Generation A
Set in a world transformed by the disappearance of bees and a new drug called Solon.
The book follows a group of people who are mysteriously stung by bees.
B+, Books, Fiction, Mainstream Fiction, Rated
B+, Books, Fiction, Mainstream Fiction, Rated
10:50, May 10th 2010
Giraffe
The story of a group of giraffes that end up in Prague zoo in the mid 70’s as told through the eyes of various individuals who interact with the animals during the journey to Prague and when they are settled at the zoo.
Beautifully written, it’s episodic, rambling nature robs the book of narrative momentum.
The novel feels like it’s going nowhere until the last 90 pages when the story comes together to a point in magnificent fashion.
Points are taken off for making me fall asleep reading it…
B+, Books, Fiction, Mainstream Fiction, Rated
B+, Books, Fiction, Mainstream Fiction, Rated
15:47, February 10th 2010
July, July by Tim O’Brien, rated B
B, Books, Fiction, Mainstream Fiction
B, Books, Fiction, Mainstream Fiction
22:22, January 12th 2010
The Magician’s Assistant by Ann Patchett
Rated A
A, Books, Fiction, Mainstream Fiction, Rated
A, Books, Fiction, Mainstream Fiction, Rated
22:48, January 8th 2010
The History Of Love
Leo Gursky is a Polish Jew who arrived in America after surviving the horrors of World War 2. A writer by nature he wrote a book about the only girl he ever loved – the girl who left for the USA before German onslaught could begin.
Alma Singer is nearly fifteen, a Jewish girl growing up in New York, her family traumatised by the loss of her father. She is named after every girl in a book called A History Of Love.
After Alma’s mother is asked to translate A History Of Love from the Spanish into English events begin intertwine and histories unravel as Krauss spins the story’s threads.
This a lovely, surprisingly moving, little book about the nature of love, human connection and the power of lies and self-deception to alter lives.
I’d definitely recommend it as a read if you’re not in a particularly cynical frame of mind.
A, Books, Fiction, Mainstream Fiction, Rated
A, Books, Fiction, Mainstream Fiction, Rated
22:23, January 6th 2010
The Outsider by Albert Camus
A-, Books, Fiction, Mainstream Fiction, Rated
A-, Books, Fiction, Mainstream Fiction, Rated
20:18, October 16th 2009
All Families Are Psychotic
Strange tale around the gathering of a NASA astronauts family in Florida for the launch of her Shuttle mission
Strange tale around the gathering of a NASA astronauts family in Florida for the launch of her Shuttle mission
Strange tale around the gathering of a NASA astronauts family in Florida for the launch of her Shuttle mission
Strange tale around the gathering of a NASA astronauts family in Florida for the launch of her Shuttle mission
Strange tale around the gathering of a NASA astronauts family in Florida for the launch of her Shuttle mission
B+, Books, Fiction, Mainstream Fiction, Rated
B+, Books, Fiction, Mainstream Fiction, Rated
20:43, September 23rd 2009
Fight Club
This short novel was the source for the brilliant, if controversial, 1999 film.
B+, Books, Fiction, Mainstream Fiction, Rated
B+, Books, Fiction, Mainstream Fiction, Rated
15:18, November 10th 2008