Publisher: Adelphi Published: March 2007 (first published 1956) Pages: 172 Challenges: Library Challenge Summary "She's gone to Bourges." It was to protect Gina's reputation that Jonas had told the little lie. She had often gone off with younger men since their wedding. In fact, her family, most of the neighbours - they all knew. How could… Continue reading Review: The Little Man from Archangel by Georges Simenon
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Review: The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce
Publisher: Pickwick Published: September 2014 (first published January 2012) Pages: 310 Challenges: Around the World Challenge; Women's Challenge Summary Recently retired, sweet, emotionally numb Harold Fry is jolted out of his passivity by a letter from Queenie Hennessy, an old friend, who he hasn't heard from in twenty years. She has written to say… Continue reading Review: The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce
Review: Cannonbridge by Jonathan Barne
I received an e-arc of this book from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Solaris Publication Date: 10 February 2015 Pages: 272 Challenges: Around the World Challenge Summary Flamboyant, charismatic Matthew Cannonbridge was touched by genius, the most influential creative mind of the 19th century, a prolific novelist, accomplished playwright,… Continue reading Review: Cannonbridge by Jonathan Barne
Review: Chocolat by Joanne Harris
Publisher: Garzanti Published: 9 October 1998 Pages: 338Challenges: Library Challenge; Around the World Challenge; Women's ChallengeRating: 3/5 Summary (from Goodreads) When an exotic stranger, Vianne Rocher, arrives in the French village of Lansquenet and opens a chocolate boutique directly opposite the church, Father Reynaud denounces her as a serious danger to his… Continue reading Review: Chocolat by Joanne Harris
Review: A Murder of Magpies by Judith Flanders
I received an e-arc of this book from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Minotaur Books Publication Date: 24 February 2015 Pages: 288 Challenges: Around the World Challenge; Women's Challenge Summary It's just another day at the office for London book editor Samantha "Sam" Clair. Checking jacket copy for… Continue reading Review: A Murder of Magpies by Judith Flanders
Review: The Small Fortune of Dorothea Q by Sharon Maas
I received an e-arc of this book from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Bookouture Published: 30 January 2015 Pages: 532 Challenges: Around the World Challenge; Women's Challenge Summary An epic, mesmerizing tale of tragic loss, the strength of words left unspoken, and the redeeming power of love.… Continue reading Review: The Small Fortune of Dorothea Q by Sharon Maas
Review: Radiance of Tomorrow by Ishmael Beah
Publisher: Neri Pozza Published: 8 May 2014 Pages: 272 Challenges: Library Challenge; Around the World Challenge Summary At the centre of Radiance of Tomorrow are Benjamin and Bockarie, two friends who return to their hometown after the civil war in Sierra Leone. The village is in ruins, the ground covered in bones. As more villagers begin… Continue reading Review: Radiance of Tomorrow by Ishmael Beah
Review: The Family Girl by Katherine Brankin
I received an e-arc of this book from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Vook Inc. Published: 9 October 2014 Pages: 222Challenges: Around the World Challenge; Women's Challenge Summary Ice-cold assassin Catalina Bennett wants a Faberge egg. A CIA funded venture-capital investment firm wants to get… Continue reading Review: The Family Girl by Katherine Brankin
Review: Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Publisher: Einaudi Published: 10 June 2008 (first published 2006) Pages: 456Challenges: Library Challenge; Around the World Challenge; Women's Challenge Summary In 1960s Nigeria, a country blighted by civil war, three lives intersect. Ugwu, a boy from a poor village, works as a houseboy for a university professor. Olanna, a young woman, has abandoned her… Continue reading Review: Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Review: Jennifer Government by Max Barry
Publisher: Abacus Published: 5 February 2004 Pages: 352Challenges: Library Challenge; Around the World Challenge Summary (from Goodreads) In Max Barry's twisted, hilarious and terrifying vision of the near future, the world is run by giant corporations and employees take the last names of the companies they work for. It's a globalised, ultra-capitalist free market paradise.… Continue reading Review: Jennifer Government by Max Barry