This review may actually read like a visit to the counsellor so I apologise at the get-go. Reason being, Dinner with Edward brought up so many wonderful memories for me about people I loved dearly, who are now gone, and it made me think about why they left such a powerful impression on my life. It made me remember every […]
August
21
Vinegar Girl by Anne Tyler
posted by Ms K
I absolutely fell in love with this book’s beautiful cover before realising it was by Anne Tyler, an author I love. Woop Woop. Baby, you are coming home with me….. Well, thank goodness I loved the cover Readheads, because – and I’m heartbroken to say it – the cover is the only thing I liked about this damn […]
August
15
The Course of Love by Alain de Botton
posted by Ms A
Relationship worries? The Course of Love has got you covered. Just one quick read of this breezy bestseller and you could save thousands on tissues, counselling and wine. This hot of the press beauty by Alain de Botton (think Essays in Love) is like an articulate friend and self-help book put together with the added benefit of […]
July
22
Hope Farm by Peggy Frew
posted by Ms K
While I don’t want to get too ahead of myself, I am pretty sure this is going to be my Book of 2016. Whoa there, I hear you saying. Hold those horses – it’s only July. Well perhaps. But if I judge a book purely on its ability to keep me reading past midnight completely enthralled, well […]
July
16
Barkskins by Annie Proulx
posted by Ms A
I pulled a muscle getting this book off the shelf and put my life on hold whilst reading it. Set over 300 years, tracking mankind’s relentless and ignorant assault on the world’s great forests, Barkskins is the Sistine Chapel of novels. Grand in scale, lofty in its ambitions; this is not a poolside read – […]
July
07
The World Without Us by Mireille Juchau
posted by Ms K
Hold the phone Joan because I had an epiphany reading this book. It was this. I mostly read Australian stories. If anyone had said this to me a month ago I would have guffawed, strongly believing I was a true global citizen of the reading kind. Nope. Having had a good look through my reviews […]
June
09
People Who Knew Me by Kim Hooper
posted by Ms K
This is such a clever book I found it hard to put down which, I must say, was a little surprising. I did not expect to like it as much as I did but I happily ripped through it in a weekend and for those of us who love to read, you know what a […]
June
01
The Nest by Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney
posted by Ms A
Siblings come with an innate sense of fairness. It starts with ice cream but extends to everything from who gets the most time with Grandma, help with homework, pocket money or lifts to school. Dammit in my household, I get in trouble for misallocating the length of my hugs. Now I’m no mathematician but surely sibling management […]
May
24
The Secret Chord by Geraldine Brooks
posted by Ms K
The Secret Chord is my golden trifecta of books. First up, it’s a historical novel which is my absolute undoing – the older the better and it doesn’t get too much older than the tale of David and Goliath, right? (Well, maybe – but then I’d be reviewing The Bible). It is a grandiose tale that sweeps you along […]
May
04
Fever At Dawn by Peter Gardos
posted by Ms A
I was not prepared for how much I would love this book. So quiet and unassuming, I shudder to think how easily I could have missed it. Peter Gardos (who is actually a Hungarian filmmaker) tells the true story of how his parents met and found love at the end of WWII. To be fair, […]
