Submarine
by Joe Dunthorne
I have heard a lot about this book over the past couple of years, including some fascinating interviews with the author about his second book, released last year. So I was very pleased when a friend offered to lend me both book and film…
Possession
by AS Byatt
This was a re-read that I sadly ended up rushing through because it was for book club and I didn’t give myself enough time. It’s a wonderful book, as literary as they come yet immensely readable…
League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Century 1969
by Alan Moore & Kevin O’Neill
The first two volumes in the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen series were fantastic, a book lover’s dream, so I have continued buying all of the series even as they have gone (in my opinion) seriously downhill…
The Greengrocer’s Apostrophe
by Alexandra Fox
This tiny little Leaf Book really packs an emotional punch. I am very moved…
Pygmalion
by George Bernard Shaw
For some reason, despite loving the film My Fair Lady, I was convinced that this, the play it is based on, would be a bit stuffy and clever-clever. I had no idea how close the film is to the original script, with many of its funniest lines being Shaw. If anything the play is even funnier…
The Last King of Scotland
by Giles Foden
While I liked the film that was made of this novel, I wasn’t sure what more I would get out of the novel. I am glad that I was encouraged to read it because there is so much more here than I expected…
This was my first full year of book blogging so I thought I’d take a look over what I’ve done…
Candide: or, Optimism
by Voltaire
translated by John Butt
This wasn’t as intimidating to read as I feared but it’s definitely intimidating to write about! On the one hand a short picaresque novel about the many adventures of a young German, it’s also a study of philosophy, humanity and life itself…
