Yoko Ogawa's The Housekeeper and The Professor is considered a masterpiece of Japanese literature. The Housekeeper and The Professor Synopsis He is a brilliant maths professor with a peculiar problem - ever since a traumatic head injury seventeen years ago, he has lived with only eighty … [Read more...]
MY BRILLIANT CAREER by Miles Franklin
BOOK RATING: The Story 5 / 5 ; The Writing 5 / 5 BOOK REVIEW Exceptional. Miles Franklin's My Brilliant Career truly deserves all the accolades it has received over the last century. It was a ground-breaking novel when it was published in 1901, filled with free thought, irrepressible spirit and … [Read more...]
Book Review – REFLECTING THE SKY by S J Rozan
BOOK RATING: The Story 4.5 / 5 ; The Writing 4.5 / 5 BOOK REVIEW: Action-packed. Reflecting the Sky is the first novel by S J Rozan that I have read and it definitely won't be the last. Rozan's main characters private investigators Lydia Chin and Bill Smith are your classic odd couple, whose … [Read more...]
Book Review – THE APPRENTICE by Tess Gerritsen
BOOK RATING: The Story 4 / 5 ; The Writing 4 / 5 BOOK REVIEW: Chilling. This novel is fast paced and a true thriller. Tess Gerritsen’s female protagonist, Boston homicide detective Jane Rizzoli, is a very real character. She is strong and opinionated, but she has baggage that influences her - from … [Read more...]
THE SWAN THIEVES by Elizabeth Kostova, Review: Engrossing
Elizabeth Kostova's The Swan Thieves is an engrossing novel with deep, intertwining storylines and thought-provoking and elegant prose. The Swan Thieves Book Synopsis: Andrew Marlow, a psychiatrist, has a perfectly ordered life--solitary, perhaps, but full of devotion to his profession and the … [Read more...]
TRICK OR TREAT by Kerry Greenwood, Book Review
Book 4 in Kerry Greenwood's Corinna Chapman's Murder Mysteries Series Trick or Treat Synopsis: Corinna Chapman, amateur sleuth, baker extraordinaire and proprietor of the Earthly Delights Bakery, returns for her fourth criminally entertaining and delicious adventure. When a cut-price … [Read more...]
NO THOROUGHFARE by Charles Dickens & Wilkie Collins
BOOK RATING: The Story 4 / 5 ; The Writing 4 / 5 BOOK REVIEW: Captivating. This story was originally written as a play, and perhaps because of that has a succinctness that I found very enjoyable. At only 134 pages (PDF) it's packed with old-style heroes and villains, international … [Read more...]
Book Review – A TALE OF TWO CITIES by Charles Dickens
BOOK RATING: The Story 5 / 5 ; The Writing 5 / 5 BOOK REVIEW: Amazing. What can I say that will do justice to this classic other than, "Why didn't I read this years ago?". Of course I watched Dickens' The Christmas Carol and Oliver Twist movies many times as a child, but this is the first Dicken's … [Read more...]