Fleishman is in Trouble by Taffy Brodesser
I have mixed feelings about Fleishman is in trouble. I almost loved it, but I really hated the last few…
Book review: The Weekend by Charlotte Wood
It's disappointingly rare to read a book about older women, so I was interested to see how Charlotte Wood approached…
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…
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…
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…
Ordinary People by Diana Evans (audiobook)
There is something very appealing about the narrator of the Ordinary People audiobook and I couldn’t stop listening. Ordinary People…
Book review: The Promise by Damon Galgut
I was attracted to The Promise after hearing positive reviews of it following its Booker win. The Promise is set…
Book review: Nightcrawling by Leila Mottley
The author of Nightcrawling, Leila Mottley, conceived the idea for the novel after hearing a news story in her home…
