The most recent haul from Alcazar:

Nicola Barker: Darkmans [meh. didn't get very far through this, not in the right mood]

William Boyd: An ice-cream war [quite liked this, although the ending was a bit abrupt and not entirely satisfactory.]

Helen Fielding: Olivia Joules and the overactive imagination [made for the movies]

Ken Follet: Whiteout [have read the historical sagas, could be worth reading some more of his thrillers]

The best of HP Lovecraft [one of those authors that I've been meaning to read for a while]

Annie Proulx: Close range [reread]

Elif Shafak: The bastard of Istanbul [will have to find her other books]

There are also some new books that I’m getting through (inbetween the library selections):

Michael Chabon: The Yiddish policemen’s union [taking a while to read, it was a slow starter]

Khaled Hosseini:  A thousand splendid suns [haven't started this one yet]

Kate Mosse: Sépulcre [the French version....reading speed is very very slow!]

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