March Books
11: A Murderous Affair Jonathan Digby
Really good mystery set in Elizabethan London. Good plot and characters, and there is definitely scope for a sequel - I hope there is one.
12: Beloved Toni Morrison
This was the March choice for the book club. I nearly escaped reading it, but the meeting was rescheduled. While I am glad I read it, I can't really say I enjoyed it. Very difficult to read, both in terms of subject matter and in the style of writing. I very much had to rush it towards the end.
13: The Tea Planter's Wife Dinah Jeffries
Lent to me by Mum. Good characters and story, although I guessed the secret/twist quite early on. I thought it gave a good sense of the time and the place.
14: Windhaven George R.R. Martin and Lisa Tuttle
Absolutely fantastic story, characters, and world creation. Couldn't put it down. Couldn't tell it was a collaboration either. Completely different to A Song of Ice and Fire, and probably all the better for that.
15: White Nights Ann Cleeves
Filling in a gap here, as I have already read books 1 and 3 in the Shetland series. I enjoyed it very much, there was a good twist in the plot too.
16: Too Good To Be True Ann Cleeves
Jumping ahead in the series now, to read a novella. Nice little plot and twist with a happy-ish ending. The character developments explain some of the decisions on the characters in the tv series.
Really good mystery set in Elizabethan London. Good plot and characters, and there is definitely scope for a sequel - I hope there is one.
12: Beloved Toni Morrison
This was the March choice for the book club. I nearly escaped reading it, but the meeting was rescheduled. While I am glad I read it, I can't really say I enjoyed it. Very difficult to read, both in terms of subject matter and in the style of writing. I very much had to rush it towards the end.
13: The Tea Planter's Wife Dinah Jeffries
Lent to me by Mum. Good characters and story, although I guessed the secret/twist quite early on. I thought it gave a good sense of the time and the place.
14: Windhaven George R.R. Martin and Lisa Tuttle
Absolutely fantastic story, characters, and world creation. Couldn't put it down. Couldn't tell it was a collaboration either. Completely different to A Song of Ice and Fire, and probably all the better for that.
15: White Nights Ann Cleeves
Filling in a gap here, as I have already read books 1 and 3 in the Shetland series. I enjoyed it very much, there was a good twist in the plot too.
16: Too Good To Be True Ann Cleeves
Jumping ahead in the series now, to read a novella. Nice little plot and twist with a happy-ish ending. The character developments explain some of the decisions on the characters in the tv series.