Recommended and lent to me by a trusted source… The stock manager for Dublin City libraries.
A hugely absorbing and heart-warming coming of age novel.
It all happens over one summer in Washington’s Puget Sound when Miles discovers a giant squid.
It’ll mess with you emotionally. Lovely.
Score 7.5/10
Date read December 2005
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Aimed at teenagers, but I’m not going to be categorised.
This is the first of three featuring grumpy old Mr Fogarty, Henry and Pyrgus Malvae.
I don’t know why I was surprised by teen fict, but the bit where Henry says ‘Dad, are you having an affair with your secretary?’ Dad’ ‘No Son, your Mother is’ Wonderful stuff.
Score 8/10
Date read December 2005
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A very good detective novel that has a unique feel about it.
It manages to be different from other murder mysteries without trying too hard.
The translation might have been better and I’d have awarded it an extra half a point!
Strange symbols once used to ward off the Black Death. Commissioner Adamsberg my new favourite Parisian detective. Highly recommended.
Score 8.5/10
Date read December 2005
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Kitty, youngest of a large family, on the face of it this about her and a complicated troubled life.
But its so much more than that, deeply emotional and perfectly written I loved this book and it stayed with me for ages.
Vivid and intense…wonderful. The Man Booker Prize Best Novel nominee.
Score 9/10
Date read December 2005
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