Book review: A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
Knowing that the movie based on A Man Called Ove was in the cinemas, I raced to read the novel…
The narrator can make or break an audiobook
I never would have imagined how much I would come to love audiobooks. In the past I considered myself a…
Book review: The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
Do you know those timeline cleanse you that sometimes pop up on social media? When you're scrolling through opinion after…
Hating a book is almost as fun as loving it
A shared love of a book is a beautiful thing. But a mutual dislike for a highly-regarded one is even…
My favourite books of 2022
Reaching the end of 2022, I've been thinking of how I would describe my year of reading. There have been…
Book review: Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stewart
I had heard a lot about Shuggie Bain before I had the opportunity to read it. I knew that it…
Book review: Oh, William by Elisabeth Strout
Once again, Lucy Barton's voice is crystal clear in the Booker shortlisted Oh, William. This time, Lucy is living her…
Book review: My Name is Lucy Barton by Elisabeth Strout
When I am reading Elisabeth Strout's books I can almost hear the voices of the characters. They seem to be…
Book review: To Paradise by Hanya Yanagihara
Oh no, I just realised haven't reviewed To Paradise yet, about two months after reading it. This is going to…
Book review: Three Sisters by Heather Morris
I have written before about Heather Morris’s ‘too good to be true’ portrayal of victims of the Holocaust, after having…
