Sometimes, what you really need is a sassy chick lit read. I certainly did, last week. Back from a tough trek, feeling tired and in need of both comfort food and comfort reading, I found “The Switch” on my bookshelf. I’d bought the book at a second hand book shop …
Not quite sure how or why I’d never read any Colin Forbes before. Bit of (probably unnecessary) scene-setting before I start. This big, satisfying chunky novel was bought years ago, in a second hand bookshop in Johannesburg, when we lived there, and has travelled back to India with us, and …
Obviously the title of the book has something to do with it. Even at my age, who can resist being seen reading something with such an in-your-face title? “The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck” certainly delivers on the shock value, with the F word peppering the earlier chapters, …
“Today will be different” is a fun read, with many laugh-out-loud moments, & a main character who reaches out from the pages of the book & grabs you with both hands. Eleanor Flood, almost 50 & pretty off-the-wall in her behaviour and outlook, is married to lovely, calm, capable Joe …
What an unusual book “Eligible” is. Unusual because it is an undoubtedly clever book, whilst being simultaneously rather obvious, and yet overall the book is totally compelling, because you “know” all the characters in the book. So well. So, so well. You “know” the plot. You “know” how it will …
Gosh. To think I’d never read an Anne Tyler novel until now. What an omission. We chose “Vinegar Girl” to read in our Delhi book club this month, and what a nice read it is, too. Hmm…”nice”. Not a very literary word, agreed. What a fun book. Is that a …
There are times when I feel a tad silly reviewing an author I have just discovered, when (seemingly) everyone else in the world is already a diehard fan. Ah well. So, yes, just discovered Mitch Rapp, the hero of Vince Flynn’s “Transfer of Power,” and reading it against the backdrop …
How is it possible to finish reading such a marvellous book like “Maine” and then be able to come up with nothing but clichés when trying to describe it? Sweeping, dramatic, epic, saga – oh dear, oh dear, such hackneyed terms, and yet they all fit the bill. For “Maine” …
Oh dear. I am going to have to use hoary old cliches like “gripping”, “unputdownable” and “a terrific page turner”, but for want of better words, this is exactly what Gillian Flynn’s latest novel, “Gone Girl” is. A book such as this is rare -utterly brilliant, and clever, and full …
