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State of Wonder by Ann Patchett 9 May 2013 | 12:24 am

 You know the feeling when you finish a book and feel lost?  That is how I felt after I finished this.  I wished it had been far longer.  I found myself slowing down while I was reading it so that I w...

State of Wonder by Ann Patchett 9 May 2013 | 12:24 am

 You know the feeling when you finish a book and feel lost?  That is how I felt after I finished this.  I wished it had been far longer.  I found myself slowing down while I was reading it so that I w...

The Kashmir Shawl by Rosie Thomas 19 Sep 2012 | 04:01 pm

After their mother's death, Mair and her siblings are left to clear out the house that had been her parents home in Wales and where she'd been brought up.  I've been through this process myself and I ...

The Kashmir Shawl by Rosie Thomas 5 Sep 2012 | 12:48 am

After their mother's death, Mair and her siblings are left to clear out the house that had been her parents home in Wales and where she'd been brought up.  I've been through this process myself and I ...

The Girl Who Played Go by Shan Sa 22 Aug 2012 | 02:54 am

I first heard about this book in its original French when Shan Sa won the 2001 Prix Goncourt des Lycéens for La Joueuse de Go or The Girl Who Played Go.  The Prix Goncourt des Lycéens is a literary pr...

The Girl Who Played Go by Shan Sa 22 Aug 2012 | 02:54 am

I first heard about this book in its original French when Shan Sa won the 2001 Prix Goncourt des Lycéens for La Joueuse de Go or The Girl Who Played Go.  The Prix Goncourt des Lycéens is a literary pr...

The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova 10 Feb 2012 | 09:51 pm

Not a light and rapid read, this one: my copy had over 700 pages and it's full of detailed descriptions.  The cover is dark and the story is dark, the story of a young girl who is searching for her fa...

The Devil's Star by Jo Nesbø 10 Feb 2012 | 09:50 pm

Jo Nesbø is widely promoted as the next Stieg Larsson which is very unfair, it turns out, because he's been writing from long before the famous trilogy of Stieg Larsson was published.  However there a...

The Collaborator by Gerald Seymour 10 Feb 2012 | 09:49 pm

The Collaborator is the brutal but compelling story of the daughter of a Mafia-like family who becomes a collaborator with the police.  The story revolves around Immacolata, the daughter of a criminal...

The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova 10 Feb 2012 | 11:13 am

Not a light and rapid read, this one: my copy had over 700 pages and it's full of detailed descriptions.  The cover is dark and the story is dark, the story of a young girl who is searching for her fa...

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