Posted by: flairandsquare on: February 24, 2009
Firmin is a sad and lonely, self-loathing, hopeless and dreamy rat. Firmin is born in the basement of Pembroke Books and as the runt of the litter is quickly estranged from his rat family, who levae the bookstore in search of a more glamrous life of food and alcohol. Firmin suffers from a kind of [...]
Posted by: flairandsquare on: January 3, 2009
This is a short book, the story begins on the wedding night of a young couple in 1962. Both virgins, preparing awkwardly to face their fears and mishaps of their past, sometimes it seems that nothing is happening in this book, but so much is and it’s so beautiful to read. I found the beach [...]
Posted by: flairandsquare on: December 8, 2008
“We don’t want to tell you what happens in this book. It is a truly special story and we don’t want to spoil it” Read this book!
Posted by: desosborn on: October 16, 2008
Wow! Very dark and very deep! We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver. If you’ve ever been disturbed by the behaviour of kids like Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris (Columbine High School shootings), this fictional story explores a mother’s anguish over having children and her wonderings about her son’s dark behaviours. (And boy [...]
Posted by: desosborn on: October 16, 2008
I’ve just finished The Time Travelers Wife by Audrey Niffenegger which a friend at work loaned me. I found the whole concept of someone just dropping their daks and disappearing randomly at any time only to appear in some other time and place in their birthday suit all quite frightening and weird. Frightening because I could almost imagine [...]
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