BIG MAGIC has made me a stalker of Elizabeth Gilbert. BIG TIME. My adoration for her is not a new thing mind you, but this new book has certainly stepped things up a notch. I have pretty much read everything she has written and published. I’ve watched the Ted Talks, and more. I actually had Eat Pray […]
Author Archives: Ms K
October
19
A Spool of Blue Thread by Anne Tyler
posted by Ms K
I have not read anything by Anne Tyler since The Accidental Tourist, and let me tell you, after finishing this book, I am the emotionally poorer for it apparently. I have been seriously missing out and therefore want to race out and buy everything she has ever written. My bank balance is about to take […]
October
12
Someone by Alice McDermott
posted by Ms K
If you squint, you may see on the cover of this book to the left, a review by the Sunday Telegraph which simply says ‘A beautiful book’. I wondered about this right up to the last line, and it was then, only then, that I agreed. This is indeed a beautiful book. It is about life of the […]
October
12
The Girl with the Dogs by Anna Funder
posted by Ms K
If you are in the mood for quality but not quantity, this novella is for you. It is Anna Funder’s latest offering and it runs for just 57 pages. Penguin has published what is essentially a longer short-story (and you know how I feel about those if you have been following Readhead at all!) but […]
September
14
The Dress by Megan Hess
posted by Ms K
I can’t believe I have not shared this book before now because I quite simply adore this one! Perhaps I was so intoxicated by the beauty in these pages that I lost the proverbial book reviewer’s plot! Who knows, but upon hearing Megan’s newest book about Coco Chanel is about to hit the shelves, I raced to […]
August
10
Six Bedrooms by Tegan Bennett Daylight
posted by Ms K
‘…the past is in us, and not behind us. Things are never over’ wrote Tim Winton in ‘Aquifier’. These words are the foreward of this collection of short stories and they set the tone from the get-go as the author promptly transports us back to our high school years. Yes, those teen experiences – wonderful and hideous and embarrassing – are explored in […]
July
16
The Strays by Emily Bitto
posted by Ms K
I have a confession. Sometimes this blog can be really, really, really HARD work. I love to read. But, here is the thing. I really only love to read GOOD books. Yeah, duh, I know! Blogging about books sometimes means you have to read ones you would rather throw with great force in the bin. […]
July
06
Inside the O’Briens by Lisa Genova
posted by Ms K
Unless you have been living under a literary and movie rock, I am sure you know ‘ Still Alice ‘ (Julianne Moore won an Oscar in 2015 for her portrayal of a woman suffering early on set Alzheimers disease, remember?). Well, Inside the O’Briens is penned by the same author and instead of Alzheimers, this […]
June
10
Arkie’s Pilgrimage to the Next Big Thing by Lisa Walker
posted by Ms K
Books are like life. Sometimes in life you need a stiff drink, other times, a milkshake. And so it is with books – sometimes it’s War and Peace and then, other days, it’s titles like Arkie’s Pilgrimage to the Next Big Thing. We are complex creatures like that and thankfully there are beverages and books to […]
May
31
The Household Guide to Dying by Debra Adelaide
posted by Ms K
Ok, I know, I know. This might not be the most obvious choice for May Faves but given Barbara Kingsolver and Geraldine Brooks had already earned a place here this month, I simply could not go past this as one of my favourite books of all time. If you judge a book by how often […]
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