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Dec 30, 2020 11:36AM
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No 1 this year. The Corncrake and the Lysander by Finlay J Macdonald.My review is at https://jackdeighton.co.uk/2021/01/23...
Another foray into the hinterland of an enduring Scottish obsession.Snapshot: Scenes and stories from the heartlands of Scottish football by Daniel Gray and Alan McCredie.My review is at https://jackdeighton.co.uk/2021/02/17....
No 4 this year And the Cock Crew by Fionn MacColla.My review can be found at https://jackdeighton.co.uk/2021/02/21...
Ringan Gilhaize: or The Covenanters by John Galt.An exploration of an aspect of Scottish history mostly neglected in fiction.
My review is at https://jackdeighton.co.uk/2021/03/25...
The Gates Of Eden - A Story Of Endeavour by Annie S Swan.My review is at https://jackdeighton.co.uk/2021/04/07...
Close Quarters by Angus McAllister.Unusually for Scottish fiction this actually made me giggle while I was reading it. Even though it starts with a murder!
My review is at https://jackdeighton.co.uk/2021/04/15...
Vivaldi and the Number 3 by Ron ButlinShort stories with a musically related theme. Some are set in Scotland.
My review can be found at https://jackdeighton.co.uk/2021/04/24...
The Gleam in the North by D K Broster. The second in The Jacobite Trilogy.See my review at https://jackdeighton.co.uk/2021/05/19...
Scotland in Space edited by Deborah Scott and Simon Malpas.Stories of Scotland and space travel with accompanying scientific essays.
My review is at https://jackdeighton.co.uk/2021/06/05...
Being Emily by Anne Donovan.Another brilliant book from this author.
My review is at https://jackdeighton.co.uk/2021/06/26...
No 15 this year, The Ninth Child by Sally Magnusson. Another good novel from the author of The Sealwoman's Gift.My review is at https://jackdeighton.co.uk/2021/07/06....
Big Sky by Kate Atkinson. Even though Atkinson counts for this Group there's not really much Scottish about this.See my review at https://jackdeighton.co.uk/2021/07/12...
Their Lips Talk of Mischief by Alan Warner.Another fine book from this author. My review is at https://jackdeighton.co.uk/2021/07/18...
The House by the Loch by Kirsty Wark.A slightly disappointing book from the Scottish journalist and author.
My review is at https://jackdeighton.co.uk/2021/07/26...
Summer by Ali Smith.Agaim not much Scottish about this but Smith is from Inverness.
My review is at https://jackdeighton.co.uk/2021/08/08...
Glister by John Burnside. Another great novel by Burnside.
My review is at https://jackdeighton.co.uk/2021/08/12...
Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell. Nothing Scottish about this book but O'Farrell lives in Edinburgh.
My review is at https://jackdeighton.co.uk/2021/08/15...
Scabby Queen by Kirstin Innes.This is brilliant stuff. My review is at https://jackdeighton.co.uk/2021/08/23...
The Rental Heart and Other Fairytales by Kirsty Logan. Short stories from a Scottish writer. My review is at https://jackdeighton.co.uk/2021/09/23...
Republics of the Mind by James Robertson.Short stories again. My review is at https://jackdeighton.co.uk/2021/09/26...
The Dark Mile by D K Broster.The third in the author's Jacobite trilogy. My review is at https://jackdeighton.co.uk/2021/09/29...
Highland River by Neil M Gunn.A James Tait Black Memorial Prize winner.
My review is at https://jackdeighton.co.uk/2021/10/10...
The Clydesiders by Margaret Thomson Davis. First of a trilogy set in the first half of the twentieth century.My review is at https://jackdeighton.co.uk/2021/10/19...
No 30 this year: A Day at the Office by Robert Alan Jamieson.My review is at https://jackdeighton.co.uk/2021/12/12...
No 29 this year was The Last Peacock by Alan Massie.My review is here - https://jackdeighton.co.uk/2021/11/07...
A Day at the Office by Robert Alan Jamieson.My 30th in 2021. My review is at https://jackdeighton.co.uk/2021/12/12...
No 31 for 2021:- Hawkfall by George MacKay Brown.My review is at https://jackdeighton.co.uk/2022/01/03...
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