We would like to thank guest reviewer Jason Downing for this post today. As a long term fan of Richard Flanagan, he was always the perfect person to review this important book…… I should disclose up front that I came to this book as a fan of Richard Flanagan’s writing. I loved Gould’s Book of […]
Author Archives: Ms A
December
01
The Hard Thing about Hard Things by Ben Horowitz
posted by Ms A
It’s not often I pull out a highlighter whilst reading a book. A pencil yes but I haven’t used a highlighter since year 12 English and even then I got in trouble for it. It’s also not often I read a business/self-help book but before you all tune out and reach for Who Weekly, I […]
October
13
This House of Grief by Helen Garner
posted by Ms A
In September this year, an apparently loving father from Lockhardt, NSW shot his wife and three children before killing himself. This incomprehensible tragedy sent shockwaves across the country and left us all scratching for an explanation. By pure co-incidence, Helen Garner’s second non-fiction book based on a case involving a father facing murder charges for […]
September
08
The Children Act by Ian McEwan
posted by Ms A
I have been in a reading rut. I know how bad that sounds coming from the co-founder of a book blog, but the good news is that thanks to this little winner from well known English novelist Ian McEwan, I think I am out. Thank you to Ms K for carrying the load for Readhead during this […]
July
10
The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett
posted by Ms A
I have just put down one of the most delightful and heart-warming reads I can remember and I can’t stop thinking about it. This charming little story is based on Queen Elizabeth II; but not as we know her. For the sake of this book, England’s ever practical and dutiful monarch suddenly becomes an obsessive […]
May
26
A Fine Balance by Rohinton Minstry
posted by Ms A
Sometimes with books it is all about the timing and this my friends, is the book you read when you are renovating a house. Not to make light of this masterful novel that details the horrific realities of life in India in the 1970’s, but I did wonder if the expression “first world problem” was coined by someone who had just put […]
April
24
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
posted by Ms A
It’s been a long time between reviews for me as I have been head down bum up in some seriously big books. Starting with The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt. Talk about starting with a bang – literally. This story opens with a terrorist bombing in museum in NYC where the main character, 13 year old Theo […]
March
06
The Affairs of Others by Amy Grace Loyd
posted by Ms A
Here at Readhead our preference is to review books we want you to read rather than books we want you to avoid. With that in mind, this review is going to be swift and tough – call it a serious literary caution. I admit the premise of the book is good; well at least good enough to […]
February
26
Where’d You Go Bernadette by Maria Semple
posted by Ms A
“Your TED talk is ranked number 4 on the all time most watched TED talks yet you live with a woman who has no friends, destroys homes and falls asleep in stores”. This is just one of the many great lines from Where’d You Go Bernadette which I plucked off the NY Times Best Seller […]
Reviews coming in 2014
posted by Ms A
So my bedside table is about to topple over with books big and small. Reviews in the pipeline include: Eyrie – Tim Winton The Luminaries – Eleanor Catton Where’d you go, Bernadette – Maria Semple and many more…..
