I have a real dose of the last lines blues. I loved this one. It made a tough work-week easier because I could race home at night and just throw myself back into it. It was one of those rare beauties. Rachel Joyce has a special place in my book-loving being because her story The […]
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October
12
Show Don’t Tell by Curtis Sittenfeld.
posted by Ms K
Huzzah. Curtis Sittenfeld and I are friends again. You might remember my review of her book Romantic Comedy but if not, I’ll summarise it and politely say, that book just was not for me. No need to go back and rehash why, let’s just go forward. But Show Don’t Tell definitely was a book for me. And […]
September
21
All that I Am by Anna Funder
posted by Ms K
Reading this book, against the current global political backdrop, hits you in all the places. In one breath you think how far we have come as people. In the next breath, you’re winded by your despair. It is chilling when you really let yourself go to places where the horrors of war and treachery are […]
August
15
The Coast Road by Alan Murrin
posted by Ms A
Hungover in church, Izzy wipes the sweat from her brow with a balled-up tissue from her sleeve. With people she knows pressing against her on all sides; there’s no space to to take off her jumper. When she moves to kneel, she smells her own sweat and tries to breathe deeply. “Lord have mercy.” That […]
August
10
The Heart’s Invisible Furies by John Boyne
posted by Ms K
Prepare to have your heart broken by John Boyne. This book tells one of the most brutal, gut-wrenching stories I have read. Ever. Ever. But before you start to find the ‘escape’ button on your device to click out of this review, S T O P, because this book is also one of the most […]
July
20
Always Home. Always Homesick by Hannah Kent
posted by Ms K
Hello Flight Centre. Can you please book me a ticket to Iceland stat. I need to see it and maybe even live there. Bold, I know but that, my friends, is what this memoir does to you. If you love Hannah Kent (haven’t met anyone who doesn’t), you’ve probably read this beauty already and I’m […]
July
10
Too Soon by Betty Shamieh
posted by Ms A
Arabella is a thirty-five-year-old theatre director living in New York. She descends from a family of Palestinian migrants, but has spent her entire career chasing Tony Awards without disclosing her background. She is conflicted daily by a combination of resentment and pride in her heritage. She’s also conflicted on the relationship front – lurching between […]
July
03
The Long Walk by Stephen King
posted by Ms A
Last month, I took a break from contemporary, literary fiction for a dose of dystopian horror in form of vintage Stephen King. Yes, this book snob read a Stephen King book…and loved every page of it. The Long Walk was not the first of Stephen King’s novels to be published, but it was the first […]
June
30
Memorial Days by Geraldine Brooks
posted by Ms A
It’s a rare book that can be both a guide to the sudden loss of a spouse and a genuinely enjoyable read, but Memorial Days by Geraldine Brooks does just that. With a protective wink, my neighbour and dear friend, slipped me her copy wanting to make sure I had the benefit of any pre-planning […]
April
24
Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner
posted by Ms K
Crying in H Mart is a memoir and does exactly what the title says, but it had me Crying in K Mart. If you pick this one up (and I hope you do), grab a box of tissues when you check out because if you’ve lost someone you dearly, dearly loved, your wee heart will […]
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