#20booksofsummer

Hype: How Scammers, Grifters, Con Artists and Influencers are Taking Over the Internet – and Why We’re Following by Gabrielle Bluestone

No 481 Espedair Street by Iain Banks Book 5 of #20booksofsummer

It’s been a log time since I’ve read any Iain Banks, not since I devoured The Wasp Factory, The Crow Road and Complicity in my early 20’s. His fourth book feels like a departure from his earlier, more experimental novels. Espedair Street tells the story of the Danny Weir, former bass guitarist with the fictional…

No 482 Hotel by Arthur Hailey Book 4 of #20booksofsummer20

It’s probably hard to understand the cultural significance of Arthur Hailey in the 1960’s. His big, block-busting novels were best-sellers and he was the undisputed king of the pae-turning commercial thriller, captivating readers around the world with his movie-worthy plots. Hotel did in fact became a highly successful TV show in the ’80s produced by…

My favourite books of 2019!

Close to the Finish – Books 17 – 19 of #20booksofsummer

Northern Exposure: The International by Glenn Patterson (book 13 of #20booksofsummer)

Novels about the city of Belfast have a tendency to be set during the Troubles. It is too ingrained in the very fabric of life here to be otherwise. Glenn Patterson’s novel The International does something different. In January 1967, the inaugural meeting of the Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association too place in The International…

Catching up and rounding up! (Books 10 – 12 of #20booksofsummer)