The Sister Brothers by Patrick DeWitt, 2011, may be up for many awards but I sure didn’t like it. Listened to most of it and finally gave up because I didn’t find it interesting in any way. I don’t get it.

But I listened to Trustee from the Toolroom, Nevil Shute’s last book written in 1960 and loved it. Read it over 40 years ago so I knew the story but what a welcome relief after that other book.

Finished Old Flames so I started my last Frederick Troy book, A Little White Death, by John Lawton. Who knows when he wrote it. Early 2000s I think. The poor guy has TB now and is going crazy in a sanatorium in the early 60s. I like the way the plots meander around and you get this story, that story and finally things come together.

Also started Michael Ondaajte’s latest book, The Cat’s Table, 2011 and I like it so far.

And then the library book I loved, I thought it was a book for adults but it’s not, it’s for kids. Beautiful photos and a great story, in which the black Labrador’s true worth is revealed. What’s not to like? Meet the Dogs of Bedlam Farm by Jon Katz, 2011.