For your reading pleasure we happily present a new guest review from C. This time the books comes from that master of literary fiction Sebastian Faulks.

C Writes: I haven't read much fiction set in the last ten years. I'm not sure why but there doesn't seem to be much out there. I was therefore looking forward to reading A Week in December by Sebastian Faulks for a bit of a change. It's set in London in 2007, both a time and a place I am very familiar with. As it turned out, too familiar. The closeness of the setting didn't allow me the escapism that I usually experience reading fiction. Sadly, as I hoped Faulks would live up to his reputation as a writer of modern classics, I also thought it was a lazy novel. I felt the story lines were sloppy and the characters simply caricatures.

Vernon God Little, black comedy and 2003 Booker Prize winner, was something of a let down for me. I found it more a depressing look at small town Texas, than an up-beat comedy. So it was with slight trepidation I took my seat at the classy Young Vic theatre, London, waiting for the stage play of the book to begin...

Once again I am pleased to present a review by 'C', this time of The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters...

C writes: The Little Stranger is a riveting, well rounded and chilling story of class, obsession and lingering ghosts which draws you in slowly yet forcefully and spits you out feeling unnerved, apprehensive and moved.

I'm pleased to present I Wish I Was A Book's first guest review. Thanks to the mysterious C for this review!

C writes: Should you believe the hype and emphatic reviews by various literary names that fill the inside covers of this book? Well no, it’s not that good. But One Day is a strangely comforting read, being essentially about everyday life and experiences that readers (especially those that came of age in the 80’s) can relate to.

All books are unique, some less so than others, but in essence each has something about it that makes it special.

The Invention of Hugo Cabret takes this uniqueness to a whole new level, immersing you in 1930's Paris (although in truth the location is not that important) with a combination of carefully selected words and lovingly crafted pencil drawings.

The Swan Thieves, Elizabeth Kostova's second novel, is a difficult book to sum up. This mystery-romance-historical novel is the story of a psychiatrist's life that is turned upside down when an artist with a mysterious past becomes his patient. It is an intriguing, involving and hugely flawed giant of a novel which is wholly enjoyable yet mildly dull.

I shall start as I plan to go on: The Book Thief is one the most beautifully told, enjoyable and moving books I have read in ever such a long time.

In Little Hands Clapping, we delve into the weird and darkly wonderful world of Dan Rhodes, where Museums are dedicated to suicide and their curators eat little more than crackers, cake and spiders; Doctors are - at least in one instance – cannibals; and love can conquer, or destroy, all.

Set in the idyllic Welsh countryside, Gold is the story of Miyuki Woodward, a half-Japanese/half-Welsh interior designer who takes her two weeks vacation alone in the same village, in the same cottage, every year, away from her partner Grindle, in order to consolidate their love through separation. The novel takes place during the two weeks vacation and is set mainly in the village pub, The Anchor, and the surrounding countryside.