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:
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.
I think there is more head movement with a book, side to side.
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!
The Lost Dictionary sounds good - think I'll put it on my library look list.
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.
I've never read a book in a car but I often read on a coach trip with no problems.
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