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rain, rain, go away

Summerwater by Sarah Moss

February 9, 2021 by andtheIToldYouSos Leave a Comment

Is there anyone who isn’t at least slightly maddened by days and days on rain? I’ve spent many summers working outdoors under mostly temporary cover. It’s been years, but I vividly remember the feeling of perpetually wet socks and bones that felt internally chilled. In the summer of 2008, when I was working as an adventure guide at a camp in the White Mountains, it rained 29 days in June and 30 days in July. We ran out of “rainy day” activities less than a […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: audio, Britain, holiday park, morven christie, novella, sarah moss, scotland, summer vacation, vacation

andtheIToldYouSos's CBR13 Review No:22 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: audio, Britain, holiday park, morven christie, novella, sarah moss, scotland, summer vacation, vacation ·
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(not exactly) The Prime of Mr. Jackson Brodie

Big Sky by Kate Atkinson

December 30, 2019 by andtheIToldYouSos Leave a Comment

It’s been nine years since we’ve last seen Jackson Brodie, and in those nine years a lot has changed. So much has changed that I found myself lost a few times- am I supposed to remember this? Is that name supposed to mean something? Is this kid important? Jackson seemed a bit adrift at times as well, but I suppose that was more intentional than my foggy memory. The world has changed for Jackson. His career, his family, his car, his dog- it’s all changing. […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: #Jackson Brodie, Britain, case histories, crime, detective, Kate Atkinson, murder, trafficking

andtheIToldYouSos's CBR11 Review No:20 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: #Jackson Brodie, Britain, case histories, crime, detective, Kate Atkinson, murder, trafficking ·
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an exercise in lying to liars

Transcription by Kate Atkinson

January 11, 2019 by andtheIToldYouSos Leave a Comment

What began as a slow and cold (le Carré-esque) waiting game grew into a white hot flash of deceit, anxiety, and dangerous thrills. I cannot claim to know the full horrors and trials of World War II- nor can I draw a true comparison between that dark time and the present, but the world of this book is a different world from our current version. One constant remains: the truth is subjective. In 1940 a young woman is recruited into the fold of MI5. Europe […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History, Suspense Tagged With: BBC, Britain, espionage, Fiction, Kate Atkinson, literary fiction, MI5, mid century, post-war Britain, radio, WWII

andtheIToldYouSos's CBR11 Review No:2 · Genres: Fiction, History, Suspense · Tags: BBC, Britain, espionage, Fiction, Kate Atkinson, literary fiction, MI5, mid century, post-war Britain, radio, WWII ·
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