Betty and Carol 6th decade swap

The books for the sixth decade, 2002- 2011, are:

Small Island – Andrea Levy (2004, England)

The Secret River – Kate Grenville (2005, Australia)

The Book Thief – Markus Zusak (2005, Australia)

Half of a Yellow Sun – Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (2006, Nigeria)

A Golden Age – Tahmima Anam (2007, Bangladesh)

The Boat – Nam Le (2008, Australia)

Wolf Hall – Hilary Mantel (2009, England)

The Book of Night Women – Marlon James (2009, Jamaica)

The Memory of Love – Aminatta Forna (2010, Sierra Leone/Scotland)

Chinaman – Shehan Karunatilaka (2010, Sri Lanka)

For this swap, choose and read one of the books from the sixth decade of the queen's reign.

Email your partner and tell them about the book you read. It's up to you what you say, but you might want to think about questions like why did you choose this book? Was it a world you know about or one that was new to you? Did the book seem dated Were you aware of the book being 40 years or more old or did it seem contemporary? Was there anything that surprised you? What did you think about the characters? Would you like to read something else by this author?