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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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The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce


2019
12.22

BookPub reading group. A story about Harold who after retiring and living a boring life, set out to post a letter. One step leads to another and he decides to deliver by hand. Others follow… read the book it’s gentle and easy going. Our Group enjoyed it with an average score of 6/10 me 3 was all I can offer

Score 3/10

Date read May 2019

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The Western Wind by Samantha Harvey


2019
12.22

This is one dreary novel. I’m sorry to say I gave up on page 104. A historical story written backwards, supposedly a murder mystery too. Not for me…

Score 3/10

Date read April 2019

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