You don’t know me, but you’ll have seen my face. Girl A Lex is on her way to the prison where her biological mother has just died. She is the executor of the will, although she doesn’t understand why, given that she has refused to see her mother all of the time that she hasContinue reading “Book Review: Girl A, by Abigail Dean”
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Book Review: Miss Benson’s Beetle, by Rachel Joyce
Until now, Margery hadn’t shared her father’s love of insects… Yet as her finger met the golden beetle, something happened: a spark seemed to fly out and her future opened. She went hot and cold. She would find the beetle. It was that simple. Miss Benson’s Beetle Margery Benson is working in a school teachingContinue reading “Book Review: Miss Benson’s Beetle, by Rachel Joyce”
Book Review: Leonard and Hungry Paul, by Rónán Hession
‘What kind of things do they usually ask? I’ve never had an interview before…’ In general, they usually like to know if you’re a born leader, a visionary and a can-do sort of person.’ ‘I suppose there are probably lots of things I could do if were to try them, but generally I don’t tryContinue reading “Book Review: Leonard and Hungry Paul, by Rónán Hession”
Book Review: Unsettled Ground, by Claire Fuller
The morning sky lightens, and snow falls on the cottage. It falls on the thatch, concealing the moss and the mouse damage, smoothing out the undulations, filling in the hollows and slips, melting where it touches the bricks of the chimney…. The worries of seventy years – the money, the infidelity, the small deceits –Continue reading “Book Review: Unsettled Ground, by Claire Fuller”
Book Review: Silver Sparrow, by Tayari Jones
James sighed and bounced me on his lap a little bit. “What happens in my life, in my world, doesn’t have anything to do with you. You can’t tell your teacher that your daddy has another wife. You can’t tell your teacher that my name is James Witherspoon. Atlanta ain’t nothing but a country town,Continue reading “Book Review: Silver Sparrow, by Tayari Jones”
Book Review: Writers & Lovers, by Lily King
All problems with writing and performing come from fear. Fear of exposure, fear of weakness, fear of lack of talent, fear of looking like a fool for trying, for even thinking you could write in the first place. It’s all fear. If we didn’t have fear, imagine the creativity in the world. Fear holds usContinue reading “Book Review: Writers & Lovers, by Lily King”
Book Review: A Half-Baked Idea, by Olivia Potts
This is book is so special to me in ways that I can’t really describe. In it Olivia Potts describes the pain of losing her mother, but also finding hope through baking. It’s no surprise that death changes you. It happens in glaringly obvious ways, like weight change or ill health… For others, death bringsContinue reading “Book Review: A Half-Baked Idea, by Olivia Potts”
Book Review: Last One at the Party, by Bethany Clift
Should you read a story set in a pandemic when you are living in a pandemic? Where will we be in 2023? How do I predict I would fare in a dystopian world? I answer all these questions and more! It’s 2023 and a deadly disease starts in a small town in the USA. ItContinue reading “Book Review: Last One at the Party, by Bethany Clift”
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