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The Wild Things by Dave Eggers


2011
11.20

Posted in 7 out of 10, Audiobook, Book genre, Humour, Reviews | Comments Off on The Wild Things by Dave Eggers

“How to describe this one?
I’m going with family/adventure/fantasy/humour, so that doesn’t narrow it down much!
Max is a young boy with a different slant on life, I figured he has special needs. His mum is doing her best, his sister is a typical older sister, and then there is mums boyfriend and an absent father.
Max gets angry and looses control. He send himself on an adventure where he encounters stange giant animals who talk and make him king. All doesn’t go well.
I truly enjoyed this book for its simplicity, sometimes I wondered if it should be a book for teenagers.
My pleasure was enhanced by the excellent narration of Dion Graham..thank you

Score 7/10

Date read November 2011

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Half Blood Blues by Esi Edugyan


2011
11.14

Posted in 7 out of 10, Book genre, Modern Fiction, Prize listed, Reviews | Comments Off on Half Blood Blues by Esi Edugyan

“Here’s another from the Booker short list. This time from a Canadian author.
Moving from the beginning of WW2 in Berlin and then Paris, to the present day. We follow the lives of a jazz band, a real mixture of characters, Black American, Black German, White Jewish, White German and as you’d expect this makes for an interesting ride.
You don’t need to like or care about jazz either, this has love, friendship, betrayal, guilt. All in full colour. I’ll recommend it.

Score 7/10

Date read November 2011

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I’ll Never Get Out of this World Alive by Steve Earle


2011
11.13

Posted in 5 out of 10, Audiobook, Book genre, First novels, Modern Fiction | Comments Off on I’ll Never Get Out of this World Alive by Steve Earle

“Singer & song writer Steve Earle has created an interesting first novel.
Texas 1963, Doc is a heroin addict earning his money by fixing up hookers and pimps with abortions and gun/knife wounds.
Enter an enigmatic Mexican girl and everythin begins to change. Doc is haunted by Hank Williams ghost (American country singer).
I did like this book, I listened to the audiobook edition and had the experience of Steve Earle narrating his own novel, which he does very well.
Would I read another by him? maybe not.

Score 5/10

Date read November 2011

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