2014 Reading FavouritesLike this list

13 items

• The Virgin & the Whale

  a Love Story

  Nixon, Carl, 1967-

  Add The Virgin & the Whale to your for later shelf

  I liked Rocking Horse Road and so did MN. As he contacted Carl Nixon and asked would Carl like to write a fiction novel based on his families story? Stating "My Mother fell deeply in love with man with no memory". Great read.

• Grandville

  a Fantasy

  Talbot, Bryan, 1952-

  Add Grandville to your for later shelf

  Love some graphic novels and adore this series. Complete surprise to me that anthropomorphic graphics would be my fave but there you go. As well as the drawing the puns and storyline are brilliant.

• The Coincidence Authority

  Ironmonger, J. W., 1954-

  Add The Coincidence Authority to your for later shelf

  We all have a stash of coincidences in our lives that have startled us. This book goes along with these and further. Damn fine read. Will read anything else written by this author.

• A Week in December

  Faulks, Sebastian, 1953-

  Add A Week in December to your for later shelf

  Enjoyed this more than anything else I have read by Mr Faulks. If you find other peoples lives interesting, this is for you. Politely I'm saying if you're nosey.

• The Rosie Project

  Simsion, Graeme C.

  Add The Rosie Project to your for later shelf

  Simsion touches on the slightly more odd than the rest of us with his hero, Don, who has a list of attributes in list form, his future wife should possess. An enjoyable read.

• Green Urban Living

  Simple Steps to Growing Food, Keeping Chickens, Worm Farming, Beekeeping and Much More in New Zealand

  Luke, Janet, 1969-

  Add Green Urban Living to your for later shelf

  Janet Luke is my mentor but she doesn't know it. She lives it and writes it. Modestly. Will have to own this book.

• Brooklyn

  a Novel

  Tóibín, Colm, 1955-

  Add Brooklyn to your for later shelf

  I was concerned this might be a bit dark and depressing but not so. I was bound to the end. Eilis is torn between her new and old homes and men I too was torn for her.

• Rick Stein's India

  Stein, Rick, 1947-

  Add Rick Stein's India to your for later shelf

  At last count we had tried 8 of these lip smacking recipes. For me the best Rick Stein cookbook.

• River of Smoke

  Ghosh, Amitav, 1956-

  Add River of Smoke to your for later shelf

  I couldn't describe the first two books in this trilogy and copied a review "In a time of colonial upheaval, fate has thrown together a diverse cast of Indians and Westerners, from a bankrupt raja to a widowed tribeswoman, from a mulatto American…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Perfect

  Joyce, Rachel

  Add Perfect to your for later shelf

  Hats off to Rachel Joyce. Byron's friend James has told him two seconds will be added to the world clock. This disturbs Byron intensely and leads to an accident and consequences beyond his fraught imagination. A clever well thought out storyline…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Every Day

  Levithan, David, 1972-

  Add Every Day to your for later shelf

  Every day a different body, every day a different life. This is A's life. A knows no different, its always been thus. A life bearable until A falls in love. How to love someone when you are a different person every single day? Not my usual read…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• La Vie En Rosé

  Ivey, Jamie

  Add La Vie En Rosé to your for later shelf

  Jamie and his wife follow their dream, sell the apartment in London, move to France and try to sell rosé wine to the French. Admirable because they actually carry it out instead of just thinking and wishing. Enjoyable because its real and far from…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Silence of the Sea

  Yrsa Sigurðardóttir, 1963-

  Add The Silence of the Sea to your for later shelf

  If you like 'em dark and mysterious Yrsa is for you. One of the new to NZ readers, of Scandinavian authors, she writes an nice tight mystery. I was cold and scared along with the family on this boat. Quite rightly too.