Friday, April 22, 2022

Not forgetting the books


The Dictionary of Lost Words

by Pip Williams

5*

Has it all. Words, love, grief, feminism, history. Excellent. Highly recommended. It tells the story - in a roundabout way - of the creation of the first Oxford English Dictionary.



The Red Address Book

by Sofia Lundberg

4*

An unusual life looked back upon. More good fortune than may be expected in real life but an equal amount of misfortune. The main character - I wasn't too keen on her at times but came around to her in the end.


I also enjoyed the light-hearted, easy-to-read Hope and Dreams of Lucy Baker - spent most of the journey home reading it. That's the great thing about a tablet: I can read in the car with it. Reading books on car journeys make me sick.

I won't mention the other book I read. It could have been a 4* but was so badly in need of editing it frustrated me.

6 comments:

Debra She Who Seeks said...

Isn't it strange that books will make you carsick but a tablet won't! I wonder what the scientific explanation for that is? You'd think the car movements of the book/tablet would produce the same effect.

Liz Hinds said...

I think there is more head movement with a book, side to side.

Tink said...

The Dictionary of Lost Words reviewed well - I will give it a try on your recommendation! I get really car sick if I travel in the back seat - so does my brother, and I know for sure that neither of us could read!

pam nash said...

The Lost Dictionary sounds good - think I'll put it on my library look list.

Victor S E Moubarak said...

So many books to read and not enough time to read them. I've just seen Les Miserables on TV with subtitles on. So I guess I read that book now.

God bless.

Polly said...

I've never read a book in a car but I often read on a coach trip with no problems.