This is the book on my bedside table at present. What's on yours?
Taking Pictures by Anne Enright
Fabulous feminist set of short stories in this collection. I loved her pithy and fiesty narrators. I love the repressed anger too. Lots of thinking inspired and a big wish to re-read and re-read to pick up lost thoughts and missed ideas.
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
Again, a novel that I really enjoyed about Families, especially sibiling relationships and ghosts. A good tale about story telling too. Not heavy, a definite page turner.
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| This novella is stunning - I am blown away. If you love faerie-tales, surrealism and feminism this one is for you. A real modern classic and so clever and beautifully told. Carrington sounds like one wild woman and her imagination must have been a truly wondrous thing to behold, if somewhat terrifying as well, I would imagine. Think this may be my favourite read of 2010 and one I will return to time and time again. Thank goodness for minds like this. I am feeling bereft now without more of this story to read - what to read next? |
Loved this fantasy tale with the 14 year old Maddy. Lots of adventure and intrigue, although it's meant to be for teens it is a good read and not too arduous. Harris employs all her skills for a readable change of style for her.
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| In comparison to my last read I finished this in two days flat! I couldn't put it down. Loved the idea of the ghost and the characters appealed whilst reading. Not as clever as TTT'sW but a good read if you suspend your disbelief and enjoy doing so. Ending was a little unsatisfactory but this is often the way. |
Well, I finally finished this one! Took me ages and I enjoyed the beauty of Byatt's writing. Great characters and lots of them in an intricately woven tale. Beautiful settings described with lots of attention to detail. In fact detail is Byatt's real skill. The end did feel a little rushed with lots of historical context shoe-horned in. I wondered if this could have been done more subtly all the way through rather than at the end.
