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Saturday 13th June 2015

2015

Snowblind

Author : Ragnar Jonasson

Summary :
Icelandic Crime. ...

Reviewed by Roger, on 13 Jun 2015

Review of "Snowblind"

Pretty good. Didn't really get all the oppressiveness of the snow stuff, but the plot worked quite well and a nice unrelated twist to do with his relationship with his girlfriend (who he had left behind)


Friday 5th June 2015

2014

Elizabeth Is Missing

Author : Emma Healey

Summary :
An account of the development of a woman's Altzheimers seen through her eyes as she struggles to ...

Reviewed by Roger, on 05 Jun 2015

Review of "Elizabeth Is Missing"

Convincing portrait of what it is like to live with progressive memory loss and the impact on those around


Tuesday 2nd June 2015

2000

This Changes Everything

Capitalism vs. the Climate

Author : Naomi Klein

Rated by , on 02 Jun 2015



Sunday 26th April 2015

1998

Into the Wild

Author : Jon Krakauer

Summary :
True account of Chris McCandless's travels from college graduate to death in wilds of Alaska from ...

Reviewed by Roger, on 26 Apr 2015

Review of "Into the Wild"

McCandless is a really interesting story and seeker. The account is well written and researched and gives a believable picture of what happened and why. (See also the fictionised film directed by Sean Penn)


Sunday 12th April 2015

2014

History of the Rain

Author : Niall Williams

Summary :
Told from point of view of a young woman with a debilitating (?bone marrow/blood) condition story ...

Reviewed by Roger, on 12 Apr 2015

Review of "History of the Rain"

Full of literary quotes and references and slightly self consciously poetic form of writing but none the worse for it. Very much in the style of Irish literary writing which I enjoy. (Booker 2014 longlist)


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