Roo Reynolds - What’s Next?

Recent Reading

Posted by Roo - 09/08/09 at 07:08:50 pm

• The Beach, Alex Garland – better each time I read it. And so much better than the film. Remarkable first novel.
• Paperweight, Stephen Fry – quite lovely, though bitty
• Richter 10, Arthur C. Clarke & Mike McQuay – pappy. Clarke came up with the idea and the story in 3 pages. McQuay did all the heavy lifting.
• 2061: Odyssey Three, Arthur C. Clarke – instantly forgettable.
• Last Orders, Graham Swift – won the Booker Prize in 1996. Deservedly so. Quite the best book I’ve read this year. If you have not read it, you really should