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”
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Six Summer Reads
Going away somewhere fabulous and far-flung? Or having a relaxing staycation? Below are six books that I think would be a perfect accompaniment to any kind of break. Malibu Rising, by Taylor Jenkins Reid Our family histories are simply stories. They are myths we create about the people who came before us, in order toContinue reading “Six Summer Reads”
Book Review: The Summer Job, by Lizzy Dent
…He pushes the door open, but instead of showing me in, he pops my suitcase just inside and pulls the door shut. ‘Couldn’t grow a Pinot in this wind-chill, eh?’ I stutter, then scramble for a quick reply. ‘Yes. Certainly it needs to be warmer. Except when there’s a frost. You also sometimes need aContinue reading “Book Review: The Summer Job, by Lizzy Dent”
Book Review: Pretending, by Holly Bourne
TW: sexual assault Here’s the thing: I really don’t understand why love has been so hard for me. I’m pretty. I’m smart. I have a goodish job. I have friends. I have hobbies. I am funny. I am self-actualized. I dress well. I don’t have particularly high standards. I am not expecting to be rescued.Continue reading “Book Review: Pretending, by Holly Bourne”
Book Review: Nobody Will Tell You This But Me, by Bess Kalb
I could tell this girl she’d marry the love of her life in a year. She’d leave the tenement in Brooklyn and see Cairo and Tuscany and China and Switzerland and Greece and Gaza and Paris – Paris more times than she could count. She’d visit her mother’s village in Belarus (then part of Russia),Continue reading “Book Review: Nobody Will Tell You This But Me, by Bess Kalb”
Book Review: The Split, by Laura Kay
I had never been in my single bed with Emily. Her soft skin had never touched these sheets. I had never felt her hot breath on the back of my neck in the middle of the night within these four walls. I was transported to a land before Emily, to a place where she hadContinue reading “Book Review: The Split, by Laura Kay”
Book Review: The Shelf, by Helly Acton
Amy Wright is lying in bed, staring at herself in the mirror on the wall and counting her chins. Her long dark hair is curled up on top of her head like the chocolate doughnut she ate in secret yesterday and, if she squints, she could be a sumo wrestler. But Amy isn’t going toContinue reading “Book Review: The Shelf, by Helly Acton”
Book Review: Still Life, by Sarah Winman
There are moments in life, so monumental and still, that the memory can never be retrieved without a catch to the throat or an interruption to the beat of the heart. Can never be retrieved without the rumbling disquiet of how close that moment came to not having happened at all. Still Life The bookContinue reading “Book Review: Still Life, by Sarah Winman”
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”
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