An excellent crime novel set on the Shetlands
“Red Bones” by Ann Cleeves is one of a series of crime novels set on the Shetlands – highly recommended
“Rubbernecker” by Belinda Bauer – a crime novel with a very unusual main character
Rubbernecker by Belinda Bauer is a crime novel where you are not sure for most of the book that there is a crime. The main character, Patrick, has Asperger’s Syndrome and a lot of the book is told from his point of view. The author has, I assume, done her research and what happens is … Continue reading “Rubbernecker” by Belinda Bauer – a crime novel with a very unusual main character
The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K Le Guin – a science fiction classic and deservedly so
A tender and beautify book about many things including love
The Urban Fantasy Novels of Tanya Huff – “Blood Price” and its sequels. Some of the best in the genre
Five excellent urban fantasy novels set in Toronto
“Skeleton in the Grass” by Robert Barnard and his other excellent crime novels
A young woman is employed to work in the nursery of a middle class family just before WW2
“The Vagina Monologues” and “The Good Body” by Eve Ensler – drama about women
Two dramatic presentations about women's bodies and how they feel about them
January Wrap up – a strange month but some great reading
Five books I read this month that are worth reading
I read “The Five People you Meet in Heaven” by Mitch Albom and think about books written to give a message and move the emotions
A fairground engineer dies and meets people from his past who help to give his life meaning.
“4 3 2 1” by Paul Auster leads me to reflect a little about books where characters live more than one life
A book that tells 4 different versions of one life
“The Seventh Decimate” by Stephen Donaldson – the first in a new fantasy series
A prince has to travel to try and find the power which has nullified the magicians of his land
Anne Is Reading 