2010
Ford County Stories – John Grisham
The latest – a collection of short stories. Good holiday reading, but not a patch on his earlier stuff.
The Cloister Walk – Kathleen Norris
An American poet and writer’s description of her time amongst the Benedictines. Full of insight from a Christian tradition very different from my own. I particularly liked the chapter “The War on Metaphor” – ‘many Christians can no longer recognize that the most significant part of the first line of “Onward Christian Soldiers, marching as to war” is the word “as”.’
The Cello Suites – Eric Siblin
A cleverly written combination of biography of Bach, biography of Pablo Casals (the Catalonian ‘cellist who made Bach’s ‘cello suites famous) and a history of the cello suites themselves. Very interesting, informative and entertaining. It made me discover the ‘cello suites for the first time really – and they are fantastically beautiful.
A sceptics guide to Atheism – Peter S Williams
The Book Thief – Markus Zusak
The Spire – Richard North Patterson
Nine Lives – William Dalrymple
Fires of Faith – Eamonn Duffy
The Lost Symbol – Dan Brown
Captive Queen – Alison Weir
The Suspicions of Mr Whicher – Kate Summerscale
Counterfeit Gods – Tim Keller
God’s Undertaker – John C. Lennox (Kristyn Getty’s Uncle!)
Eclipse - Richard North Patterson
Cobra – Frederick Forsyth
The Race - Richard North Patterson
Heartstone – C J Sansom
61 Hours – Lee Child
Lasko Tangent - Richard North Patterson
A Very British Coup – Chris Mullin
Alex’s Adventures in Numberland – Alex Bellos
Right Ho, Jeeves – P G Wodehouse
