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The Sleeper - Emily Barr 2013 ****

Every now and then I get drawn to a book without knowing anything about it. This is what happened here with Emily Barr's tense psychological thriller. I didnt realise that the 'sleeper' referred to the sleeper train that two of the main characters frequent.
Lara is bored. Bored of her life in Cornwall,bored of her husband continuously talking about babies and bored of her situation. When she is offered a temporary contract in London with a pleasing salary she jumps at the chance, despite her husband's displeasure. Commuting to London means leaving on the sleeper train on Sunday night, spending the week in London living with a sister who despises her, and returning by the train on Saturday morning. This is exactly what Lara has been hankering after, and when she meets some new friends who also travel on the train she is even happier. One of these friends is a man named Guy, and Lara is soon infatuated with him and ready to leave her husband. One night however, Lara passes out from drinking too much with Guy and the next morning Guy is dead and Lara is missing. Only the courage of her one friend Iris can discover the truth about what happened.
Although it's a long book, it's worth it at the end. Its complex and exciting and the ending will shock you; it's completely unexpected.
Emily Barr is brilliant, and can really delve into the mind set of her characters. I'm looking forward to reading more.

The Man in the Picture - Susan Hill 2007 ****

Susan Hill is probably one of the last 'true ghost story' writers of our generation. Here she delves deep into the subconscious with a terrifying story about a Venetian painting that possesses people who stand in it's path.
The story is told to an ex pupil named Oliver by his old Cambridge Don in his study one wild and windy night. Really the sort of thing that should be read in the Autumn months. It's very haunting, and stays with you long after the end.

Started 23rd January
Finished 26th January

The Matchbreaker - Chris Manby 2007 ****1/2

A lot of people found Chris Manby's main character Lindsay infuriating in this. And I must say I was amazed at how arrogant and self-centred she was. However, I have to say that I did warm towards her about half way through. Lindsay has always been a daddy's girl, even to the extent of sabotaging all of her father's relationships, and when he becomes engaged to his latest 'squeeze' Karen, she is determined to ruin that as well.

Deciding to take her future mother-in-law to Ibiza for her hen weekend, Lindsay plans to give her a send off she will never forget.

One of my favourite things about chick lit is when the author is describing London. I like taking a virtual trip along Oxford Street or Hyde Park with the character and this is what happened here.

Worth a read.

Started 16th January

Finished 20th January

In the Miso Soup - Ryu Murakami 1997 ****

'In The Miso Soup' is nothing like I've read before. It's not until near the end that you understand and appreciate the title. Otherwise just picking the book up makes no sense.
Kenji is a young guide in Tokyo, who's job is to take unsuspecting tourists around the 'Red Light District' and encourage them to seek out the various women.
He meets Frank, a strange American who is keen to explore the darkest areas of the sex district, and happy to drag Kenji along with him. As Kenji learns more and more about Frank he realises that there's something dangerously wrong with him.
I particularly liked the descriptions of Tokyo at night.
I have another of his books to read which I'm also looking forward to.

New Years Resolutions: Bookwise of Course

New Year's Book Resolutions?
Well, the main one appears to be to make a small dent in what I can only describe as a leaning tower of novels on my TBR pile.
I have accumulated a huge number of books in the last few years. And even more at Christmas time.
I also appear to have a complete disregard to all these books the minute I approach the book stall on the market, which draws me to it like magnet. I ALWAYS come away with at least one book, even if it means having to rush back to my office to count out the change.
Although I go through phases of saving money and going to the library, there is nothing quite like coming away with a book from a shop/market/Amazon that you know you can keep forever.
Also I tend to be put off going to the library if it doesn't have the type of books I am after, or if the only books it does have are huge hardbacks which you couldn't carry about anywhere except your bedroom.
Added to which, when you go on Amazon (my favourite online shopping place EVER) it's hard not to be tempted to buy a virtually unmarked and brand new book for 1p (plus £2.75 for postage and packaging). I always find myself loading up book after book into my virtual shopping trolley or wish list, desperate to secure a bargain.
I must stop however, as I am not made of money, even though I feel that having an addiction to books is probably more acceptable than something like drugs or alcohol.
Having read my first Japanese horror book and being suitably scared, I have decided to try to read a few more Asian horrors this year. Something very unnerving about Japanese horror, both on screen and in print.

