Book review: The Good Turn by Dervla McTiernan
I have to admit that Cormac Reilly is REALLY growing on me. I think Dervla McTiernan might have found the…
Book review: When Life Gives You Lemons by Fiona Gibson
The optimistic title of When Life Gives You Lemons sums up Fiona Gibson's book - it is sweet and positive…
Book review: Kokomo by Victoria Hannan
I have to admit that the first page got my attention, describing in vivid detail a full-frontal performance by the…
I’m suffering from bookish FOMO
I’m about to start reading The Dictionary of Lost Words and I can’t get into it quickly enough. You see,…
The Discomfort of Evening by Marieke Lucas Rijneveld
I really don’t know what to make of this one. The Booker Prize winner for 2020, The Discomfort of Evening…
Maybe the Horse Will Talk by Elliot Perlman
Elliot Perlman’s Maybe the Horse Will Talk is entirely different from his other books I have read – Three Dollars…
Book review: The Confession by Jessie Burton
Jessie Burton’s The Confession is a book split into the past and the present – one set n the 1980s…
Book review: Luster by Raven Leilani
Who could resist the pull of the red lips on the cover of Luster? And true to first impressions, the…
My reading highlights of the first half of 2021
Like last year, when it took me months to plough through The Brothers Karamazov, this year my reading has been…
Should authors shut up and let their books do the talking?
Sometimes I really hate it when writers open their mouths. I was reminded of this recently when I heard that…
