An outstanding novel from a man I've never come across. This is a generational saga with a difference. The opening line still sticks in my head months afterwards.

One of Christie's best... I always think of the setting of this whenever I reread The Hound of the Baskervilles. Combine these two and there's a really good musical in the making!

Another fun read about Bostwana and Mma Ramotswe and her clever human intuition. Not to be read if you want anything other than a gentle sitting-in-the-park-on-a-warm-summer's-day kind of read.

A great digressive ramble through the eyes of two spontaneous travellers who fly off to various parts of Europe on a whim. Wonderful - a great comment on American foreign policy and its global might.

A crackingly clever yarn for early teens. Camp Green Lake in the middle of a desert - I love it! A tale of trickery, history, peaches and onions!

The most woeful excuse for a book ever published. Expecting great things from this and this was even knowing how hard it was for her to write. Only the mini-essay about the Albert Hall matters.

A brillaint read, if more of a novella than a fully fledged piece of writing. For the uninitiated about South Africa a great piece of writing. Moving in many ways.

For A-level Language students out there a must-read. A rather assanine conclusion but incredibly insightful . Good material on Martha's Vineyard and Reading 'ing'.

Moving and absorbing, A great novel with so much packed into it. The gay soldier chapters were incredible - and so unexpected. I love his character creation here. Sign me up for Catalonia right now!