Another dud. Didnt get past the first few pages
Palace of Desire
Another well written, pretentious, boring literary masterpiece.
Arrrgh!
No Bones
Another Dud.
Note to self: Nominated for….Winner of…..Shortlisted for…..is no guarantee
Didn’t take long to decide that this book was not working for me
Sour Heart
Lost me very quickly. Tries far too hard to be that voice of the modern Chinese American teenager. Found it contrived, coarse and abrasive. Not the slightest bit stimulating. Simply irritating.
“[Jenny Zhang’s] coming-of-age tales are coarse and funny, sweet and sour, told in language that’s rough-hewn yet pulsating with energy.”—USA Today
“One of the knockout fiction debuts of the year.”—New York
“Compelling writing about what it means to be a teenager . . . It’s brilliant, it’s dark, but it’s also humorous and filled with love.”—Isaac Fitzgerald, Today
Afraid I don’t get it.
The Visitors Patrick O’Keeffe
Another disappointing read. 
The dialogue is not just boring, it gets really tiresome. A book where contemporary becomes jumbled nonsense. I need to learn to avoid plugs like..Lyrical..Evocative..&..Striking.
Anything but.
Single & Single
Supposedly written by John le Carre, Single & Single was a nasty shock.
It irritated me from the first couple of lines. Hollow and unconvincing, the book didn’t improve and I abandoned it very quickly.
Previously I have read and thoroughly enjoyed reading, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Little Drummer Girl as well as his Spy Who Came In From The Cold. But this book was disappointing and badly written, raising the question of whether John le Carre is not overrated as a writer and capitalising on the success of his earlier books.