Beth's Books (and other bits and bobs)
Feel free to judge this book by its cover, it does what it says on the tin
If you're anything like me you'll understand that a 'Top 5' is basically impossible. Not only am I fickle and easily distracted my memory is abysmal! Put me on the spot and you'll be lucky to get five books I have read ever out of me let alone a comprehensive list that makes any sense. …
Author: Nick Hornby Title: High Fidelity Press: Penguin Prizes: Date of publication: 1995 Date of purchase: October 2018 RRP: £8.99 Price of purchase: £2.49 Reading time: 1 week Rating:  8 I read a review which compared the experience of reading this novel to listening to an album. They were right. High Fidelity was one of …
Author: Ruth Ozeki Title: A Tale for the Time Being Press: Cannongate Prizes: 2013 Man Booker Prize Shortlist Date of publication: 2013 Date of purchase: October 2018 RRP: £8.99 Price of purchase: £2.49 Reading time: 2 weeks Rating:  7 A Tale for the Time Being took me on a specific, immersive journey. It demanded to …
One Hundred Years of Solitude: Gabriel Garcia Marquez Milkman: Anna Burns
Filth: Irvine Welsh Dead Air: Iain Banks Here Are the Young Men: Rob Doyle
A Tale for the Time Being: Ruth Ozeki High Fidelity: Nick Hornby Blood Orange: Harriet Tyce
Just back from a lovely afternoon at the Southbank Centre. Cannot wait to get my hands on a copy of Cassara’s debut novel The House of Impossible Beauties. Both he and Andrew McMillan spoke eloquently on their own struggles coming to terms with their male-ness and the contradictions of masculinity in the twenty first century. …
(maybe eventually) Oh no, you cry, not another non-commital list of books Beth has a passing interest in! But yes, yes it is. This time however, it's bigger, vaguer and even less certain! The House of Impossible Beauties: Joseph Cassara Filth: Irvine Welsh Dead Air: Iain Banks Here are the Young Men: Rob Doyle Milkman: …
Beth's Books (and other bits and bobs) 