Rambling Readers

Mat reviewed How To Leave Twitter by Grace Dent

Grace Dent: How To Leave Twitter (2011, Faber & Faber)

Review of 'How To Leave Twitter' on 'Goodreads'

3 stars

Picked up this book after attending a QA session with the author. I feel that both then and in the book, she is able to articulate the draw that Twitter has for people, in a way anyone can understand. As someone who uses Twitter on a daily basis some parts of the book really made me chuckle, whilst others such as the section on celebrities seemed unnecessary and just filler. Definitely going to lend the book to my friends who don't get Twitter.

Mat rated Hermann Hesse, Der Steppenwolf: 4 stars

Hermann Hesse, Ursula Zierlinger: Hermann Hesse, Der Steppenwolf (Paperback, German language, 1996, Mentor)

Hermann Hesse, Der Steppenwolf by Hermann Hesse, Ursula Zierlinger (Lektüre-Durchblick -- Bd.312)

A story that focuses on the loneliness and suffering of the protagonist, Harry Haller, who feels that he has no …

Mat rated Rebecca: 2 stars

No cover — Daphne du Maurier: Rebecca (2007, Virago)

Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier (Virago modern classics)

Rebecca is a 1938 Gothic novel written by English author, Daphne du Maurier. The novel depicts an unnamed young woman …

Mat rated Blindness: 3 stars

José Saramago: Blindness (Paperback, 1999, Harvill Pr)

Blindness by José Saramago

Una ceguera blanca se expande de manera fulminante. Internados en cuarentena o perdidos por la ciudad, los ciegos deben enfrentarse …

Mat reviewed Sexing the cherry by Jeanette Winterson

Jeanette Winterson: Sexing the cherry (Paperback, 1989, Grove Press)

Review of 'Sexing the cherry' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

This book grabbbed me early on with its writing style, a combination of myth and history, particularly the story of all the words and the people who had to clean them from the sky.

I wasn't so sure about the final part of the book that set was in modern times as even with the linking of characters it didn't sit quite right. Perhaps it warrants a second reading.

Mat reviewed All Tomorrow's Parties by William Gibson (unspecified)

William Gibson (unspecified): All Tomorrow's Parties (2003, Berkley)

All Tomorrow's Parties is the final novel in the Bridge trilogy.

From his cardboard box …

Review of "All Tomorrow's Parties" on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

Very evocative language and well formed characters. The ending was quite cryptic but perhaps it's one of those books I have to read a second time round.