Just for general wonderings…
‘The Night She Disappeared’ by Lisa Jewell
A pretty solid thriller: I liked it.
Sophie moves with her boyfriend to the country and finds a sign that says ‘Dig Here’ nailed to her fence. What she finds reopens the case of a young girl who went missing.
Well worth a read.
‘The Tao of Running’ by Gary Dudney
It’s a running book. Not a great running book.
I wasn’t sure what to expect from this book, maybe an exploration into the mental side of what makes a good runner. I got that to a degree.
The book explores: mindfulness, staying positive, unleashing your inner trail monster, the wisdom of chilling out, the existential experience, finding your inner self, plus a load of other mental strategies. However, every chapter is a different 100 mile race the author ran – so it can all get a bit monotonous.
Some interesting little bits of advice, but overall, a book I probably wouldn’t recommend.
‘The Great When’ by Alan Moore
This novel was given to me by my sister, who managed a dozen pages before abandoning. She didn’t like it at all.
As you can imagine, following my sister’s review, I didn’t delve into it at the first opportunity. It sat on the reading pile for quite some time.
The novel is the first of an intended five: The Long London Quintet. It’s a fantasy novel, not really my thing, but I do occasionally dip in, following a lad called Dennis as he tries to return a book to the Great When.
You could say it is a journey through the metafictional chaos of a shadow-London, where reality blurs with real-life, an occult underbelly, where sorcerers, murderers, gangsters, and mystical beings – some imaginary, some very real – stalk the streets.
Dennis says it better: ‘I was in the wrong London. It was horrible. I’d fallen in by accident, and it was all alive and trying to eat me’.
It was an interesting read. Pretty weird, but strangely enjoyable. Although, I won’t be reading any more of the series!
Currently reading…
My sister gave me it after she gave up. It’s not the easiest of reads and it’s taking ages!! But about halfway through and it’s been ok.
‘The Long Shoe’ by Bob Mortimer
I loved the first couple of novels by Bob Mortimer, this one less so. The characters he creates are great, I just didn’t really like the actual story and didn’t really care for the ending.
‘Mudlarking’ by Lara Maiklem
Not really my find of book – but it was recommended and was actually physically given to me – so I gave it a go.
The author likes to go up and down the River Thames foreshore finding stuff, or Mudlarking, as it has come to be called.
The book was ok.
It follows her experience of mudlarking, interspersed with lots of historical stuff.
There’s also a ‘Mudlarking 2’ – I’m not going to bother.
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