The Orphan Choir - Sophie Hannah **** 1/2

'The Orphan Choir' was recommended to me by someone who has read all of Sophie Hannah's psychological thrillers. I read the first of her thrillers (Little Face) but was put off reading anymore.
I was quite curious to read this (mainly because of the blurb, the fact it's set in Cambridge where I live, and mainly because I love ghost stories) and I found myself charging through it, eager to get to the end, but also keen to never finish.
Louise and her husband Steve live in Cambridge. Their son Joseph is a boarder at the prestigious St Saviour's, which specialises in choristers and Louise misses him dreadfully. For a long time now, the next door neighbour has been causing havoc with his late night music playing, causing Louise to make many trips next door to complain. In particular, he appears to be favouring choir music, very like the type her son sings which causes her great upset.
Feeling like there is no way out, and heading for what can only be described as a nervous breakdown, Louise persuades Steve to buy them a second home in a beautifully tranquil gated community where noise is not an issue. Soon after moving in however, Louise starts to experience the same haunting choir music playing night after night; surely her neighbour from Cambridge hasn't tricked her or driven her mad? If so, why can't her husband hear it also? The twist is completely unexpected.
I loved it, and found it easy to read, although there were times when it was hard to empathise with Louise's frankly teenage mood swings and personality.


Started Saturday 11th January
Finished Monday 13th January

The Graduate - Charles Webb 1963 *

Having not seen the film for a very long time, I thought I would try reading the book of this 'pivotal story defining the sixties.'
A quarter of a way in and I wasn't too impressed by anything the book had to say, and it became an absolute chore to have to finish it (despite it only being small).
All in all, I can't tell what this author is trying to get at. Does he think he is capturing the sixties? Does he know he is probably one of the worst authors I have ever read? Does he even know how to formulate a sentence?
For such a well known book, I was desperately surprised and let down at how poorly it was written, both grammatically and regarding the prose. What struck me was how immature it came across, as though the author had never written anything before and was just playing around with sentences and ideas in a torrent mess.
The story is pretty ridiculous anyway, and I still don't really understand how the film was a 'defining moment' in movie history.
If my advice is needed, I would say to steer clear from both the book and the film (although if I really had to choose I would say that the film was a tad better).

Started 4th November
Finished 12th November

Old Flames - Jack Ketchum 2008 ****

For as long as I have been an adult I have been trying to find the equivalent horror novel in the style of a Point Horror book. Those books were the root of my reading as a teenager and I always felt that if I could find an author whole could transport me back to that kind of world I would be on a winning streak.
Luckily, Jack Ketchum may just well be that author as I discovered in the first book of his I have read. I devoured it overnight, and am looking forward to the next one of his I have bought.
The book centres on obsession, greed and lust, and is told dramatically, sexually and explicitly. It's very well written and incredibly easy to read about a woman who cannot let go after a brief affair with a married man comes to an end.
Can't wait for the next one. Have also ordered a couple of Richard Laymon's to keep me going for a while...

Started 1st November
Finished 2nd November

Nocturnes - Kazuo Ishiguro 2009 *****

The first book I have read by this astounding author. It won't be the last. Ishiguro has such a stunning and beautiful way of piecing words together. Here he presents us with 5 utterly different stories all linked together by particular events in the lives of the people. We are transported from Italy to the Malvern Hills, then to Hollywood and London. All the characters are sculptured like fine art, and the stories have a musical lilt to them, as though swaying you from one to the next.
I think this author is utterly unique, and I will be reading more of his work.

Started 28th October
Finished 1st November

The Complete Jack the Ripper - Donald Rumbelow 1975 *****

Rather sadistically, I am very interested in Jack the Ripper and the reign of terror cast over the East End of London in the late 19th Century. It seems to me that if anything could be called 'a perfect murder' then this whole ghastly business could.
Rumbelow has created a wonderfully intricate and fascinating book detailing all the murders in their goriest and gruesome sense. He describes the eyewitness accounts (of which there are only few) and the reaction to the crimes as witnessed by the police and Whitechapel community.
He also delves into the history of the area, the former lives of the victims, and the subsequent downfall of the Scotland Yard force when they shamelessly destroy vital evidence that would've helped the investigation immensely.
Most of all, the author reveals which of the victims he firmly believes is NOT a Ripper victim, and the reasons why.
An excellent book, well thought out, exceedingly well documented and painstakingly researched.
A must read.

