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I think I will return to The Road more than once. I can't think of a book that has affected me in the way this book has. OK I have friends and family that are total Stephen King fans and up until very recently I never felt drawn to read anything by him. However, I heard an interview on the...

Hi there, not sure I know what buffed means but I love enthusiastic welcomes, so thank you.

I loved the stark, haunting, poetic beauty of the writing. It seemed so appropriate in a landscape that is now devoid of life and colour and laden in ash.

I recently read Half a Yellow Sun and was impressed. I would definitely like to read Purple Hibiscus.

I agree using Death as the narrator in the way that he did was very successful.

:D Not at the moment - too many summer reads have scaled the summit! That and I've just read three in quick succession that have been set in frozen landscapes and so that has left things thawed out a bit - The Tenderness of Wolves by Stef Penney The Brief History of the Dead by Kevin...

Beer, Good review. I read this fairly recently and found it a quirky and mildly funny. I would definitely put it in the category of a light read as it doesn't require any effort or thought and doesn't really doesn't hold up to too much scrutiny. However, it is enjoyable and I would agree...

Thanks for the welcome. Yes, it is a moving story, but I thought that Death was benevolent and caring in a way and prepared us as readers for what unfolds.

Hi Tabby, I've just joined today too. It looks interesting from what I've seen so far.

Hi there, I read mainly contemporary fiction and non-fiction and have an enormous tbr mountain. By way of introduction, I'll mention my recent best reads. The Road by Cormac McCarthy stands out for me in a class of its own. Otherwise my favourite reads so far this year have been -...