Books I've Read Recently

The sunshine seems to have returned since my last post. It's been nice and HOT. I've now written around 4,500 words for my dissertation. A deadline is set for Saturday. Development work will be carried out for the remainder of the month. I've just started on a new book this week, Chocolat, after finishing Only Dad by Doug Titchmarsh. I have read at least nine fiction books this year. Great Expectations - Charles Dickens: a disappointment. Little Women - Alcott: A good book about character. Sense and Sensibility - Austen: I enjoyed it. North and South - Gaskell: Although bits of the book were engaging, I felt that it was too long and the ending did not meet up to my expectations. Pompeii - Harris: It had potential. The End of the Affair: Greene: Started well but lost direction. Father Brown Stories - Chesterton: I enjoyed a handful of them, but the majority were dull. Only Dad - Tidwell: Easy read but not engaging and fairly ordinary. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time - Haddon: Memorable/original because of it's point of view told from an autistic child.