Epinions Recent Reviews for nano

PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST'S WIFE

Mon, 8 Jan 2001 05:01:40 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author nano - Okay, the name of the review is actually the title of the book I'm discussing. It is indeed the same author of 'The House Guest', but for some reason there is no mention of the wonderful novel that I read.

It is so frustrating not having my...

Archived Book Reviews: FRUSTATED LIFE

Tue, 28 Nov 2000 02:54:23 GMT

rating: 0/5 by: Epinions Author nano - Well, here I am in sunny Perth, Australia. It has been eight weeks since I left the cold wet shores of Ireland, and made a break for a life change. Things have been a wee bit slow, and bewildering, on that front. I am quickly discovering I'm not the...

Aussie interest 3.

Sun, 27 Aug 2000 15:44:40 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author nano - Oh, I wish I were in Australia now. The rain is bouncing of the window as I type. It's a dull, gloomy Sunday here in Dublin, and the only passable item on the tv is Elizabeth Taylor and Mickey Rooney in 'National Velvet'. So it's the perfect time to...

AUSTRALIAN INTEREST PART 2

Mon, 14 Aug 2000 16:12:47 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author nano - I accidentally came upon this intriguing true story-read while I was looking earnestly for something else. And I'm not complaining!

This wonderful story concerns the strange dream of Australian, Robyn Davidson. She, gradually, reached a...

MY NEW AUSTRALIAN INTEREST!

Wed, 26 Jul 2000 18:32:05 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author nano - My impending trip to Australia has led to a change in my usual reading habits. I find myself drawn to the travel section in my favorite book store, an area previously unexplored by me. I wanted something more than your basic travel guide, and I found...

HAVE TO READ THIS!!

Sun, 9 Jul 2000 17:29:09 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author nano - 'I am not a smart man, particularly, but one day, at long last, I stumbled from the dark woods of my own, and my family's, and my country's past, holding in my hands these truths: that love grows from the rich loam of forgiveness; that mongrels make good...

Lovely!

Sun, 2 Jul 2000 14:10:31 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author nano - I have been wanting to read this for ages and had been hunting for it,in vain, at second hand book stores. Mounting bills have been affecting my usual generosity regarding my book buying habit. Anyway I shelled out the £8 for this skinny book, as I...

WONDERFUL!!

Mon, 19 Jun 2000 17:54:13 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author nano - I loved this book. I stayed up until 2.00am this morning to finish it, while not really wanting to reach the last page. The blurb on the cover describes it as 'a mystery, a love story and a tragi-comic elegy to an impossible country stranded on the...

BROODY AND MOODY

Sun, 18 Jun 2000 17:28:14 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author nano - Thank God for fastidious students!

I hurriedly bought this novel in a second-hand book store. When I eventually got around to read it, I discovered that it was covered in the notes and perceptions of a sexless scribbler. They never put their name...

McMurtry, Larry: SOME CAN WHISTLE

Fri, 9 Jun 2000 16:57:46 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author nano - ''Mister Deck, are you my stinkin' Daddy?' a youthful, female, furious voice said into the phone.'

So begins the novel, 'Some Can Whistle' which is a humorous romp through the changing times of Danny Deck. Someone once said of Henry James,...

A State Of Grace!

Mon, 29 May 2000 17:42:00 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author nano - Okay....I finished this book in work today. It was a quiet Monday. Anyway, since finishing it I've been trying to work out some semblance of a review. And so far my mind has drawn a blank. The truth is I'm nervous. This is the first Coetzee book...

GORGEOUS!!

Fri, 26 May 2000 14:17:50 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author nano - This is the first novel from Catherine Temma Davidson. In the past, she has won many awards from her poetry, and I can only hope that this is not her last novel. It was a wonderful read.

This book made a refreshing change from the type of...

Hellish Heaven!

