I have a mountain of books to review so I was in two minds about sharing this one. I didn’t know whether to just pop it on the bookshelf and move on graciously, or review it, knowing it would be harsh. Well, here I am so spoiler alert and I’ll just say it – I […]

This cover had me at hello but the review on it comparing the author to Nora Ephron, one of my all time favourite authors, sealed the deal. She was coming home with me. I confess the storyline gave me pause as I didn’t know if I was up to it. Death. Terminal cancer and a […]

Giddy up Readheads, we’ve got a feminist western to review. This one is another beauty to kick start the new year because who doesn’t want more feisty heroines in our lives, right. Bring. Them. On. 2023. Let’s head to dystopian Darkwater, the remote, isolated virus induced apocolyptic wasteland where women are reduced to – well, […]

When the cover of a book has Nigella Lawson saying ‘I was devastated to have finished it’, well, my literary love language translates that to hello, take me home now. I did, months ago now, devoured it in a day or two and it’s been haunting me to review it since. Fast forward to these […]

If you are a fan of Hannah Kent’s writing, you’ll absolutely love The Seven Skins of Esther Wilding. This story is laden with the mythology and magic that Kent does so beautifully but Ringland definitely holds her own and has penned a hauntingly beautiful, powerful tale. My only complaint is it ended because I could […]

There is something very satisfying when I recommend a title to my book-loving (and book-blogging) 24 year old and she loves it as much as did. This is such a book, so regardless of where you sit on the age spectrum, The Lessons is one to note. And because we are now chortling toward Christmas […]

If, for some strange reason, you happen to see me in real life and you think I look decidedly like someone who has been dragged through a hedge backwards, I haven’t. I’ve just read The Furies. This book is ferocious and in the words of Elvis Presley, I am all shook up, still, having finished […]

Cute title but there’s a word missing because this one’s much more My INDULGENT Year of Rest and Relaxation. And it is kind of a trick title because I’m anything but relaxed having read it. There were a lot of ‘are you kidding me’ faces pulled as I ploughed on, but the most important bit […]

Well hi there Readheads, long time no blog. It’s been quite the year already right, so while my dedication to reading hasn’t suffered, my time to blog about it has. Tell me, is it June already because for the love of Rapid Antigen Tests, it sure feels like it. Anyhoo, I’ve been seeing this on […]

I may be slow sometimes but praise-be, I catch up eventually. Who knew The Midnight Library was a ginormous best seller? Not me. This was another random selection but I learnt quickly everyone else has been in a conniption over it and rightly so. It’s one of those fabulous jewels built from great writing and […]