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The Party by Tessa Hadley
Hadley is a writer who majors on family life, sometimes historical, always domestic focusing on relationships. They tend to be what I call ‘quiet’ novels…
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You are here by David Nicholls
One of the last books we read in book club was Pride and Prejudice, although I misremembered and read Sense and Sensibility instead, and I…
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Madame Matisse by Sophie Haydock
This book has the best book cover of the year so far. Matisse-like shapes of bodies and flowers in pinks and oranges spread across a…
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Damned if I do by Percival Everett
This is a collection of short stories that are surreal, cyclical and downright quirky in places and most of them I didn’t really understand in…
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The Adventures of huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
I read this book as part of my James planned year of reading – James by Percival Everett. James was the best book I read…
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Orbital by Samantha Harvey
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Translated by Jo Heinrich I am frantically reading shorter novels to find my next book for book club. We have a month to read a…
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I can remember the time when this book is set – the hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper. I was about thirteen years old and used…
Trying to read all the good books 