Review

The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold

"My name was Salmon, like the fish; first name, Susie." Thus begins Alice Sebold's poignant novel of tragedy and loss, familial love and life after death - for both 14-year-old Susie and those she leaves behind on Earth. Susie herself is our posthumous narrator, watching from her own sterile, personalised heaven as her family and friends continue to live their ruptured lives after she herself is gone; raped and brutally murdered by an eccentric neighbour in a quiet American neighbourhood in 1973. 

The Challenge

Well, this may be Day One in the blogosphere, but it's about 6-7 years into this challenge for me personally, and progress is sporadic. Particularly since my daughter E. was born. Parenthood (in the early years at least) seems to be incompatible with voracious reading.

Also, friends have introduced me to new books/series, which has sent me