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”
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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: 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: 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”
Book Review: The Cactus, by Sarah Haywood
‘I’m doing a charity pub crawl next month, and wondered if you’d sponsor me,’ he said. ‘I can email you the fundraising link direct, seeing as you’re not joining the twenty-first century any time soon.’ ‘ ‘What charity is it for?’ I asked, throwing down my pen. ‘I haven’t decided yet. I just need toContinue reading “Book Review: The Cactus, by Sarah Haywood”
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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