Canny in the Canaries
Just got back from last year's summer holidays (it's a long story) and had a smashing two weeks in the Canaries. While lying by the pool the books I got through on this holiday were as follows: Chris Mullin MP, A View from the Foothills Political diaries from someone who has something worth saying and can write damn well too. A fantastic book, 10/10. Home by Marilynne Robinson Worthy and dull. I kept plugging away at all as she's a Pullitzer Prize-winning author and this book won the Orange Prize 2009 so I felt obliged to like it. But I didn't - and gave up with about 20 pages to go. Dull. 4/10. The Girl with Glass Feet by Ali Shaw Magical. I cried at at the end. A wonderful first novel and I'll definitely read more from this author when their next book comes out. 8/10 The Girl who played with Fire by Steig Larsson. The Girl who was on Holiday loved this book, the second of the Millennium trilogy. Almost every English person around the pool at our hotel was reading ...