I'm at work - my amateur reviews

I been very kindly asked to post some book reviews here , I have no literary education and my naeive and sometimes simple reviews should be seen as personal reccomendations based on my reading plan . I have been trying to read all the Booker, Whitbread First/Best and Orange prize winning books - this gives me a set list of books to read - like a course work reading list. This was for me after 20 years of reading just military history, autobiography and politics a great opportunity to discover the modern novel. As I have read through the list I have discovered authors then read their other work so my library has expanded.

To add to the hobby I try to buy all the books from charity shops which here in the suberbs of Birmingham we are well supplied.