Book review: The Vanishing Year, by Kate Moretti. Published in 2016 by Titan Books. He smelled nice. Like soap and aftershave. He wore a wedding ring. I wondered if his wife was as young as him. Perhaps pregnant with their first child, round and glowing… He probably rubbed her tired feet at night, massaged cocoaContinue reading “The perfect twisty thriller for the end of October”
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What to read this Autumn – Four book recommendations
It’s cold, wet and miserable out there this weekend, so get yourself tucked up under a blanket with one of these novels and enjoy escaping the world for a few hours. A Slow Fire Burning, by Paula Hawkins Paula Hawkins writes great thrillers. Her books are always engrossing, surprising, and contain a slew of deeplyContinue reading “What to read this Autumn – Four book recommendations”
If you only read one more book this year, make it this one…
The storm comes in like a finger snap. That’s how they’ll speak in the months and years after, when it stops being only an ache behind their eyes and a crushing at the base of their throats. When it finally fits into their stories. Even then, it doesn’t tell how it actually was. There areContinue reading “If you only read one more book this year, make it this one…”
The book that broke my reading slump: The Lonely Fajita, by Abigail Mann
I’ve been struggling with settling down and getting stuck into a book recently. Maybe it’s the effect of going back to the office for the first time since March 2020, maybe it’s my current feeling of anxiety due to the state of the world, maybe it’s all down to Mercury being in retrograde, but IContinue reading “The book that broke my reading slump: The Lonely Fajita, by Abigail Mann”
Book Review: Early Morning Riser, by Katherine Heiny
Jane meets Duncan soon after she moves to Boyne City, Michigan, and quickly falls for his charm. But, as she soon learns, she is not the first person to do this and she finds herself surrounded by Duncan’s former girlfriends and ex-wife, Aggie, who is still a big part of his life. Jane has toContinue reading “Book Review: Early Morning Riser, by Katherine Heiny”
Book Review: The Appeal, by Janice Hallett
I don’t want to write too much about this book because I think the less you know going in, the better you will find it! Femi: Got it? Charlotte: Literally just got it. Flicking through. There’s a lot here. Gulp. Femi: We just need to focus, immerse ourselves, get a clear perspective Charlotte: But haveContinue reading “Book Review: The Appeal, by Janice Hallett”
Book Review: The Mermaid of Black Conch by Monique Roffey
The rains came hard in May that year – early, for the rainy season. Every time the rain came down, it sounded like thousands of gloved hands clapping. The daily downpour was a mixed blessing. With the rain, every man and woman felt an old, lingering, hard-to-dissolve guilt for past sins. The rain brought awkwardContinue reading “Book Review: The Mermaid of Black Conch by Monique Roffey”
Book Review: The Switch, by Beth O’Leary
Half an hour passed. That’s not an especially long time, really. You can’t watch a whole episode of Buffy in that time, or… bake a large potato. But you can totally destroy your career. I’ve been so afraid this was coming. For over a year now I’ve been fumbling my way through work, making absent-mindedContinue reading “Book Review: The Switch, by Beth O’Leary”
Book Review: Ghosts, by Dolly Alderton
‘I got ghosted last week.’ ‘What does that mean?’ ‘It’s when a person just stops speaking to you instead of having a break-up conversation.’ ‘Why’s it called ghosting?’ ‘Number of schools of thought,’ she said, with the command of an academic. ‘Mostly commonly, it is thought to have come from the idea that you areContinue reading “Book Review: Ghosts, by Dolly Alderton”
Book Review: Lone Wolf, Jodi Picoult
I know I should refuse, make a clean break. Start driving back to the airport and book the first flight to Bangkok. But my head feels like it’s filled with flies, and regret tastes like almonds on the roof of my mouth. Lone Wolf My best friend knows me well: as part of my thirtiethContinue reading “Book Review: Lone Wolf, Jodi Picoult”
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