It’s been a long time between reviews for me as I have been head down bum up in some seriously big books. Starting with The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt. Talk about starting with a bang – literally. This story opens with a terrorist bombing in museum in NYC where the main character, 13 year old Theo […]
April
23
The Most of Nora Ephron
posted by Ms K
Hello, I’m Ms K and I am addicted to Nora Ephron. She is my literary drug. There is no cure to this illness, and I don’t want one. It’s love. Run, don’t walk to your local bookshop and buy, buy, buy ANYTHING from Nora. You will be forever better for it. In fact buy ten of […]
April
15
The Silent Wife by A.S.A Harrison
posted by Ms K
Jeeze Louise, I still haven’t warmed up after reading this little number. It is ice cold – not the refreshing kind, the evil kind my friends. Nasty. But I loved it and zoomed through it. It is a dirty, dangerous tale and is therefore, utterly compelling. This offering is not dissimilar to Gone Girl – the he said, […]
March
21
Life after Life by Kate Atkinson
posted by Ms K
What if you had the chance to live your life again and again, until you got it right? Well, I think you would end up rather confused and exhausted, because that is how I felt just reading about Ursula and her reincarnations in Life after Life. Completely and utterly knackered and bamboozled!! Living once […]
March
06
The Affairs of Others by Amy Grace Loyd
posted by Ms A
Here at Readhead our preference is to review books we want you to read rather than books we want you to avoid. With that in mind, this review is going to be swift and tough – call it a serious literary caution. I admit the premise of the book is good; well at least good enough to […]
February
26
Where’d You Go Bernadette by Maria Semple
posted by Ms A
“Your TED talk is ranked number 4 on the all time most watched TED talks yet you live with a woman who has no friends, destroys homes and falls asleep in stores”. This is just one of the many great lines from Where’d You Go Bernadette which I plucked off the NY Times Best Seller […]
February
11
Eyrie by Tim Winton
posted by Ms K
Firstly, I have a confession. I carried this book with me during my recent travels – my copy of Eyrie has seen some pretty amazing places all from a cosy possie in the bottom of my carry bag – where it stayed. I.Did.Not.Open.It.Once! Not even on the various excruciatingly long plane rides. I would […]
February
08
The Little Paris Kitchen and Little French Kitchen by Rachel Khoo
posted by Ms K
Yes, this is a review of cook books. I am busting out. Truth be told, cook books are my favourite books. I love them. I daydream with them. I cook what’s in them. I shop because of them. I have WAY too many of them but they make me happy. And fat probably too but […]
Reviews coming in 2014
posted by Ms A
So my bedside table is about to topple over with books big and small. Reviews in the pipeline include: Eyrie – Tim Winton The Luminaries – Eleanor Catton Where’d you go, Bernadette – Maria Semple and many more…..
December
26
Barracuda by Christos Tsiolkas
posted by Ms A
This is the story of a swimmer; Danny. With a burning, tormented ambition to be the fastest, strongest, greatest swimmer of his time, his turbulent adolescent mind is only at rest in the pool. Christos Tsiolkas is most known for his international bestselling novel, the Slap. Now an Australian classic, The Slap was a polorising look […]
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