This is such a clever book I found it hard to put down which, I must say, was a little surprising. I did not expect to like it as much as I did but I happily ripped through it in a weekend and for those of us who love to read, you know what a […]
Author Archives: Ms K
May
24
The Secret Chord by Geraldine Brooks
posted by Ms K
The Secret Chord is my golden trifecta of books. First up, it’s a historical novel which is my absolute undoing – the older the better and it doesn’t get too much older than the tale of David and Goliath, right? (Well, maybe – but then I’d be reviewing The Bible). It is a grandiose tale that sweeps you along […]
May
02
Between a Wolf and A Dog by Georgia Blain
posted by Ms K
Bitter experience has proven to me never judge a book by the reviews – especially those squeezed onto every spare bit of book real-estate, each one screaming ‘read this’. More than once I answered those siren calls, and after some pretty big disappointments I had decided – once and for all – my ego simply couldn’t take picking up these kinds of best sellers […]
April
21
A God in Ruins by Kate Atkinson
posted by Ms K
If there was an award handed out to someone taking the longest time to finish a book, I’d win it hands-down. I have been beavering away at this one for m.o.n.t.hs! Poor Ms A has been galloping through her books while I could only reply to her inquisitive emails about my progress with ‘nope, still going’. I don’t know who’ll […]
March
22
The Women’s Pages by Deborah Adelaide
posted by Ms K
There is a particular walk I get when I leave a shop with a newly purchased book I can’t wait to read…..it’s part jaunt, part quickstep with an occasional sashay – and it must look very odd to passersby I grant you. But when I picked up acclaimed author Deborah Adelaide’s new offering, my ‘new-book walk’ […]
March
15
The Diver’s Clothes Lie Empty by Vendela Vida
posted by Ms K
Like a pig that can sniff out a truffle, I reckon we, Ms A and Ms K, can sniff out a book that is ripe to be made into a movie. Big call I know but we do have a track record, Readheads. Lots of those book-to-movie titles that pop up at your local Hoyts, yep, we sniffed those […]
February
16
Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee
posted by Ms K
If you have been wanting to read Go Set a Watchman but have hesitated because you have not read To Kill A Mockingbird, please don’t panic. It doesn’t matter. I confess to being one of a handful of people on the planet who hasn’t read To Kill a Mockingbird (I’m a fool I know and not […]
January
26
A Guide to Berlin by Gail Jones
posted by Ms K
Fact is, I read this book a couple of months ago now. It has taken me a while to review it because I could argue December happens, Christmas happens, life takes over. You know. But if I am honest, I didn’t know where to start with it. This book has haunted me since I finished it. It’s good, […]
January
19
Brave Enough by Cheryl Strayed
posted by Ms K
And how did it become 2016 exactly? I don’t know about you, but I feel like there I was just minding my own business in July 2015 and somehow, in the blink of an eye, I end up here! 2.0.freakin’1.6! So what do you do when you feel life is travelling at the speed of […]
November
04
The Natural Way of Things by Charlotte Wood
posted by Ms K
Charlotte Wood has done it again. No-one does grit quite like this woman and her new book is a corker….but it is not for the faint of heart so consider yourself warned. Ever heard of dystopian fiction? Embarrassingly, I hadn’t. It means writing about an utterly horrible or degraded society that is generally headed to […]
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