‘The Benefits of Passion’ by Catherine Fox

8 Jun 20088 Jun 2008

One from the files to keep you going until I have time to report on the holiday reading.  :) I started out by loving this book. It tells the story…

‘The People’s Act of Love’ by James Meek

30 May 200830 May 2008

The quote on the front cover, from Louis de Bernieres, describes this book as '...the most original... I have read for years'.  I was a bit dubious about that as…

‘Dancer’ by Colum McCann

29 May 2008

This is a fictionalised biography of Rudolf Nureyev. And wow. What a book! I'd give my right arm to be able to write like that. The narrative is experimental to…

‘Dancing with the Virgins’ by Stephen Booth

28 May 200829 May 2008

In spite of the slightly lurid title this is actually a murder mystery novel, not erotica! Stephen Booth has written a series (four at the last count) of whodunnits set…

‘The Sleeper in the Sands’ by Tom Holland

27 May 200827 May 2008

Isn't it amazing where you come across new books and new authors? I found this one while browsing the shelves of an Aladdin's cave of a second-hand book shop in…

‘Love is a Four Letter Word’ by Claire Calman

24 May 200824 May 2008

I have to admit to struggling with this book. It started off quite well - very much chick-lit, but snappy and smart and quite true-to-life. The heroine moved to a…

‘Rough Music’ by Patrick Gale

21 May 200822 May 2008

It's always very satisfying when you find a totally 'new' author you'd never even heard of before, read one of their books and love it, because it opens up a…

‘Kushiel’s Dart’ by Jacqueline Carey

15 May 200822 May 2008

I first started this book over a year ago, read a few chapters and put it down. A couple of months ago, I picked it up again, determined to get…

‘From Blue to Black’ by Joel Lane

10 May 200822 May 2008

  The title of this book is wonderfully appropriate, both in its suggestion of the book's noir genre and in its reflection of the incredible monochromatic atmosphere Joel Lane conjures…

‘The Linguist’ by Sebastian Beaumont

10 May 200822 May 2008

This book sounded absolutely wonderful when I first picked it up off the library shelf. "A chilling story of the aftermath of a love triangle and the complexities of self…