“I was lucky enough to be meeting and introducing this author at an event. Not only is she a very good author but a poet too.
This is her story, which she narrates on the audiobook herself and does a fantastic job.
Jackie is seeking out her birth parents and takes us along for the ride. It’s not written sensationally but very honestly, this said not sentimentally either.
I thought it a great read, couldn’t wait to meet her and ask her lots of questions.”
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Red Dust Road by Jackie Kay
2012
05.24
05.24
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The English Monster by Lloyd Sheperd
2012
05.11
05.11
“This novel is loosely based on true events of some ghastly murders in 1800’s London.
Though this isn’t about a story describing ghastly doings, more of a weaving story dotting back and forth through time.
Set mainly in the Ratcliffe Highway (used by other authors) area of Wapping in East London the reader is treated to a great sense of time, place and atmosphere. I visited two of the pubs which are still serving beer, right on the banks of the Thames.
At times the author confuses us with dipping into some magical realism, some may like this, not for me. Perhaps he is giving us a metaphor for evil of humanity in the shape of the main character. Read it and feedback your take…
Good stuff and a first time novel too.
Score 7/10
Date read May 2012
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Sleepy Head by Mark Billingham
2012
04.28
04.28
“The first in the DI Tom Thorne detective series.
I’ve read this for World Book Night, and handed it out around town.
Good London based thriller in which a killer is attempting to put women in to a coma state, mostly they die though. Why is he doing this and who is he? Enter Tom Thorne.
I’d probably read more of the series if I was into detective novels
Score 5/10
Date read April 2012
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A Wild Sheep Chase by Haruki Murakami
2012
04.04
04.04
“At his best here with this book A Wild Sheep Chase. Don’t worry that this is the third novel in the Rat series, it makes no difference to the story.
A marketing guy is living an unhappy lonely life when he gets a card from his old buddy ‘the rat’. This sets him of on the WSC.
Every part of this book is good and some bits are better than that.
Murakami writing is inline with my reading profile, I don’t have to understand the book to enjoy it!
Score 7.5/10
Date read April 2012
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