show 10th June

Well hello anybody out there who may be listening and welcome to all grannies around the world, isn’t it special to be a Gran. I loved my Gran, I used to go and stay over and be spoilt and stay up late. Do you have any fond memories of your Gran?

You’re listening to The Bookshow on Radio Scilly 107.9fm with myself Linda (Grandma) Thomas and my guests - this week we have a new guest – Nigel Young (airport Nigel) and Corinna Christopher.
Books being reviewed are:
The Glass Room by Simon Mawer Ordinary Thunderstorms by William Boyd
Nation by Terry Pratchet .

Glass Room by Simon Mawer
Strange Corinna, it has 2 completely different bookcovers. One with part of a man & womans face, the other is an abstract painting of a man…?? Wonder why they do that?
After reading some reviews it reminds me of Hotel by Arthur Hailey.

Terry Pratchet – Nation
I have to say Nigel that I have never read a book by this author, I don’t read sci/fi or fantasy (I love the films based on Lord of the Ring but I think I would have struggled to read them) but this is a deviation from his 'Discworld'. I would recommend Margaret Attwoods 'Oryx & Crake' as it has a similar theme to this book and also has humour.

William Boyd – Ordinary Thunderstorms
I’m intrigued to know what you thought of this book Corinna. When I first read the reviews I thought, wow, I really want to read this book but then the negative ones made me wonder if I really did.