Thanks, nannyconnie, you’re lovely!

Thanks also for your two recommendations. I finished The Potato Factory this morning (850 pages!). I think Bryce Courtenay is a skilful writer – plot, setting, characterisation are all strong features in his epic novel. I have also read The Swan in the Evening which I found very moving. I really enjoy Rosamond Lehmann’s writing and plan to read more of her books, that is, after reading the books I won!

These are the books; all were featured in the May issue of Woman and Home.

The Book Thief – Markus Zusak
Ferney – James Long
Written in Bone – Simon Beckett
Engleby – Sebastion Faulks
The Last Empress – Anchee Min
A Handful of Honey – Annie Hawes
This Year it will be Different – Maeve Binchy
Witch Child – Celia Rees
The Shock Doctrine – Naomi Klein
The Daughter Game – Kate Long
Fly in the Ointment – Anne Fine
Those Faraday Girls – Monica McInerney
The Ice Princess – Camilla Lackberg
Narrow Dog to Indian River – Terry Darlington

Happy reading to you too!