Booklover Book Reviews

A CASE OF EXPLODING MANGOES - Mohammed Hanif
A FAR CRY FROM KENSINGTON – Muriel Sparks
A GUIDE TO THE BIRDS OF EAST AFRICA – Nicholas Drayson
A HOUSE TO LET – Charles Dickens, Wilkie Collins, Elizabeth Gaskell, AA Proctor
A TALE OF TWO CITIES – Charles Dickens
ADDITION – Toni Jordan
ALCHEMIST (THE) – Paulo Coelho
ALL OUR WORLDLY GOODS – Irene Nemirovsky
AN IMAGINARY LIFE – David Malouf
ANNA KARENINA – Leo Tolstoy
ANTHEM – Ayn Rand
APPRENTICE (THE) – Tess Gerritsen
AVENUE OF ETERNAL PEACE – Nicholas Jose
B IS FOR BURGLAR – Sue Grafton
BAD INTENTIONS - Karin Fossum
BELLWETHER – Connie Willis
BOOK THIEF (THE) – Markus Zusak
BOOMERANG: The Meltdown Tour – Michael Lewis
BROKEN SHORE (THE) – Peter Temple
BROKEN TEAGLASS (THE) – Emily Arsenault
CEDARDALE COURT – Nathan Lee Christensen
CHICKEN THIEF (THE) – Fiona Leonard
CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE MURDER – Joanne Fluke
COMEDY IN A MINOR KEY – Hans Keilson (review coming soon)
COURILOF AFFAIR (THE) – Irene Nemirovsky
CROCODILE ON THE SANDBANK – Elizabeth Peters
CRACK DOWN – Val McDermid
CROSS BONES – Kathy Reichs
DAVID GOLDER – Irene Nemirovsky
DE LUXE: A Jack Susko Mystery – Lenny Bartulin
DECLINE AND FALL – Evelyn Waugh
DIRTY LITTLE ANGELS – Chris Tusa
DREAMS OF SPEAKING - Gail Jones
ECHO BURNING – Lee Child
EAT, PRAY, LOVE – Elizabeth Gilbert
EYRE AFFAIR (THE) – Jasper Fforde (review coming soon)

F – J

FALL GIRL – Toni Jordan
FINANCIAL LIVES OF THE POETS (THE) – Jess Walter
FIRST RULE OF TEN (THE) – Gay Hendricks and Tinker Lindsay
FIVE GREATEST WARRIORS (THE) – Matthew Reilly
FLASH AND BONES – Kathy Reichs
FLATLAND: A ROMANCE OF MANY DIMENSIONS – Edwin Abbot
FORGOTTEN GARDEN (THE) – Kate Morton
FRONT (THE) – Patricia Cornwell
GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET’S NEST (THE) – Stieg Larsson
GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE (THE) – Stieg Larsson
GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO (THE) – Stieg Larsson
GOD OF SMALL THINGS (THE) – Arundhati Roy
GONE – Lisa Gardner
HAMLET – John Marsden
HELL ISLAND – Matthew Reilly
HOUSE OF STICKS – Peggy Frew
HOUSEKEEPER + THE PROFESSOR (THE) – Yoko Ogawa
HUNGER GAMES (THE) – Suzanne Collins
IGNORANCE OF BLOOD (THE) – Robert Wilson
IMPERFECTIONISTS (THE) – Tom Rachman
IMPROVISING CARLA – Joanna Hines
IN THE NAME OF HONOR – Richard North Patterson
INDELIBLE INK – Fiona McGregor
INFORMATIONIST (THE) – Taylor Stevens
JAMRACH’S MENAGERIE – Carol Birch
JIGS AND REELS – Joanne Harris
JULIET, NAKED – Nick Hornby

