The Shifting Fog ~ Kate Morton

American Journeys ~ Don Watson

***** FAVOURITE *****

Oryx And Crake ~ Magaret Atwood

***** FAVOURITE *****

Shortlisted : Booker Prize 2003

Dystopian chills
A dark and disastrous future

While the future presented by Atwood may be dark the reading is not (not in the same way as The Road with its unremitting bleakness). The story is told in flashback to reveal what has gone wrong in the world.

Atwood has a clever way with product names. Strong environmental ideas resonate through the narrative.

On Chesil Beach ~ Ian McEwan

*** LIKE ***

Shortlisted : Booker Prize 2007

March ~ Geraldine Brooks

***** FAVOURITE *****

Winner : Pulitzer Prize 2006

The Road ~ Cormac McCarthy

***** FAVOURITE *****

Winner : Pulitzer Prize 2007
Finalist : National Book Critics Circle Award 2006

Inheritance of Loss ~ Kiran Desai

**** RECOMMEND ****

Winner : Booker Prize 2006
Winner : National book Critics Circle Award 2006

The Sea ~ John Banville

** OK **

Winner : Booker Prize 2005

Never Let Me Go ~ Kazuro Ishiguro

***** FAVOURITE *****

Shortlisted : Booker Prize 2005 
Finalist : National Book Critics Circle Award 2005

A Short History Of Tractors In The Ukrainian ~ Marina Lewycka

**** RECOMMEND ****

                                Longlisted : Booker Prize 2005