Suzie Grogan’s Profile

214 ratings (3.91 avg)
76 reviews

https://nowrigglingoutofwriting.wordpress.com

add as a friend follow reviews send message | compare books

Suzie’s Bookshelves

read ‎(215)
currently-reading ‎(2)

to-read ‎(39)
favorites ‎(21)

christmas ‎(5)
for-review ‎(0)

Cloud Shelves | Stats | More…

Suzie is Currently Reading

Suzie Grogan is currently reading

Elijah's Mermaid

by Essie Fox (Goodreads Author)

bookshelves: currently-reading

Rate this book

Clear rating

1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

Nov 11, 2012 08:58am

Suzie Grogan is currently reading

Complete Short Stories (Virago Modern Classics)

by Elizabeth Taylor

bookshelves: currently-reading

read in August, 2012

Rate this book

Clear rating

1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

Aug 26, 2012 02:19pm

rss
Suzie's Recent Updates

Suzie Grogan rated a book 4 of 5 stars The Prisoner of Heaven (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #3) by Carlos Ruiz Zafón read in May, 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
May 21, 2013 09:28am
Suzie Grogan rated a book 4 of 5 stars The Coffin Trail by Martin Edwards (Goodreads Author) read in May, 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
A good, straightforward whodunnit, set in the Lake District. Cold cases aren't exactly a new idea but the links between historical research and detection as professions are neatly done.
May 19, 2013 06:53am · see review
Suzie Grogan rated a book 5 of 5 stars The Moth's Kiss by Vivienne Tuffnell read in May, 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
A terrific collection of short stories to send a shiver down your spine. Vivienne Tuffnell has not just written some really chilling tales that take you into some very dark places. 'The Devil's Pet'is, for me, the most scary, but by the end of the bo...more
May 16, 2013 02:23pm · see review
Suzie Grogan rated a book 5 of 5 stars The Chase by Lorna Fergusson (Goodreads Author) read in May, 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
A wedge driven between them by a traumatic event in their recent past, married couple Netty and Gerald move from Oxford to the Dordogne in an attempt to escape and heal. Gerald is more convinced of the wisdom of the plan and Netty responds badly to t...more
May 12, 2013 10:26am · see review
Suzie Grogan rated a book 4 of 5 stars A Game of Hide and Seek by Elizabeth Taylor read in May, 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I enjoyed this book - I always love to immerse myself in Elizabeth's Taylor's wonderfully insightful prose. But this one was less engaging for some reason - a little too aloof perhaps. It is, though, a wonderful story about the nature of love, of mar...more
May 08, 2013 02:52am · see review
Suzie Grogan rated a book 4 of 5 stars The Sacred River by Wendy Wallace read in May, 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I have been lucky enough to read a proof copy of this book, which isn't out just yet. I have to say it made a wonderful companion on a trip to Paris. It is not a sequel to The Painted Bridge (one of my favourite books of 2012, just out in paperback)b...more
May 04, 2013 11:24am · see review
Suzie Grogan rated a book 4 of 5 stars Dead in the Water (Daisy Dalrymple, #6) by Carola Dunn read in April, 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Apr 20, 2013 03:23pm
Suzie Grogan rated a book 4 of 5 stars Night Train to Lisbon by Pascal Mercier read in April, 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
This is a book to read slowly. Drink in the philosophical insights of Amadeu Prado, the man who wrote the book that takes the lead character on a journey to Lisbon and a new outlook on life, death, love and betrayal. It is, in some ways, a thriller....more
Apr 19, 2013 10:05am · see review

More of Suzie's books…

Quotes Suzie Likes

“And at home by the fire, whenever you look up there I shall be— and whenever I look up, there will be you.
-Gabriel Oak”
― Thomas Hardy, Far from the Madding Crowd

74 people liked it

“I found the poems in the fields
And only wrote them down”
― John Clare

tags: countryside, inspiration, nature

14 people liked it

“the problem with people who have no vices is that generally you can be pretty sure there going to have some pretty annoying virtues”
― Elizabeth Taylor

tags: life, virtues

15 people liked it

“Objectivity is just male subjectivity.”
― Jonathan Coe, The House of Sleep

6 people liked it

“You may be an undigested bit of beef, a blot of mustard, a crumb of cheese, a fragment of underdone potato. There's more of gravy than of grave about you, whatever you are!”
― Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol

93 people liked it

More quotes Suzie likes…