Beth's Books (and other bits and bobs)
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Johanna lives in Wolverhampton with her once upon a time musician father, post-natal depressed mother and her four brothers. She has to get out. She has to reinvent herself and build herself into a girl she thinks she’d like to be. This journey takes her into music criticism, sex, love and more sex. But once …
The year is 1900. The young ladies of Appleyard College, Australia set off on a picnic. Five young women disappear that day and only one is ever heard of again. The lives of those closest to these mysterious events are changed forever. The question remains… what happened? Author: Joan Lindsay Title: Picnic at Hanging Rock …
Peter Grant is disappointed when assigned a desk job after completing his police training. However, a strange encounter with a ghost while out on patrol opens him up to a world of magic and mystery beyond anything he could have imagined. His first case relates to a rampaging spirit which he must overcome while brokering …
Author: Michael Ondaatje Title: The English Patient Press: Bloomsbury Date of Publication: 1992 Prizes: Winner of the Man Booker Prize 1992 Date of Purchase: January 2019 RRP: £8.99 Price of Purchase: £2.50 Reading Time: 6 days Rating: 6 I probably didn’t read this correctly. I found myself distracted and skimming, having to go back and …
In light of last week's announcement that the Man Booker is back to plain old Booker after Man Group withdrew its sponsorship I thought it was a good time to share my thoughts on the steady decline of the UK's most prestigious literary prize. I wrote this as part of my studies at Kingston University …
Author: Maggie O’Farrell Title: The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox Date of Publication: 2006 Press: Headline (Hachette) RRP: £7.99 Price of Purchase: (Library of Mum) Reading time: 4 days Rating: 7 This started well, hit a road bump and then recovered itself (although the pseudo incestuous relationship felt completely unnecessary to me I know it …
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This list is inspired in part by my current reading of The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox and partly by a course I undertook in the third year of my undergraduate degree (which I finally feel ready to start reflecting back on). Oh and also it’s Burns Nights so this is my contribution to being patriotic… Complicity: …
Author: Stuart Turton Title: The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle Press: Raven Books (Bloomsbury) Date of Publication: 2018 Prizes: Winner of the Costa First Novel Award 2018 Date of Purchase: December 2018 RRP: £8.99 Price of Purchase: £2.50 Reading Time: 8 days Rating: 9 I needed to get my grubby mitts on this after all …
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Author: Edward St Aubyn Title: Dunbar Press: Vintage (PRH) Date of Publication: 2017 Date of Purchase: December 2018 RRP: £8.99 Price of Purchase: This was a lovely thoughtful gift from my class secret santa Reading Time: 4 days Rating: 2 It’s been a while since I read a ‘bad’ book but I think this might …
Author: Anna Burns Title: Milkman Press: Faber and Faber Date of Publication: 2018 Prizes: Winner of the Man Booker Prize 2018 Date of Purchase: December 2018 RRP: £8.99 Price of Purchase: Reading Time: 10 days Rating: 8 So I’ve been dying to read this since it was longlisted for the Booker way back in July …
Beth's Books (and other bits and bobs) 