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Year 5 / Book 3: All My Cats

February 5, 2020February 5, 2020 nicktemple1Leave a comment

3) All My Cats by Bohumil Hrabal When the team were all putting up what they liked and didn't like ahead of Secret Santa in the office, I put 'Likes: books, cats', and so here we are: a book about cats. Although not  quite as fluffy as one might be expecting. The only previous book I'd… Continue reading Year 5 / Book 3: All My Cats →

Year 5 / Book 2: Homegrown Hero

February 3, 2020February 2, 2020 nicktemple1Leave a comment

2) Homegrown Hero by Khurrum Rahman I read Rahman's first book, East of Hounslow about a year ago, and I thoroughly enjoyed it, as a pacy, up-to-the-minute terrorist thriller (with a nice sideline in humour). Homegrown Hero is the follow-up, and in some senses it is more of the same - we are back with (our hero) Jay Qasim,… Continue reading Year 5 / Book 2: Homegrown Hero →

Year 5 / Book 1: Strong Poison

February 2, 2020 nicktemple1Leave a comment

1) Strong Poison by Dorothy L Sayers One of my work colleagues a) only reads fiction by women and b) preferably only from at least forty years ago. Working with Gen is obviously having an effect, as my first book selection of the year (despite an avalanche of book gifts over Xmas) was this little nugget… Continue reading Year 5 / Book 1: Strong Poison →

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