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Imperial Bedrooms

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Compelling Rread, 2010-08-20
My interest in this book resulted from a BBC interview with Bret Easton Ellis a month or so ago (apparently I am not allowed to provide you with the link here, a bit childish in my opinion).

I don't share much with the author, but am from the same MTV generation we get to know in Less Then Zero. And the aspect of 'revisiting' after a 25 year development attracted me very much to Imperial Bedrooms. As I had some catching up to do :-) I decided to read Less Then Zero first, which for me made reading Imperial Bedrooms all the more interesting. Also the development of the author becomes visible this way. Both books were fascinating and every time I started reading it was difficult to stop.

Not for the faint of heart, but a compelling read. Especially after only just having finished Less Then Z

American Psycho

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One of the best novels of the 1990s., 2010-05-16
I wonder how many came to this book because they'd heard of its jaw-dropping violence and went away rubbing their heads because they just didn't get it, or loved it in a superficial, prurient way, failing all the while to understand what it's about. Ellis must have been, and probably still is, laughing all the way to the bank. Yes, the violence is extreme, but it's extreme in a Tom and Jerry kind of way. You must make up your own mind whether Bateman is real, whether the events in the book are, within the context of the book of course, real, or whether he is some sad loser who's created an imaginary character to act out his own, unrealised, fantasies (the explanation I feel all the evidence points to) because Ellis has never revealed the answer. Make no mistake, for all the controversy this is a Great novel in every sense of the word.

The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat (Picador)

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shocking, surprising and mind-blowing, 2009-12-02
It is guaranteed that the reader will be utterly blown away with this extraordinary collection of medical insights into the symptoms that can occur when there are brain malfunctions with their consequenct bizarre changes in mental perceptions.This essentially is a collection of case histories that are quite out of the scope of the average persons understanding. Oliver Sacks' accessible style of writing gives us glimpses into the 'unreal' lives of patients who have to negotiate their everyday lives lacking some essential and basic abilities to relate to the world in a 'normal' way either in the business of memory, sensory perception or mobility.Each case reads like a whacky novel and leaves the reader with a feeling of walking on thin ice because the very foundations upon which we as 'normal'human beings base our lives come into question too.Not to be missed!

Blood Meridian: or The Evening Redness in the West

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Hallucinatory Genius, 2010-06-14
Without a doubt my all time favourite novel. There is a breathtaking image, an unforgettable turn of phrase on literally every page. Hieronymous Bosch meets Sam Peckinpah would be my glib precis but it's so much more than that. Beyond essential - read this book (and then the rest of McCarthys incomparable canon) - I envy you the discovery.

One Moment, One Morning

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an addictive read, 2010-08-20
Sarah Rayner captures personalities brilliantly, you feel yourself being drawn into the book and all the characters in there. A real page turner and impossible to put down. Sarah Rayner is definitely a new breed of writers to look out for. Can't wait for her next novel.

The Lovely Bones

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Excellent, 2010-08-17
I bought this book to take on holiday with me, but after reading a few pages I couldn't put it down. I finished it before I even went on holiday!

Little Susie Salmon was murdered in 1976 and even after relentless police investigations her remains were never found. Her story is from the heavens above as she watches how life continues after she is dead. She watches how her sister grows into the girl she wanted to be, she sees her baby brother grow up and watches her mother walk out on her family and her father become a destroyed man.

A great perspective of how life goes on after death.

Less Than Zero

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No escape here..., 2010-07-30
Just finished reading Less Than Zero, and, while some other reviewers have pointed out that there isn't much in the way of a plot, the monotony of the language and style gathers a mounting and powerful momentum of its own, which I found highly disturbing and thought provoking. The tragic lives of these characters who have everything are extreme and beyond what most of us will experience, but there are frightening parallels with modern society, implicit questions on the nature of choice and free will, and I think the `plot seekers' have missed the point - life doesn't have one, and those looking for escapist voyeurism will be disappointed. There are many powerful nuances in this book, but they are subtly crafted - the wrecked cars in the valley, the ghosts of the Indians, and the references to the grandmother, who, long dead, is one of the only characters who seemed to have substance and to make her own choices. It probably is a work of genius, and has certainly made me think.

Room

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Excellent read, 2010-09-02
I enjoyed every bit of this book which is a departure from the usual type of books I read. Ma and Jack are both totally believable and sympathetic characters and their story is harrowing and touching at the same time. If you have come here wanting to read reviews before reading this book please do yourself a favour and grab a copy. Highly recommended.

The Road

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Post-apocalyptic novel at its best, 2010-08-23
The post-apocalyptic genre is definitely one of my favorites when it comes to everything from books to movies and video games. And this is simply a perfection of the genre. Seeing as how the whole world is just a big pile of trash, the story revolves about a man and a boy walking down "the road", a road leading to the ocean, where they hope they can find peace at last. The world is not totally dead however, thieves are lurking around every corner, and only the fittest will survive.

The book has this very special and unique atmosphere, buy it if you think it looks interesting, because it definitely is!

The World's Wife

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The World's Wife - Poetry by Carol Anne Duffy, 2009-12-24
This was an excellent book group book for the Christmas period! The poems varied in length from just a few lines to several pages = perfect for dipping in and out of! The poems were written by the wives of famous men from history - some funny, others more serious, but all excellently written and very clever. I'm not usually a poetry fan but loved this!