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What I've read Jan-Mar 2008
Hurting DistanceHurting Distance by Sophie Hannah
Buy new: £4.89 / Used from: £0.01
Nasty, very nasty but totally unputdownable
Out Stealing HorsesOut Stealing Horses by Per Petterson
Buy new: £5.59 / Used from: £3.23
Thoughtful Scandinavian novel about fathers and sons
Beowulf (Bilingual Edition)Beowulf (Bilingual Edition) by Seamus Heaney
Buy new: £8.57 / Used from: £2.97
Get this bilingual version - being able to see the original really makes for a different reading experience
The Gum ThiefThe Gum Thief by Douglas Coupland
Buy new: £6.59 / Used from: £1.73
Witty novel about normal people with normal boring jobs
Love in the Time of CholeraLove in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Buy new: £4.94 / Used from: £2.99
A masterpiece about enduring love, but the main characters are hard to love
Then We Came to the End: A NovelThen We Came to the End: A Novel by Joshua Ferris
Buy new: £3.99 / Used from: £0.01
Witty novel about work and who you work with.
Not Buying It: My Year Without ShoppingNot Buying It: My Year Without Shopping by Judi Levine
Buy new: £2.83 / Used from: £0.30
Bought it!
The Crystal Cave (Coronet Books)The Crystal Cave (Coronet Books) by Mary Stewart
Buy new: £3.50 / Used from: £0.01
Mary Stewart's Merlin books still entrance on re-reading twenty years later
GrendelGrendel by John Gardner
Buy used from: £2.22
Read after Beowulf for the monster's tale - very dense, literary and philiosophical but rewarding
The Ruby in Her NavelThe Ruby in Her Navel by Barry Unsworth
Buy new: £2.97 / Used from: £2.00
Interesting period of history - a great tale of choosing sides and romance in twelfth C Sicily
GoldGold by Dan Rhodes
Buy new: £2.97 / Used from: £0.87
Gentle comedy
The Night FerryThe Night Ferry by Michael Robotham
Buy new: £4.15 / Used from: £0.01
Taut thriller about the lengths people might go to to get a baby
The Rose Of SebastopolThe Rose Of Sebastopol by Katharine McMahon
Buy new: £4.40 / Used from: £0.01
Enjoyable but too long, and the characters are often unsympathetic
The Inflatable VolunteerThe Inflatable Volunteer by Steve Aylett
Buy new: £0.97 / Used from: £0.97
Dystopian SF noir? Too weird by half
The Island of Lost SoulsThe Island of Lost Souls by Martyn Bedford
Buy new: £2.97 / Used from: £0.01
A draft dodger swaps one prison for another on an island ...
The Last Station: A Novel of Tolstoy's Final YearThe Last Station: A Novel of Tolstoy's Final Year by Jay Parini
Buy new: £3.77 / Used from: £3.39
The cult of celebrity - it's tough living with a real (and very old) megastar
Gods Behaving BadlyGods Behaving Badly by Marie Phillips
Buy new: £4.74 / Used from: £1.95
Greek Gods misbehaving in modern day North London - hiliarious fun
Agatha Raisin and the Quiche of DeathAgatha Raisin and the Quiche of Death by M.C. Beaton
Buy new: £1.75 / Used from: £0.01
A new amateur sleuth is born - good fun quick read
Saving CaravaggioSaving Caravaggio by Neil Griffiths
Buy new: £2.97 / Used from: £0.88
A superb literary thriller about art crime in Italy - brilliant!