Kerrie’s meme at Mysteries in Paradise that requires you to pick your best read of the month rather than leave it to a year’s end memory test is a good discipline. Although I will probably only read fifty to sixty books during the year my memory is such that it will make it much easier to pick a selection of five best reads of the year.
I really got bogged down in February, and did not read as much as I had hoped, but there was one outstanding read:
The Boy in the Suitcase by Lene Kaaberbol and Agnete Friis. Lene Kaaberbol translated the book into English. The story studied the stark contrast between rich and poor , the plight of the undocumented and the vulnerability of women and children.
February’s other highlights were reading Outrage by Arnaldur Indridason [not quite as good as The Boy in the Suitcase in my opinion] and watching a fine performance by Gary Oldman play George Smiley in John le Carre’s Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. If The Artist had not been the flavour of the month I think the Oscar might have gone to Oldman.
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I was a bit bemused by the success of the Artist but I suppose the dog was good. A couple of good choices of Feb books there, Norman – I think I’d put the two in the other order but I agree they are both good ones. Hope March proves fruitful!
I have still to read THE BOY IN THE SUITCASE Norman so I am pleased to see all the accolades. Thanks for taking part in the meme.
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I think either Outrage or The Boy in the Suitcase are superb reads. I could not put either of them down and had to finish them without interruption.
I can’t wait for the next in the Nina Borg series, but wish that Indridason would feature Elinborg again, but I think that hope is in vain.
I keep loaning out my copies of these two books and every reader puts them at the top of her (in this case) reading lists.
As you know, I also loved The Boy in the Suitcase, and it is good to hear I can also look forward to a good reading experience when I get round to more Arnaldur Indridason.
I have this book on my eReader – must get to it soon from the sounds of things. I am also looking forward to seeing Tinker, Tailor – I waited and waited for it to come out here in Oz and then must have been asleep for the week it was on in the cinema so I have to wait for the DVD – Gary Oldman is one of my favourite actors and I was a bit sorry he didn’t get the Oscar (the whole Artist thing does my head in – I’m sure it makes me a philistine but I just don’t ‘get it’)