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Book Swap - Comments, recommendations... Case Histories by Kate Atkinson: It has several different stories running through it so keeps you hooked. I like this author and enjoy reading new work by her. It all works out neatly in the end - well resolved and pace sustained. Pat Case Histories by Kate Atkinson: I really enjoyed this book. At the centre of the story is Jackson Brodie (private investigator) who is asked to investigate 3 historic cases. The book follows Jackson's interaction with the 3 families involved and his own family; his sister's murder is a case he has never solved. The book looks at why these crimes happen and brings them all to a close at the end, apart from Jackson's sister's murder. Well paced, kept me hooked from start to end. Diana Facing the Light by Adele Geras: I enjoyed this book because it has a number of complex levels of story. There were also different narrators each with a believable voice. I like books that interweave the past with the present and are not too 'heavy'. I particularly appreciated the nature of the secret and the way it was revealed in the end. Facing the Light by Adele Geras: I enjoyed this book, too, even though I worked out what the secret was going to be less than half way through it. I though the characters of the family were well drawn, and I was especially fond of Rilla, who, I decided, was Angela to a "T". All in all, this was a good book, with an intriguing, multi-layered plot. Pat Angels and Demons by Dan Brown: I've just finished Dan Brown's Angels and Demons and it was fantastic, it kept me on the edge of my seat from the first page. If you enjoyed The Da Vinci Code, you will love this. Diana
Many thanks to the woman who brought in the Andy Goldsworthy books to the Book Swap at County Hall, kindly keeping one behind for me. They are beautiful and inspiring. I particularly like his minimalist haiku-like descriptions of each sculpture. My daughter and I will be out over the bank holiday weekend, I feel, as a result, creating artworks of our own.
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