Monday 23 August 2010

books 2010 - three books i've recently read

It's been a while since i wrote up my 2010 reading. Here is a quick run down of the three I have read over the last month or so.

Morality for Beautiful Girls - Alexander McCall Smith.
I read a few of the No 1 ladies detective agency books a few years ago and enjoyed them - they are alright, easy reads. This was good, nice story which moves quickly , with good morals and a nice ending. I sometimes feel that these books have some racial and gender stereotyping which can be uncomfortable but mum says she never felt that and possibly it is reflective of that society.

The Group - Mary McCarthy
I was inspired to buy this book following an article in the Guardian. It was ok, not the great feminist tome I had thought it might be, but an interesting book nonetheless. It skits between characters in a way I liked, and told lots of different interlaced stories. It is of course depressing that so many of the issues being highlighted are still relevant now, but it was ever thus.

Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austin
I only recently saw the 1995 film adaptation and LOVED it (even though Snape is in it, he does plays a lovely character, Colonel Brandon). So then I obviously felt I just had to read the book. I am not a big fan of 19th century literature, but I enjoyed this a lot, it was good fun and easy to read.