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Petty Witter rated a book 3 of 5 stars
The Assassin's Mark by David Ebsworth
The Assassin's Mark
by David Ebsworth (Goodreads Author)
read in May, 2013
Review to follow shortly.
Petty Witter rated a book 1 of 5 stars
The Summer Without Men by Siri Hustvedt
The Summer Without Men
by Siri Hustvedt
read in May, 2013
Review to follow shortly.
Petty Witter rated a book 3 of 5 stars
Zaremba, or Love and the Rule of Law by Michelle Granas
Zaremba, or Love and the Rule of Law
by Michelle Granas (Goodreads Author)
read in May, 2013
A debut novel from author Michelle Granas which, once I'd got used to the wonderful but highly implausible idea of thirty plus polio survivor Cordelia with her withered leg and hand as the most unlikeliest of action heroines ...... ever, I quite enj...more
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Wish You Were Here by Victoria Connelly
Petty Witter rated a book 3 of 5 stars
The Silence of Gethsemane by Michel Benoît
Perhaps a bit slow to begin with but certainly well worth persevering with, translated from the French by Christopher Moncrieff, overall I thought The Silence Of Gethsemane, a fictionalised account of the ministry of Jesus up until the time of his ar...more
Petty Witter rated a book 3 of 5 stars
Drama Comes to Prior's Ford by Eve Houston
If like myself you haven't read the first book in Eve Houston's Prior's Ford series, Secret's In Prior's Ford, please don't be put off reading this, the second book, as it really does work perfectly well as a stand-alone novel.

A bit like becoming a n...more
Petty Witter rated a book 2 of 5 stars
Black Spring by Alison Croggon
Black Spring
by Alison Croggon (Goodreads Author)
read in May, 2013
An evocative reimagining of Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights according to the outer back cover.

Hmm, though not totally unfamiliar with the story I've never actually read Wuthering Heights so I can't possibly comment on this BUT as comparisons with Go...more
Petty Witter rated a book 2 of 5 stars
Caravans and wedding bands by Eva Petulengro
Like having a chat over the garden fence with a neighbour who has lots of colourful anecdotes to share, a neighbour who isn't beyond name dropping, a neighbour who doesn't always get her story straight in the re-tellings, whilst Caravans And Wedding...more
Petty Witter rated a book 2 of 5 stars
More Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops by Jen Campbell
More Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops
by Jen Campbell (Goodreads Author)
read in May, 2013
As the title suggests this is the second book in a series of books about the weird things people say in bookshops (mainly the one where the author works) and, in this case, libraries and book signings.

With more giggle-worthy moments than laugh-out-lo...more
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