The Thirteenth Apostle

Title: The Thirteenth Apostle
Author: Michel Benoit
Publisher: Alma Books

Questioning the biblical role of Judas? Doubting the Divinity of Christ? Another conspiracy of the Catholic church and myth to the Templars' demise?

This novel, translated from French by Andrew brown (no relations to Dan Brown!) tells the story of an ancient sect and the Dead Sea Scrolls, hiding within the Secret of the 13th Apostle and challenges to the powers of the Catholic church.

For conspiracy theories junkies. Definitely NOT for folks already upset by the Da Vinci Code

God's Debris

Title: God's Debris: A Thought Experiment
Author: Scott Adams
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing

This is a strange book. Strangely profound in the thoughts it provokes. On the one hand, it makes you ponder issues, making your head spin. On the other hand, you may throw your hands up, in mock despair, at the lack of clear answers or clues.

A Thought Experiment indeed.

Try it out if you like Dilbert, for that's what Adams is most well-known for. Read it even if you have never heard of Dilbert (What planet are you from?????). The ideas and hints within this little book may shine some light on those questions about our lives and beliefs that have remained unanswered for eons.

The Thirteenth Tale

Title: The Thirteenth Tale
Author:Diane Setterfield
Publisher: Atria Books

This book is about love of reading, the love of writing, the love of books and stories. A book for me.

A reader's book. This is one that brings back the nostalgic yearning for the fine art of story telling and writings in the grand style of du Maurier and the Brontes. A book that will grip you from the beginning and never quite let go at the end. The mystery captures you, the secrets shocked you and the protagonist bewitched you.

Where There's A Will

Title: Where There's A Will
Author : John Mortimer
Publisher: Penguin Books

"A worldly-wise, never world-weary, wonderfully entertaining, occasionally outrageous and always thought-provoking book" -that's what one reviewer said.

I could not agree more. I came to adore Mortimer from his Horace Rumpole writings and grew to love the protagonist and his antics, courtesy of BBC TV. The law could be ridiculous and funny at times and Rumpole exploited it to great hilarity!

In Where There's A Will, Mortimer pondered on inheritance he received: not just house and properties but other more precious stuffs – an approach to life and a view of our brief existence, and examined the kinds of things he would like to pass on in turn: the pleasures of drink, the justification for the odd lie, the belief in one’s ability to change one’s life, the absolute necessity of causing offence on occasion, and a vision of god as The Grand Perhaps.

Mortimer drew on his life as a barrister and writer – two occupations seemingly quite different yet both concerned with questions of truth and fiction, value and significance – and offered his readers and fans a comic account of what a decent life might be, based on the a number of key principles: from the importance of questioning the views of the majority to the desirability of wearing the clothes of one’s youth, even in old age.

I love Mortimer!