Books I read on my holidays - March 2014
Have just returned from a week of wonderful winter sunshine on holiday somewhere lovely and warm. Whilst lazing by the pool, relaxing on the patio or trying to take my mind off in-flight nerves, here's the novels I chose to read this time around. I've been a big fan of Edna O'Brien's novels since I was a young teenager. Her autobiography Edna O'Brien, Country Girl, A Memoir , was a wonderful read, written with style. 10/10. Laurie Lee's As I walked out one midsummer morning was a nicely short and well-written meander around Spain from a teenage Laurie Lee in the 1930s. A good book, enjoyable, short. 7/10. I read Penny Hancock's first novel last year and have been waiting for her second novel The Darkening Hour to come out in paperback for some time, with more than a little anticipation. It was well worth the wait. A good thriller, tense, well written. 10/10. Hugely enjoyable Douglas Kennedy book The Big Picture and a high scori...