Book 49 A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess

7/10 All seems a bit dated now. Burgess’s writing is clever but soul less I think. Obviously the imagery was and is iconic and the use of the slang language nadsat set the gangs apart and made this a unique novel. I did think that the theme of reform of a criminal by brainwashing has dated since the book was written over 40 years ago. I didn't really enjoy it.

Book 77 Alias Grace by Margaret Attwood 8/10.

Story of a real murder case from Canada in the 1840s. Grace Marks, a young household servant was implicated and imprisoned for a double murder but no one was really sure if she was involved in the actual killing or not. Attwood weaves her tale around Marks and the attempts of Simon Jordon to psychoalanlyse her to find out if the gaps in her memory are real or not. It's a good read and well written. As it slowly draws you in to the tale. you begin to realise that all is not quite what it seems.