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Year 4 / Book 45: Beside the Syrian Sea

December 19, 2019December 16, 2019 nicktemple1Leave a comment

45) Beside the Syrian Sea by James Wolff As anyone who's read the last several reviews will be able to tell, it's been mostly crime and thrillers in the last few weeks - and mostly the quality has been high. I had high hopes for this as well, as it came armed with blurbs and quotes… Continue reading Year 4 / Book 45: Beside the Syrian Sea →

Year 4 / Book 34: Moonstone

August 22, 2019 nicktemple11 Comment

34) Moonstone by Sjon Sjon is an Icelandic novelist, and this short and powerful novel is set in Reykjavik towards the end of the world war in 2018. Máni is a young free-spirited teenager with an intense love of cinema, and a penchant for flights of fancy (primarily about the mystical Sóla G, his sort-of… Continue reading Year 4 / Book 34: Moonstone →

Year 4 / Book 30: Conversations with Friends

August 13, 2019 nicktemple1Leave a comment

30) Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney If you read any reviews of literary fiction or any coverage of prizes in the past couple of years, or even if you just look askance at your average Waterstones book pile, you will have read the name Sally Rooney a hundred times or more. For this debut… Continue reading Year 4 / Book 30: Conversations with Friends →

Year 4 / Book 29: Terrific Mother

July 17, 2019 nicktemple1Leave a comment

29) Terrific Mother by Lorrie Moore So, disclaimer - this is a *short* book: it's been a busy week. It's part of a set of Faber short stories published recently (called, appropriately, Faber Stories), which includes stories from a wide range of authors. Other disclaimer: I love Lorrie Moore, and she can basically write no… Continue reading Year 4 / Book 29: Terrific Mother →

Year 4 / Book 24: The Things I Would Tell You

June 19, 2019June 15, 2019 nicktemple1Leave a comment

24) The Things I Would Tell You ed. Sabrina Mahfouz The subtitle to this collection is 'British Muslim Women Write', and it's a varied collection of short stories, poetry, essays and play scripts all written by Muslim women in Britain. And an extremely interesting and powerful collection it is too - with a wide range… Continue reading Year 4 / Book 24: The Things I Would Tell You →

Year 4 / Book 22: Asymmetry

June 4, 2019 nicktemple1Leave a comment

22) Asymmetry by Lisa Halliday This novel was widely praised in 2018, and it's been on the To Be Read pile for a while Chez Temple. The premise of the book is that it is split into two relatively distinct sections, and then that a third short section helps reveal how these two stories connect… Continue reading Year 4 / Book 22: Asymmetry →

Year 4 / Book 19: You Think It, I’ll Say It

May 12, 2019 nicktemple1Leave a comment

19) You Think It, I'll Say It by Curtis Sittenfeld You Think It, I'll Say It is a book of short stories that are witty, sharp and at times extremely moving. I've never read anything by Sittenfeld before (though seen reviews of her novels that have praised her highly), and I'd heartily recommend this as… Continue reading Year 4 / Book 19: You Think It, I’ll Say It →

Year 4 / Book 18: Perfidious Albion

May 6, 2019 nicktemple1Leave a comment

18) Perfidious Albion by Sam Byers This is a book that puts the Z in zeitgeisty - every element of a timely contemporary satire is in place: a Farage-esque MP (with far-right affiliations), a social networking / tech giant infiltrating democracy and employment; a vacuous Jordan Peterson-type character; #metoo gender politics and online trolling (and… Continue reading Year 4 / Book 18: Perfidious Albion →

Year 4 / Book 9: The Pesthouse

March 18, 2019 nicktemple12 Comments

9) The Pesthouse by Jim Crace I remember finding this book somewhere shortly after I'd been prompted to read it by Ronnie Hughes in an exchange under this blog post. That tells me that I"ve been hanging on to the book for more than a year, and it was worth the wait. Crace is a… Continue reading Year 4 / Book 9: The Pesthouse →

Year 4 / Book 7: Ghost Wall

February 21, 2019February 17, 2019 nicktemple13 Comments

7) Ghost Wall by Sarah Moss This came from the Christmas pile of gifted books, and was added to the list after reading multiple positive reviews in the 'books of the year' round-ups. And bloody hell, does this book deserve it - it's an absolutely compelling novella, which gripped me from start to frenzied finish.… Continue reading Year 4 / Book 7: Ghost Wall →

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