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It ''still'' doesn't feel like spring, does it? A bright and breezy greeting is rather beyond us this month. We have gone into a slough of despond about the weather - and the loss of most of the soft fruit that ''should'' have been coming from our gardens this summer. Meh.
On the upside, Granta have produced their list of the best of young British novelists for the twenty-teens. You can see who they are[http://www.granta.com/Archive/123 here]. Do you agree with the choices? If not, who would have been your choices? Everyone on the list is getting a turn on Radio 4's [http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01s0f63 Book at Bedtime] at the moment. We don't listen at bedtime any more, but we always catch up on iPlayer. Gotsta love the good old interweb, aintcha?
PS: We Are Not Talking About Margaret Thatcher This Month. We have Iron Lady fatigue. That is all.
Ani was ''very'' impressed when she read [[Burden of the Desert by Justin Huggler]] and there was a great deal to discuss when he [[The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Justin Huggler|called in]] to see us. Ani also thought very highly of Mark Lingane's genre-busting novel [[Beyond Belief by Mark Lingane|Beyond Belief]] and she had quite a few [[The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Mark Lingane|questions]] for him.
Jill enjoyed [[Maria & The Devil by Graham Thomas]]. It's a dark revenge fantasy with a western flavour in which themes of revenge, strong storytelling and evocative descriptions of landscape and setting combine to create a thoroughly enjoyable read. There was planty to chat about when Graham [[The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Graham Thomas|called by]]. Jill also thought that [[Queen & Commander (A Hive Queen Novel) by Janine A Southard|Queen & Commander]] by Janine Southard was an enjoyable space opera and a fun read with plenty of potential to take the disparate central characters further. She had a few questions for Janine when she [[The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Janine A Southard|popped into]] Bookbag Towers. And she found [[The Vanguard by SJ Griffin]] to be an enjoyable post-catastrophe mystery thriller with enough twists and turns to shake a stick at with a super, unexpected ending and absorbing characters. She and SJ had plenty to [[he The Interview: Bookbag Talks To SJ Griffin|chat about]].
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