Comments on: Book 2

By: Wendy

Wendy — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 21:59:48 +0000

Chrisina – I shall find both the short stories and Alameddine’s book in the future. I’d like to say by the end of the summer but my reading list is a metre long now! Need to get into the habit of reading during termtime. Always so tired though…

Lucy – I had trouble seeing the hope at first. My friend Gordon had to point it out to me as I was just so devastated when I’d first finished it.
Next are the Steig Larsson books recommended by your mum! A quarter through the first one and thoroughly enjoying being immersed in a very clever but thankfully unrealistic who-done-it/what-did-he-even-do after the trauma that was “A Fine Balance”.

By: Lucy

Lucy — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 21:21:07 +0000

I think the tailors are two of the most beautifully drawn characters ever – it is, however, devastating. Which I think is what life in India at the time was all about…they are hopeful, in a funny way, which I had to be reminded of by Peter who had read it before me, and often.

Ooo. What’s next?

By: Christina

Christina — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 15:01:27 +0000

I just finished Mistry’s Swimming Lessons, a collection of short stories all focused all people who live in a Parsi compound in 1970s Bombay. It was also fascinating, but not at all heartbreaking. I enjoyed it.

But what I’m loving right now is a book I just started reading, The Hakawati, by Rabih Alameddine. I think I’m going to have a very, very hard time putting this down. I’ll tell you more about it when I finish it.

I hope you’re enjoying your summer!