix of World War II history and the story of the story. Echos of The Leopard with the decline of the land owning class. More than one level of betrayal.

so you’ve been shamed by Jon Ronson 📚

Posted on 17 April, 2021

john

Read: so you’ve been shamed by Jon Ronson ★★★★☆ 📚
I think I must have read excerpts of a lot of this over the years since it was published. Still quite interesting although I kept hearing Louis Theroux in my head.