Book review: The Children Act by Ian McEwan
If there is one reliably enjoyable writer, for me it is Ian McEwan. I hadn’t read one of his books…
Book review: The Color Purple by Alice Walker
The Color Purple is Pulitzer Prize-winning author Alice Walker’s beautiful story of pain and hope. It follows Celie, and African…
My travel bug is feeding off armchair travel in the age of coronavirus
In recent months I have visited New York’s nightclubs, wondered at the expanse of Canada’s wilderness, journeyed through English countryside…
Book review: City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert
Gosh, I had a great time listening to City of Girls on audiobook. Elizabeth Gilbert’s novel follows the story of…
Book review: My Absolute Darling by Gabriel Tallent
I had been warned that My Absolute Darling was a harrowing read, but I’m still not sure that I was…
My favourite books from the first half of 2020
What a year it has been so far. In my memory there has never been a stranger time, from the…
Book review: The Yield by Tara June Winch
The Yield is a book that requires concentration, and so I feel like I didn’t do justice to it by…
Book review: Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid
Such a Fun Age is one of those books that are easy to read and entertaining, while delivering a big…
Book review: One Hundred Years of Dirt by Rick Morton
It might be no Angela’s Ashes, either in misery or in degree of poverty, but One Hundred Years of Dirt…
I’ve got a soft spot for Lydia Bennet
A character that we all love to hate can make a book. There’s Dolores Umbridge from Harry Potter, Tom Buchanan…
