To be honest, I’ve recently been suffering the book-blues because Ms A has been lightening fast grabbing some big new releases I would have loved to have gotten my mitts on first. Questions I have been asking myself: Has Ms A done a secret deal with a book shop owner? Is Ms A camping outside […]
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August
03
Yellowface by Rebecca F. Kuang
posted by Ms A
Yellowface opens with two friends who are both young writers. Charismatic Asian American, Athena Liu has hit the ground running with a multi-book deal, offer from Netflix and doting agent whereas jealous June Hayward has published her first flop. Their friendship is fraught from the start. When Athena suddenly chokes and dies on a pandan […]
July
18
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
posted by Ms A
First, I need to thank my friend Kate who handed me this read on holidays. That small gesture would have lightened her luggage considerably (this is not a slender book) broke my book drought and instantly put my data worries to an end. Who needs to ride reels by the pool when you’ve got Demon […]
June
12
Marshmallow by Victoria Hannan
posted by Ms K
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 […]
February
25
We All Want Impossible Things by Catherine Newman
posted by Ms K
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 […]
January
29
The Stranger by Kathryn Hore
posted by Ms K
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, […]
January
11
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
posted by Ms K
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 […]
December
12
Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan
posted by Ms A
If you do nothing else this Christmas…. Read and/or gift this little book about an Irish Catholic coal merchant in the days leading up to Christmas in 1985. At only 114 pages, you won’t find a single word or sentiment wasted in this story of the most precious kind. Bill Furlong “had come from […]
November
22
The Seven Skins of Esther Wilding by Holly Ringland
posted by Ms K
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 […]
November
05
The Lessons by John Purcell
posted by Ms K
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 […]
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