Hello, I’m Ms K and I am addicted to Nora Ephron. She is my literary drug. There is no cure to this illness, and I don’t want one. It’s love. Run, don’t walk to your local bookshop and buy, buy, buy ANYTHING from Nora. You will be forever better for it. In fact buy ten of […]
Author Archives: Ms K
April
15
The Silent Wife by A.S.A Harrison
posted by Ms K
Jeeze Louise, I still haven’t warmed up after reading this little number. It is ice cold – not the refreshing kind, the evil kind my friends. Nasty. But I loved it and zoomed through it. It is a dirty, dangerous tale and is therefore, utterly compelling. This offering is not dissimilar to Gone Girl – the he said, […]
March
21
Life after Life by Kate Atkinson
posted by Ms K
What if you had the chance to live your life again and again, until you got it right? Well, I think you would end up rather confused and exhausted, because that is how I felt just reading about Ursula and her reincarnations in Life after Life. Completely and utterly knackered and bamboozled!! Living once […]
February
11
Eyrie by Tim Winton
posted by Ms K
Firstly, I have a confession. I carried this book with me during my recent travels – my copy of Eyrie has seen some pretty amazing places all from a cosy possie in the bottom of my carry bag – where it stayed. I.Did.Not.Open.It.Once! Not even on the various excruciatingly long plane rides. I would […]
February
08
The Little Paris Kitchen and Little French Kitchen by Rachel Khoo
posted by Ms K
Yes, this is a review of cook books. I am busting out. Truth be told, cook books are my favourite books. I love them. I daydream with them. I cook what’s in them. I shop because of them. I have WAY too many of them but they make me happy. And fat probably too but […]
November
28
Seating Arrangements by Maggie Shipstead
posted by Ms K
Hail this little beauty. It deserves the raves it’s received and to win the Dylan Thomas Prize. It’s all weddings, parties and anything goes in this sweeping tale set on the New England island of Waskeke where the Van Meters have gathered their family to celebrate the marriage of their daughter Daphne. Lobsters, lust, love, […]
November
13
No Place Like Home by Caroline Overington
posted by Ms K
I could not wait to get my hands on this book after reading a couple of the author’s books over the past month – most notable her non-fiction work about living in New York as a Correspondent (Jolly Good read!). I nearly yelped in the book shop when I found it and could not wait […]
November
13
Tracks by Robyn Davidson
posted by Ms K
Ok, first up I apologise for posting about a book published in the early 80s but hear me out. Firstly Tracks is about to be released as a movie so it has relevance, agree? And secondly, and most importantly, I never, ever, ever EVER re-read a book. Except this one. Tracks was my coming of […]
November
12
May We Be Forgiven by A.M Homes
posted by Ms K
Listen up. If you read my review of The Dinner ( or you have read the book itself ), I am here to tell you THIS IS WHAT THE DINNER PROMISED TO BE! This is a corker. It’s dark, funny, loving, weird, wonderful. One reviewer described it a tale of an ‘un-airbrushed life’ and that […]
September
06
High Sobriety by Jill Stark
posted by Ms K
This tale is designed to stir, not shake…..it’s a window into the world of our Aussie drinking culture told by Jill Stark who was, by day, a newspaper journalist who wrote about the demons of alcohol and at night and weekends, wrote herself totally off. And man, this chick can drink…..or could……until she gave it […]
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