Booka Bookclub
Currently reading: A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
Read More »Book of the Month
Book of the Month - January 2012
January 2012: The Art of Fielding
Review: Set against the backdrop of an American college baseball season, The Art of Fielding is big, warm hearted, absorbing and a truly rewarding read. The five main characters are all strong, but each vulnerable in their own way. The spiral of relationships between the characters develops as the season unfolds. Importantly, no knowledge of baseball is…
Read More »Children's Book of the Month - December 2011
Children's - December 2011: Another Night Before Christmas
Review: Carol Ann Duffy’s twenty-first-century reworking of the Victorian Christmas classic is filled with her characteristic warmth, wit and imagination and, illustrated by the sophisticated, romantic and truly original Rob Ryan. The perfect gift this Christmas! Carrie
Read More »Book of the Month - December 2011
December 2011: The House of Silk: The New Sherlock Holmes Novel
Review: With devilish plotting and excellent characterisation, Anthony Horowitz delivers a first-rate Sherlock Holmes mystery for a modern readership whilst remaining utterly true to the spirit of the original Conan Doyle books. Sherlock Holmes is back with all the nuance, pace and powers of deduction that make him the world’s greatest and most celebrated detective….
Read More »Children's Book of the Month - November 2011
Children's - November 2011: The Day Louis Got Eaten
Synopsis: When Louis gets eaten up by a Gulper, his big sister Sarah knows she has to act fast, and sets off in hot pursuit. But rescuing a boy from a Gulper’s tummy isn’t so simple – especially when other strange and scary creatures are looking for their dinner too…
Read More »Book of the Month - November 2011
November 2011: The Sense of an Ending
Review: Winner of the Man Booker Prize for Fiction in 2011. The Sense of an Ending is the story of one man coming to terms with the past, his friendships and relationships, although things aren’t quite how he’d remembered them. Short, perfectly formed and precisely written, this sublime book is thought provoking and demands re-reading….
Read More »Children's Book of the Month - October 2011
Children's - October 2011: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Flies Again
Synopsis: When the Tooting family find a vast abandoned engine and fit it to their camper van, they have no idea of the adventure that lies ahead. The engine used to belong to an extraordinary flying car and it wants to be back on the road again …fast! The Tootings can haul on the steering…
Read More »Book of the Month - October 2011
October 2011: The Marriage Plot
Review Set in the early 1980’s, as the three main characters graduate from college, Eugenides twists the classic Vicorian marriage plot of one woman, Madeleine, choosing between the competing love claims of the sexy but manic depressive Leonard and the conservative but reliable Mitchell. A thoroughly enjoyable contemporary read with well crafted characters from someone …
Read More »