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The Outcast
I received a text from my sister-in-law the other day. "A book reco 4 u," it said. "The Outcast. I read all 450 pages of it yesterday in one sitting b4 passing out at 10.30."
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The Testament Of Gideon Mack
The Testament Of Gideon Mack is one of those books that you really can't put down - the ones that you would take into the shower with you if you could.
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A Partisan's Daughter
There is little chance of A Partisan's Daughter, the latest novel from Captain Corelli author Louis de Bernieres, being ruined by Nicolas Cage's appalling Italian accent. |
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Mister Pip
I have just finished a wonderful book called Mister Pip about a teacher who uses Great Expectations to teach the children on the South Pacific island of Bougainville. |
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The Almost Moon
It seems impossible to say anything about The Almost Moon without quoting its opening sentence: "When all is said and done, killing my mother came easily." |
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A Long Way Gone
When Ismael Beah was 12 years old, he was a child soldier fighting in the brutal civil war in his native Sierra Leone - strung out on drugs and casual slaughter. A Long Way Gone is his story. |
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A Thousand Splendid Suns
I have been waiting for the publication of A Thousand Splendid Suns almost since I closed Khaled Hosseini's amazing debut novel The Kite Runner for the last time. |
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Half In Love
The only recommendation I've had from the author's mouth was Half In Love , a collection of short stories by an American called Maile Meloy, whom we met on holiday in Maine a few years ago. |
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Love In The Present Tense
A good book is a good book, whatever mood you are in or whatever your time of life, but I couldn't have read Love
In The Present Tense at a more relevant time.
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Half A Yellow Sun
I wanted to make sure the last book I read before my nights became someone else's was a memorable one
- and Half Of A Yellow Sun was certainly that. |
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Notes On A Scandal
They say that if you have really enjoyed a book, you should never go to see the film afterwards. The theory is that even
a great film adaptation will never live up to the book of your imagination. |
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The Vanishing Act Of Esme Lennox
I love it when I come across books like The Vanishing Act Of Esme Lennox, where I knew after only a dozen or so pages that I was really going to enjoy it. |
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The Clock Winder
It's always great to get recommended a good book by a friend whose literary tastes you share, but it's even better when she recommends a new author - especially if the author isn't new at all. |
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Fierce People
How many times have you stood in an airport bookshop and wondered what book to buy to while away the hours ahead? |
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May Contain Nuts
It so happens that we live very close to John O’Farrell and are ourselves just embarking on the hideous process that is finding a school for our daughter – the subject of his most recent book May Contain Nuts. |
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The Instant Cook
Donna Hay is Australia’s version of Delia Smith, except she’s probably a bit groovier than Delia. More like Martha Stewart…without the prison sentence. |
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Almost French
I have been away from Australia for almost ten years now, first in Hong Kong and now in the UK, and I can tell you that it isn’t always easy living in a different country, especially during the early days. |
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The Kite Runner
I imagine that many of you will already have read this book or, if not, you will have come across one of the many rave reviews it has been given. In which case, I apologise, but I loved this book so much that I want everyone to read it. |
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