AUGUST

 

Theft ~ Abdulrazak Gurnah

 

The South ~ Tash Aw

 

I finished this for 2 reasons :

It was very short and I loved Five Star Billionaire (and I guess because the previous two had been DNF books).

The only thing it had going for it was that it was short ...but a good edit of the rubbish in it could have made it shorter.

I guess the other good thing is that it is supposed to be the first of a set and it saved me having to buy the next ones

The Overstory ~ Richard Powers

 

I tried really hard to enjoy.

I read till I was past 50%

But then just had to admit : I do not like his writing style.

I find it superficial ... like author's notes needing to be fleshed out or made read-worthy.  His characters stay on the page for me.

He takes important-to-me issues and takes the passion out.

Murder Takes A Vacation ~ Laura Lippman

 I might give it another go.

There is "cosy crime" and there is "stifling schmaltz" ... this struck me as the latter.

The Correspondent ~ Virginia Evans

 Delightfully witty, subtle crafting of the character.

Told through letters written and received by the elderly, fusty, fiesty Sybil