Started 20th October
Finished 25th October

Piccadilly Jim - PG Wodehouse 1917 ****

 

Remarkably clever Wodehouse where a young man sets up a scam (only because a gorgeous woman has caught his eye of course!) in which he pretends to be himself, leading to rather complicated story!

Years ago, James Crocker writes a scathing review of some love poetry submitted to his newspaper by a beautiful redhead named Ann. By chance, he bumps into her again on his way to visit his aunt and uncle overseas, but cannot reveal his true identity to her once she begins to slate his character. Instead, he names himself Bayliss after his butler back home.

At the same time Ann who coincidentally is working for his aunt and uncle, is devising a plan where the aunt's spoilt grandson Ogden is to be kidnapped and sent off to a health farm to shape up. Meeting this charming man seems to her an ideal opportunity to carry out her plan, and she enlists James (rather amusingly) to pretend to be James Crocker in order to get rid of the boy.

Confused? Yes, you will be, but do persevere, because as usual, Wodehouse makes it all worthwhile in the end (and also extremely funny!).

 

Started 5th October

Finished 13th October

Death of a Gossip - M.C. Beaton 1985 ****1/2

Every time I have been in the library, I always end up passing the M.C. Beaton books. I'm a bit paranoid when it comes to reading books in the wrong order and could never find the first one in the series. But this weekend, after suffering from a long and tiring tooth extraction I took myself along to the small library in my Dad's village to cheer myself up. And I found this! The first book in the series. And devoured it hungrily. It had everything I wanted, murder, crime, wholesome and well round characters, and was very easy to read. Definitely what you want to read when you are feeling under the weather. Hamish Macbeth is the modern day version of Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot put together, with a ferocious crop of red hair and a dry wit. We meet him for the first time in the fictional village of Lochdubh in Scotland, investigating the murder of a ghastly woman named Lady Jane, who crashes a friendly fishing club and quickly becomes the most unpopular person they have ever met. I am off to find the next book. Praise for M.C. Beaton, you have gained another fan.

Started 26th July

Finished 29th July

The Mystery of the Blue Train - 1928 ** 1/2

A very slow Agatha Christie. I was tempted to give up on it a number of times because the plot was going all over the place and it was a very weak effort.

Poirot is set to investigate the mysterious death of a beautiful wealthy woman named Ruth, who is found dead in her compartment on the Blue Train, minus her expensive jewels. Is it her soon to be ex husband who is responsible, or an assortment of other shady characters, all out for what they can get? I personally like Agatha Christie's novels the best when they are centred around a good old-fashioned murder at a country house/luxurious mansion. 

Not one of her best.

Started 6th July

Finished 14th July 

The Temptress - Paul Spicer 2010 ***

Interesting account of the mysterious death of Lord Erroll in Kenya's decadent "Happy Valley" in the 1940s. The book is really more centred around Alice De Janze, a beautiful American heiress who marries a Count and becomes entangled in a number of affairs but does go into some detail about the death of Lord Erroll and how he relates to Alice. The book chronicles Alice's early life, her depression, and then later on, her passionate and obsessive relationship with a man she ends up trying to murder. 

It's well written and informative, although I did every find it hard remembering all the different people and their relationships towards each other.

A Winter Garden Mystery - Carola Dunn 1995 ***

What started off as an exciting read turned into a boring and long, drawn out affair. Carola Dunn does a good job of drawing up the initial characters and staking out the plot, but then it slowly goes downhill and we wander off in a daze. Daisy Dalrymple is our heroine, a quirky journalist on a photographic assignment who finds herself drawn into a murder plot at Occles Hall, after a body is discovered in the grounds. I think Daisy is a brilliant heroine. She's young, fresh, intelligent and can give Poirot or Miss Marple a run for their money. This is the third book in the Daisy Dalrymple series (I was amazed to see that there were 20!) so I might not give up quite yet and try the first one.

Started 25th June

Finished 7th July