I went into my reading of We, the Drowned with certain expectations. Not only was I anticipating an epic, gorgeously written story, but I was expecting a journey on the seas with one character to all ends of the earth. I don't know where I picked up this impression that We, the Drowned was largely a...
**Reviewed by Storm on behalf of Liz Loves Books** I really cannot stomach people referring to things as being “a roller-coaster ride” when not talking about a theme park – and yet it's the first thing that pops into my head when thinking about this book!'The Arc of the Swallow' has just about eve...
Publication Date: Available now from Quercus. Source: Publisher review copy (paperback version sorry didnt have time to add another edition!) Security consultant and private investigator Michael Sander is tasked with the investigation of a video that seems to show two people being hunted to the...
Scandicrime usually leaves me cold, but THE DINOSAUR FEATHER tickled my fancy: http://tinyurl.com/o4fq49o Angry, angsty characters! A rotten-souled victim! Quercus Books gets almost four stars for this satisfying thriller.
There is plenty of compassion in a Per Petterson novel. Even with at least three difficult themes wrapped up into one package. Death, relationships, and the examination of a life too late in the game now to change. This novel was not "fun" to read, but I am glad I read it. Seems I end up liking ...
If I were a talented reviewer, I would write a wonderful essay about how this book deals with family interests, conflicts, and psychology. But I’m not. This was so good that I almost missed my stop on the subway. Honestly, if the train hadn’t been delayed I would hav...
Title: A Fairy Tale Who wrote it? Winner of the BG Bank First Book Award for his book Amina’s Letters, Jonas Bengtsson has been a rising star in the Danish literary scene. His second novel, Submarino, won the PO Enquist Literary Prize and was made into a film. A Fairy Tale was a finalist for t...
Translated by Charlotte Barslund.Discarded from London Borough of Lewisham Library.Opening: All this happened quite a few years ago.#57 TBR Busting 2013Didn't like this navel-gazing much at all.Next!!5* Out Stealing Horses4* To Siberia4* In the Wake2* It's Fine By Me2* I Curse the River of Time
It was difficult at first to give myself into Petterson's simple rhythms. The story is mostly backstory, and he meanders about his memories and his past life in ways that sometimes seem irrelevant. But his wonderful poetic prose -- the "dementing lures" described by James Wood in his recent New Yo...
I read this book for the 2012 TBR Challenge, and I'd give it 4.5 stars if I could. I read across a wide variety of genres, so choosing a non-romance book for this month’s TBR Challenge proved rather tricky. In the end, I went with a mystery, because I really wanted to get back into Karin Fossum’s I...
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