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February Books from KarenF 618 days old

Couples by John Updike I couldn’t get into this book at first, and I’m still not sure of the reason for the first section, except for introducing us ...

title-3749959 from KarenF 632 days old

[ ... ] books of all time. I would have loved to read it again straight away, there were so many little strands going on. A psychiatrist becomes ...

December's Books from KarenF 666 days old

[ ... ] period books (Maria McCann and the execrable 'As Meat For Salt' for instance). This was my first Waters book, and I'll definitely be reading ...

July Books from KarenF 691 days old

At last, the last catch-up of books from this year: The Confessions of Max Tivoli by Andrew Sean Greer I really can't recommend this one highly enough. ...

June's Books from KarenF 699 days old

More book catching up: Fangland by John Marks I read three books this month and this was the weakest, but it is still absolutely cracking. It's the ...

May's Books from KarenF 701 days old

Really trying to catch up on my year's books now or we'll be into 2008 before I've finished my reviews for 2007. Refuge by Gillian White I really like ...

November Books from KarenF 709 days old

[ ... ] of books available at the local library (unless you are into romances and family sagas, but I tired of Catherine Cookson in my twenties). This ...

October's Books from KarenF 742 days old

[ ... ] comic books was interesting even. But I had to skip the last third of the book because of all the Alaska rubbish. For some reason Picoult feels ...

April's Books from KarenF 749 days old

Still catching up on this year's books. The Norman Mailer took up a good bit of this month too (see 'January, February and Mrach's book') The Prime ...

September Books from KarenF 769 days old

[ ... ] make her books more important than they are, tries to put in lots of 'themes' and stuff. It doesn't work, and comes over as mannered and forced. So ...