Brene Brown, as you may or may not know, is one of the most famous Ted Talk speakers – ever. Her talk on Vulnerability is in the top 5 Ted Talks of all time so that in itself was incentive enough for me to pick up her latest book but also, as a New Years […]
Author Archives: Ms K
January
19
The Last Days of Ava Langdon by Mark O’Flynn
posted by Ms K
I finished this book a few months ago so am very late to the blogging party with this review. I was in two minds about what I really thought about it – I hoped that with some time, I would be a little clearer. Spoiler – this didn’t happen and I am still 50/50 – […]
January
07
The Trauma Cleaner by Sarah Krasnostein
posted by Ms K
I have always had a secret fascination about those folk who enter murder scenes to clean them up. Hells bells, I couldn’t do it but there is something so ghoulishly intriguing about it, don’t you think? If you, like me, have a hidden penchant for such things, well dearest Readheads, this book is for you. […]
January
02
The Dry by Jane Harper
posted by Ms K
Happy New Year Readheads – here is to a year of truly great reads! It’s good to be back so yes, let’s address the elephant on the page. It’s been a while since I posted (but good news is I have been reading like a demon so have lots to blog about) but I have […]
August
18
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
posted by Ms K
So Eleanor Oliphant is completely fine, and I have to tell you Readheads, I too am feeling pretty damn fine after reading this gem by Gail Honeyman. Admittedly, this book started off a little shaky and I thought it a bit odd, but the story found its mettle after a few chapters and I then […]
August
13
The Midnight Watch by David Dyer
posted by Ms K
Off the back of my last book review, let’s jump on board another historical one – The Midnight Watch by David Dyer. Excuse the pun though because this book is about the Titanic, and that is one ship we wish no-one got aboard. The twist with this compelling tale is while it relives the end […]
July
31
In The Name of The Family by Sarah Dunant
posted by Ms K
First up Readheads, an apology because I have been AWOL of late. So many good reasons why, but not because Miramax called to invite me to join their reading panel tasked with searching out their next big blockbuster…..Not yet anyway! On a positive note though, I have been reading like a demon so prepare yourselves […]
May
02
Idaho by Emily Ruskovich
posted by Ms K
Can we just take a moment to look at the cover of this book. Isn’t it beautiful? Does it not make you feel light, bouncy and all spring-like? Well, my dear Readheads, this is Exhibit A in the case between me and ‘Don’t Judge A Book by its Cover’. Rather than feel like I have […]
April
29
See What I Have Done by Sarah Schmidt
posted by Ms K
The story of Lizzie Borden has strangely stuck with me through my adult life since watching the movie The Legend of Lizzie Borden starring Elizabeth Montgomery (Samantha in Bewitched) when I was a child. If you don’t know it, Lizzie Borden was tried for murdering her father and step mother in 1892 brutally with an […]
March
28
Eileen by Ottessa Moshfegh
posted by Ms K
Now don’t let this put you off BUT I really needed a shower reading this book. There was something about it that made me feel grotty – and a little sick. If I could scrub Eileen’s house from top to bottom with turps, I might well have felt better. This is a dark, morbid […]
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