This week, mostly

I'm reading.....

And that's about it!! I have read several books in the last week though:


A Boy of Good Breeding; Miriam Toews , Courtesy of Trashionista (I WON it), thanks folks. This is a real, feel-good, warm read for a cold winter's evening. I loved it.

Recipes for a Perfect Marriage: Kate Kerrigan. Just one step away from being too twee, the ending was fairly predictable with a couple of twists along the way. The main character Tressa was just a bit too feisty for my liking and actually I didn't like her much, but it did pass a couple of evenings without using much brain on my part.

And What Do You Do?: Sarah Long. To say this was one big cliche is perhaps to oversimplify. The original idea was good but really, stay-at-home mum in Paris, has affair with local doctor to-the-ladies-who-lunch, whilst hubby has a fling with his researcher and generally acts like God, well we all know the type. Or at least the caracature, and as for the ending, well, totally unbelieveable. As you may gather I found it a bit light.

Toast: Nigel Slater. Not a novel this one but a memoir and actually my second reading. I love this book. Nigel must be a similar age to me and being brought-up about 20 miles from where I was it brought back a real nostalgia for those things we ate in the 60's. I found another connection in that my father had died at about the same time as his mother and in some ways much of the family reaction was similar. For anyone brought up in the sixties this is a must read. Get some sherbert fountains and jubblies to suck whilst you read it.