What we're reading...
Well, that's my excuse for not doing much else for the last few days - been far too caught up in reading. Last week it was Andrea Levy's Small Island. A huge disappointment after all the hype. The scenario is interesting enough but I found the characters - almost without exception - flat and uninteresting. The relentless stereotpying of minor characters just added to a the sense that nothing was quite real. Then Grisham's latest blockbuster, The Broker. The Broker is classic, page-turning Grisham. I felt that his last couple of thrillers had gone off the boil, although I did enjoy Bleachers, but The Broker certainly marks a return to form for Grisham. Largely set in Italy, it is perhaps a little more softly atmospheric than the likes of The Pelican Brief or The Runaway Jury, but the plot is as compelling as ever. My favourite Grisham remains The Chamber.
Last night I started reading Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon. A promising start - (unlike the Levy which I found dull from the start), but more later when I've read a little more. The need for sleep overtook me before I'd reached page 10!.
Naturally, we have some John Grisham books in stock if your interested, including a very nice first edition of The Last Juror. But if first editions are not your thing, there are plenty of good quality used paperbacks. If you can't find what you're looking for on our virtual shelves, try Ibooknet - real books from real booksellers.
And if you want something even more random - in fact I think we should rename ourselves Random Books (hmm, perhaps that publisher would have something to say about that - try this: Random Books Galore. Serendipity rules!
