Books I read on my jollies
Just back from a wonderfully relaxing week of winter sun on our jollies. One of the joys of holidays, for me, is being able to sink into a book, or ten, and here's some I read this last week. Diaries of a Fleet Street Fox by Susie Boniface I've often felt disappointed by a book, often felt let down, but I've never felt cheated before. While this was a good read and engaging enough to keep me going to the last page, it didn't do what it said on the tin or indeed the front or back cover. It's not the tabloid tales I was given to expect - and what the cover of the book says it is. It's an account of the author's marriage breakdown. Cathartic for her, I'm sure, but not what I was expecting or wanted. A disappointing 3/10 Sun Dog by Monique Roffey Wonderful, soft, sunny and special. A tale of an unusual young man falling in love and finding out about life, his past and his future. He's unusual because he's very sensitive to the seaso...
