the ambitious writer in me was drooling over relentlessly beautiful sentences
THE WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR FICTION
A MEAL IN WINTER by Hubert Mingarelli
This small book set me on a journey of discovery. I'd not heard of the author until I listened to the book being discussed on Radio 4's A Good Read. The program is a rich source of reading suggestions and often encourages me to delve further into less commercial areas of literature. I was fascinated... Continue Reading →
RECORD PLAY PAUSE by Stephen Morris
...my library of musical memoirs is so much richer because of this book
FRANCIS PLUG: HOW TO BE A PUBLIC AUTHOR by Paul Ewan
There are moments of poignant beauty alongside the humorous carnage.
THE MOTEL LIFE by Willy Vlautin
About opportunity, but mostly about the lack of it. About guilt and a deep sense of right and wrong.
The Human Son by Adrian J Walker
Walker has an eye for the soul in his characters........
We by Yevgeny Zamyatin
Often the prose is, to use modern slang, quite 'naval gazing'
This Is Memorial Device by David Keenan
But this carnage is at a whole new level. As is the prose, this book will never be criticised for ‘descriptive’!
Reasons To Stay Alive by Matt Haig
I found myself furrow browed at times, nodding as Haig so vividly describes the effects of depression and anxiety
The Real Thing #1
No, we are suckers for the feel of a book (embossed covers are almost erotic are they not?) Oh, and the smell of a new ink on paper....