K – O

KICK BACK – Val McDermid
KILL STORY – Jerome Doolittle
LA’S ORCHESTRA SAVES THE WORLD – Alexander McCall Smith
LAMBERTO, LAMBERTO, LAMBERTO – Gianni Rodari
LAST ANNIVERSARY (THE) – Liane Moriarty
LAST YEAR IN HONG KONG – Robert Elegant
LET THE GREAT WORLD SPIN – Colum McCann
LIFE OF PI – Yann Martel
LITTLE PRINCES – Conor Grennan
LOST AND FORGOTTEN LANGUAGES OF SHANGHAI (THE) – Ruiyan Xu
LUCY SULLIVAN IS GETTING MARRIED – Marian Keyes
MAJOR PETTIGREW’S LAST STAND - Helen Simonson
MANIC STREETS OF PERTH – Dave Franklin
MATCH ME IF YOU CAN – Susan Elizabeth Phillips
MATCHMAKER OF PERIGORD (THE) – Julia Stuart
MEMENTO MORI – Muriel Spark
MURDER IN PASSY – Cara Black
MURDER ON A MIDSUMMER NIGHT – Kerry Greenwood
MUSIC OF CHANCE – Paul Auster
MY BRILLIANT CAREER – Miles Franklin
NEGATIVE IMAGE – Vicki Delany
NO ONE TO HEAR YOU SCREAM – Julia Madeleine
NO THOROUGHFARE – Charles Dicken, Wilkie Collins
OF LOVE AND SHADOWS – Isabel Allende
OLIVE READERS (THE) – Christine Aziz
ONE DAY – David Nicholls
ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF SOLITUDE – Gabriel Garcia Marquez
OSCAR AND LUCINDA – Peter Carey

P – S

PANTS ON FIRE – Maggie Alderson
PEACOCK EMPORIUM (THE) – Jojo Moyes
PEOPLE OF THE BOOK – Geraldine Brooks
PROFESSOR AND THE MADMAN (THE) – Simon Winchester
QUEEN OF THE FLOWERS - Kerry Greenwood
QUIET ANCHORAGE – Edward Lynskey
REBECCA – Daphne Du Maurier
RED DOG – Louis de Bernieres
REFLECTING THE SKY – S J Rozan
RETURN (THE) – Victoria Hislop
RHUBARB – Craig Silvey
ROOM – Emma Donoghue
RULES OF CIVILITY – Amor Towles
S IS FOR SILENCE - Sue Grafton
SCARECROW AND THE ARMY OF THIEVES – Matthew Reilly
SCENE STEALER – Elise Warner
SECRET SUN (THE) – Fred Hiatt
SEND FOR PAUL TEMPLE - Francis Durbridge
SEVEN ANCIENT WONDERS – Matthew Reilly
SHIVA’S ARMS – Cheryl Snell
SICK PUPPY – Carl Hiaasen
SIREN – Tara Moss
SIX SACRED STONES (THE) – Matthew Reilly
SKIPPY DIES – Paul Murray
SLIVER OF TRUTH – Lisa Unger
SNAP: THE WORLD UNFOLDS – Michele Drier
SPECIMEN DAYS – Michael Cunningham
STARTED EARLY, TOOK MY DOG – Kate Atkinson
SUITE FRANCAISE – Irene Nemirovsky
SUMMER WE CAME TO LIFE (THE) – Deborah Cloyed
SURFACE TENSION – Joanna Hines
SWAN THIEVES (THE) – Elizabeth Kostova
SWEETNESS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PIE (THE) – Alan Bradley

T - Z

TALES OF AN AFRICAN VET – Roy Aronson
TANCREDI – James Palumbo
TAPESTRY OF LOVE (THE) – Rosy Thornton
THE ARRANGER – L J Sellers
THE BIG ASK – Shane Maloney
TIGER’S WIFE (THE) – Tea Obreht
TIME TRAVELER’S WIFE (THE) – Audrey Niffenegger
TINY WIFE (THE) – Andrew Kaufman
TO SAY NOTHING OF THE DOG – Connie Willis
TRAVELER (THE) – Suthep Srikureja
TRICK OR TREAT – Kerry Greenwood
TRUTH ABOUT THESE STRANGE TIMES (THE) – Adam Foulds
TWO LITTLE GIRLS IN BLUE – Mary Higgins Clark
TYRANNOSAUR CANYON – Douglas Preston
UNICORN ROAD (THE) – Martin Davies
UNREMARKABLE HEART (THE) – Karin Slaughter
UPSIDE DOWN INSIDE OUT – Monica McInerney
WANTING – Richard Flanagan
WHITE TIGER (THE) – Aravind Adiga
ZUGZWANG – Ronan Bennett

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