Mon, 22 May 2000 19:55:11 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author nano - Seventh Heaven is the first Alice Hoffman that I have read. I have ordered in 'Here on Earth' for myself, so I must have enjoyed Heaven. This is the type of story that creeps up on you. The blurb on the cover is slightly misleading. When I bought it,...

Rose, Phyllis: PHYLLIS' YEAR OF READING PROUST

Wed, 17 May 2000 20:37:52 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author nano - I discovered this gem for £2.99 at a local book shop. Rose gives us a wonderful account on her finally getting down to read Proust. A friend of her told her that she should read him, before undertaking a novel set in Paris in the late 1870's. She is...

NOSTLAGIC HEAVEN

Sun, 14 May 2000 17:35:25 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author nano - Whoopee!! my exams are over and I can read what I want again. Ah epinions how I missed you..all of you. To be honest I feel a bit review shy, it has been so long. But here goes nothing.

My first book of the summer had to be the hugely enjoyable...

IRVING RULES! BOOZE OR NO BOOZE

Tue, 28 Mar 2000 18:50:04 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author nano - I have yet to read a John Irving novel that I didn't love, He is, I think, one of the finest living writers around today. Irving is. literally, out on his own, I can think of no other writer to compare him with. His novels are comprised of tiny...

MUST READ OVER HERE!!

Sat, 18 Mar 2000 16:45:05 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author nano - This is a scorcher of a novel. It doesn't matter if you have never been remotely interested in ancient civilisation, you will love this book. You will love it because it is a bloody good read, ('bloody' is a necessary description, this book is not for...

FORGET ALL THOSE SELF-HELF BOOKS

Sun, 12 Mar 2000 16:03:40 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author nano - Now there is a story behind my discovering this book. I work in a small book shop, and last month a customer came in looking for this book. I couldn't find it on our Book Bank progamme, and so concluded that she had the wrong title. You wouldn't...

MCMURTRY, THE MALE ANNE TYLER!!

Thu, 9 Mar 2000 22:03:36 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author nano - It's late and I can't sleep, so I apologise now for any grammar or typo mistakes!!!!!! It's been a long week!

I really enjoyed this novel by the famed Larry McMurtry. It is the first of his novels that I have read. I didn't even get to watch...

AND NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT!

Wed, 8 Mar 2000 17:24:28 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author nano - Don't knock it before you've tried it! Granted, reading Virgil can be like trying your first glass of wine, it's an acquired taste. However, 'The Aeneid' is a really good read, once you get into it.
It's an action filled story with plenty of gory...

A LIFE OF ONE'S OWN

Thu, 2 Mar 2000 21:00:11 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author nano - I thought that I disliked this novel on finishing it and I have left it for a few days before attempting a review. I had read the disappointing 'Happenstance' last week and had assumed that my brief love affair with Shields was over. But it's not.
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ABSORBING

Sat, 19 Feb 2000 17:25:35 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author nano - This story concerns the accidents, or designs of fate, that can transform our lives in the blink of an eye. It is also a brilliant study of a marriage under pressure.
Alice and Howard Goodwin have achieved Howard's dream of owning a farm, complete...

OH LORDY!!!!!!!

Thu, 10 Feb 2000 19:15:14 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author nano - My edition of this novel is covered in accolades from The Times, to Vogue magazine, to The San Francisco Examiner............so why did I dislike it so much?
The story concerns James Farrell, and starts provocatively enough;

'My wife of...

TAKE UP THE INVITE TO THIS PARTY!

Tue, 8 Feb 2000 11:57:48 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author nano - Carol Shields is one of a long list of authors, that I have been meaning to read. 'Larry's Party' has certainly enticed me to read more of her books. Her style is not unlike Anne Tyler, though she is not as romantic.

This novel concerns...

THE SIXTEEN PLEASURES

Sun, 6 Feb 2000 12:32:56 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author nano - This is Robert Hellenga's impressive debut novel. I HAD to read it after finishing his second novel, 'Fall Of The Sparrow'. There are a few similarities between the two, threads from 'The Sixteen Pleasures' were taken up and woven into the story of...