American Gods

American gods

  Let me just preface this by saying that I really, really like this book. This was my sixth or seventh time through and I’m still finding things I’ve missed before or understanding some scenes in new ways. That said, the discourse last night did highlight some of the issues with such an ambitious project …

shame

Shame by Jasvinder Sanghera

  A harrowing and important book, ‘Shame’ tells the story of a young asian woman in Derby forced into marrage, her reaction and the repercussions thereof. The primary difference between this and many other tomes on the same subject is that this is all told as a personal recounting.