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I Remember You by Yrsa Sigurdardottir 27 Aug 2013 | 02:10 pm
Translated from the Icelandic by Philip Roughton Five words from the blurb: Iceland, isolated, suicide, vanished, terrifying Iceland is very suited to scary stories – the isolation, the dark days, ...
Two Board Game Reviews: Castles of Burgundy and Bora Bora 19 Aug 2013 | 03:56 pm
Earlier in the year Ravensburger Games asked if I’d be willing to review a couple of games for them. I enjoyed Asara and Indigo so was happy to repeat the request by reviewing two more: Castles of Bur...
The View on the Way Down by Rebecca Wait 16 Aug 2013 | 07:03 pm
Five words from the blurb: brother, died, family, apart, truth Emma is nine-years-old when her brother Kit dies. Her older brother, Jamie, disappears after the funeral and Emma is suddenly the only c...
The Antidote by Oliver Burkeman 13 Aug 2013 | 09:52 pm
Five words from the blurb: solution, happiness, embracing, negative, thinking I don’t normally read self-help books, but something about this one caught my attention. I loved the way it went against ...
Fortunate by Andrew JH Sharp 9 Aug 2013 | 03:25 pm
Five words from the blurb: Zimbabwe, decision, catastrophe, farm, clues Four years ago I read Andrew Sharp’s debut novel and fell in love with it. Ghosts of Eden is a fantastic book and I urge everyo...
The Woman Upstairs by Claire Messud 7 Aug 2013 | 04:27 pm
Five words from the blurb: alone, unseen, passion, art, betrayal The Woman Upstairs grabs the reader’s attention from the very beginning. The narrator, Nora, is very angry and over the course of the ...
Three Mini Reviews 5 Aug 2013 | 07:02 pm
Benediction by Kent Haruf Five words from the blurb: Colorado, heart-break, friendship, ordinary, humanity Benediction is a quiet novel about ordinary people living in a small town in Colorado. The ...
July Summary and Plans for August 1 Aug 2013 | 12:25 pm
July was a fun month for me. It was dominated by preparations for my youngest son’s 6th birthday party. He wanted a Star Wars theme and I went a bit overboard by making Jedi robes and light sabers for...
Heaven and Hell by Jón Kalman Stefánsson 31 Jul 2013 | 12:10 am
Translated from the Icelandic by Philip Roughton Five words from the blurb: Iceland, boat, fishing, tragedy, solitude I’m going to Iceland soon and so have been trying to track down as much fiction...
The Reason I Jump by Naoki Higashida 26 Jul 2013 | 06:14 pm
Translated from the Japanese by KA Yoshida and David Mitchell Five words from the blurb: autism, childhood, son, inside, head I love David Mitchell’s books and try to read as much about autism as p...
