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Lanny by Max Porter


2019
12.22

Pay attention! I’ve given very few books such a high score of 9. We’ve read it in both book groups, BookPub (7/10) and Waterstones and the reactions have been so extreme, many say they couldn’t get into it, others thought it a fantastic novel. I’d recommend listening to it if you can. Don’t get hung up on the written text and the voice of the villages, you don’t need to understand it. Lanny is a young boy who may or may not have magical powers, when Dead Papa Toothwort returns to the sleepy English village things get a tad weird. Modern fiction at it’s finest.

Score 9/10

Date read July 2019

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Beer and Cigarettes by George Orwell


2019
12.22

Not really a novel, essays by the genius that is Orwell. I loved his musing on why working class people in the 30’s thought books expensive and didn’t see the need, but spent as much on cigarettes. It rambles on bit later but such a short book, A glimpse into the thoughts from a period of time.

Score 7/10

Date read June 2019

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Convenience Store Woman by Sayata Murata


2019
12.22

An international hit from Japanese author. Our BookPub read. Why I like Japanese authors and their writing is it’s different to English/American and this might me 1/ it’s translated 2/ only the best stuff reaches my attention. Our protagonist is not like other people, she doesn’t have ambition, doesn’t fit in, thinks differently. When she tries to fit in she looses her soul. A lovely book, do read it. Now I’m writing this review I’ve decided I like it more than I thought! our group scored 6.5

Score 7/10

Date read June 2019

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Mouthful of Birds by Samantha Schweblin


2019
12.22

Weird and not so wonderful collection of short stories. The reader is likely to be unsettled. The first few are good and then I got bored and gave up. Our group were equally uninspired. Average 4

Score 4/10

Date read May 2019

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