I really must catch up on the books I've read this year during my blogging hiatus, but I'll start from this month's.

August
The Used Women’s Book Club by Paul Bryers
This was a pretty good page-turner, even if I did see the end coming a mile off. It's kind of like Robert Goddard but better written. A good holiday read, undemanding but interesting. (56/100)

A Perfect Life by Raffaella Barker
I loved this book at the time I read it, really identified with the central character, a woman whose marriage seems strong but is going down the pan. Her son is also well written, and the rest of the family are all believable. Barker tries to make the husband sympathetic too, but she doesn't quite succeed. The strength of this book is how real it feels; its descriptions of places and emotions are original and ring true. Its weakness is that it doesn't stay with you - it took me a while to remember anything about it, even less than a month later! (85/100)

Arlington Park by Rachel Cusk
I enjoyed this book almost all the way through, for many of the same reasons as the Raffaella Barker book. It is a series of sometimes-interconnecting vignettes of the lives of some of the women in Arlington Park. Some of these come off better than others - Julia is particularly engaging. But then towards the end it becomes a bit over-written, and I found the ending itself a bit pointless. Or maybe that was the point, and I missed it! (84/100)