There Are Rivers In The Sky ~ Elif Shafak

 

The Things We Never Say ~ Elizabeth Strout

 

This is Where The Serpent Lives ~ Daniyal Mueenuddin

 

Theft ~ Abdulrazak Gurnah

Liked (a lot) because of difference place
 

Tilt ~ Emma Pattee

Too ludicrous. Too much suspension of belief. Too poorly developed.

A "thrilling literary debut about how we confront disaster" (gawd, there is no hope for us) and from the " hotly anticipated" list (someone must know someone)

Very (VERY) pregnant woman wandering around Portland after a massive earthquake.  Utter unfeasible rubbish.

The Tiger's Share ~ Keshava Guha

 I love books set in India ... but not this one.

Overly flat descriptions of suburbs of Delhi that still did't bring it to life.

Characters that were written on paper but few had life breathed into them.

Plot had such good potential ... the privileged position of males in India clashing with the achievements of modern women ... but it backed away at the end with capitulation to the male ego.

A Thousand Splendid Suns ~ Khaled Hosseini

 

Tell Me Everything ~ Elizabeth Strout

 

*** LIKE

Not my favourite in the Olive Kitterage and Lucy Barton series and at times it really annoyed mewith irrelevant babble.  

The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane ~ Lisa See

 

Three Body Problem ~ Cixin Liu

 

Tom Lake ~ Anne Patchett

 

Two Steps Onward ~ Graeme Simison

 

Two Steps Forward ~ Graeme Simsion & Anne Buist

 

Things In Jars ~ Jess Kidd

Excellent storyteller

Merren (bad mermaids), kind of steampunk

Great characters

Tomorrow And Tomorrow And Tomorrow ~ Gabrielle Zelvin

 

Treacle Walker ~ Alan Garner

 

Not For Me

Any "deeper meaning" was overcoated in gobbledygook

The Twyford Code ~ Janice Hallett

 ** Barely OK

WW2 codes hidden in Enid Blyton; a gold and jewel heist; all told through phone conversation transcripts.

Trite Tripe

The Trees ~ Percival Everett

 **** RECOMMEND

Irreverent and relevant

How absurd to write a humourous book about racism and deaths! The book is absurd, the characters are absurd, the premise is absurd and it is great reading!

Second half drags a little.

Trio ~ William Boyd

 

*** LIKE

Always an escape

Good at setting the scene and time period and believable characterisations.

Two Steps Onwards ~ Graeme Simsion & Anna Buist