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\"Boozes\"<\/a><\/p>\n

September has been a quiet month after our busy summer. We have been expanding our cocktail repertoire. On our summer holiday we discovered some fantastic amari, most of which you can only buy at tiny Italian vineyards, but we\u2019ve picked up a few more for our collection. Now we are experimenting with combining them. There are worse hobbies.<\/p>\n

It has been a less productive month on the reading front \u2013 partly because I spent 10 days struggling through a book I then abandoned. Of the books I did finish, my favourite was The Coral Bones<\/i> by E J Swift \u2013 an eco thriller, I guess you could call it? Definitely climate fiction, which I\u2019m starting to think is a genre I really like. I really should finally read Tim\u2019s copy of The Ministry of the Future<\/i><\/a> by Kim Stanley Robinson. Any other climate fiction recommendations?<\/p>\n

Books read<\/h3>\n

Gone<\/i> by Mo Hayder<\/a>
<\/b>This is a sequel to Ritual<\/i>, which I read in 2013<\/a>. We\u2019re reintroduced to police detective Jack Caffery and police diver Flea Marley. This time they\u2019re investigating a missing child. It\u2019s a dark, twisty turny thriller, set in Bristol and the surrounding counties. Caffery and Marley have history, secrets and misunderstandings. Caffery likes to consult with a homeless wanderer he calls the Walking Man. I quite liked this and will look out for more of Hayder\u2019s books, especially the other Bristol ones.<\/p>\n

The Coral Bones<\/i> by E J Swift<\/a>
<\/b>I very much enjoyed this novel. It\u2019s Australian eco fiction with a sci-fi tinge. There are three interleaved narratives, all set just under 200 years apart. In the present day, marine biologist Hana is doing all she can to save the coral of the Great Barrier Reef. In the early 19th century, 17-year-old Judith persuades her ship captain father to take her on a voyage to expand her scientific knowledge. In the future, after massive climate and biodiversity catastrophes, Telma\u2019s job is to track down rare animal sightings to help rebuild the world.<\/p>\n

Wide Sargasso Sea<\/i> by Jean Rhys<\/a>
<\/b>This was a reread for book club. It\u2019s a prequel to Jane Eyre<\/em>, focused on the marriage of Antoinette Mason to Mr Rochester (who isn\u2019t named here). It\u2019s a much tougher read than I remembered, and I didn\u2019t love it. Rhys\u2019s style is difficult to follow and I wasn\u2019t always clear if the racism depicted was just the characters, or if it was her too. There are some gorgeous, evocative descriptions and I learned a lot about 19th century Jamaica. But this is a dark, slow, difficult read. I don\u2019t think I will be reading this a third time in my life.<\/p>\n

The Viscount St Albans<\/i> by Natania Barron<\/a>
<\/b>After three dark books I needed something lighter. This is faux-period romantasy with witches, vampires, werewolves and fairies. And lots of queer characters. It\u2019s pretty silly but in just the right way. It\u2019s a sequel to Netherford Hall<\/i>, which I read last year<\/a>. Most of the characters return from book one but this time the stakes are much higher. There\u2019s a third part to this series and I\u2019m not quite sure how the stakes could be raised again, but I\u2019m sure Barron will find a way.<\/p>\n

Tara Road<\/i> by Maeve Binchy<\/a>
<\/b>This was my first Binchy and I don\u2019t know why it took me so long. It\u2019s sweet and cosy and yet all the darkest sides of life are there. Ria has spent her whole life in Dublin. She marries young and the couple stretch themselves to buy a huge house in need of serious work on Tara Road. Ria spends two decades turning it into a home, raising children, filling the house with friends and neighbours. Then suddenly her life is blown up and at the same time a chance phone call offers an opportunity: a house swap. Marilyn is an American woman who\u2019s never met Ria but she too is in a bad emotional state and needs a break from her New England college town. It\u2019s a fun premise, but I was a little surprised the house swap doesn\u2019t happen until halfway through the book.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

September has been a quiet month after our busy summer. We have been expanding our cocktail repertoire. On our summer holiday we discovered some fantastic amari, most of which you can only buy at tiny Italian vineyards, but we\u2019ve picked up a few more for our collection. Now we are experimenting with combining them. 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