The Friend by Sigrid Nunez I’m not really much of a dog-lover, but as a mad cat lady in training I do know what it is to bond with an animal. I simply adored this book, which speaks on so many levels about friendship and bereavement, as experienced by humans and animals. The lifelong best Read More
Category: Library Loans
Library Checkout – July
I’ve not joined in with this monthly tag, which Rebecca always does, before – but then, until this spring, I’d not used my local library for years and years. What got me going again was that I needed to get my hands on some of the Wellcome Book Prize longlisted titles. Added to that I’m Read More
Library Loans #2
Hot on the heels of my reviews yesterday of the first books I borrowed from the library, I returned them this afternoon – and picked up five more… The Waters & The Wild by DeSales Harrison – An American novel published here last year, described as “a bewitching literary suspense debut, rich in atmosphere and Read More
