Human Traces – Sebastian Faulks
"Every day, my daddy told me the same thing. 'Once a task is just begun, never leave it till it's done. Be the labour...
My Reading Life – February 2024
Time to wrap up the short month of February. The year seems to be skipping by already. But if I can count my achievements...
The Rosie Project – Graeme Simsion
"I don't know about doing a sequel. I think you can retroactively damage a product by adding to it." - Simon Pegg
I got very...
Shotgun Lovesongs – Nickolas Butler
"Never lend books, for no one ever returns them; the only books I have in my library are books that other folks have lent...
My Reading Life – March 2024
Where has April gone? I only just finished March and April is more than halfway gone. I have been much busier with work and,...
Things Fall Apart – Chinua Achebe
“The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places.” Ernest Hemingway
Widely read in schools in Africa and beyond, over twenty...
The Plan
I'd love to take off for a year with all the books which are sitting on my bookshelf waiting to be read. I have...
Crash – JG Ballard
"Perhaps the most distubing book you will ever read"
Well, there is another rather sick piece of fiction that I have read previously (The Fermata) but...
A God In Ruins – Kate Atkinson
"It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop." - Confucius
I've often thought that I have the attention...
The Taking of Annie Thorne by C.J. Tudor
“Often the hands will solve a mystery that the intellect has struggled with in vain.” Carl Jung
Joe Thorne receives an email. “I know what...
