Hail this little beauty. It deserves the raves it’s received and to win the Dylan Thomas Prize. It’s all weddings, parties and anything goes in this sweeping tale set on the New England island of Waskeke where the Van Meters have gathered their family to celebrate the marriage of their daughter Daphne. Lobsters, lust, love, […]
November
16
December 2013 Book shopping list
posted by Ms A
There are so many big name writers with new books out. Not so co-incidentally there are also herds of increasingly desperate Xmas shoppers ready to descend on the shops like a plague and strip the shelves of all written matter as gifts for loved ones or for their own holiday reading. If you are a reader, you might like […]
November
16
The Book Thief by Marcus Kusac
posted by Ms A
Meet Death. He is about to be nominated for an Oscar so it is about time you got to know him. It is WWII and Death is busy with hundreds of thousands of victims of war across Europe and Nazi Germany. In this book, he finds the time to observe the life of a small girl […]
November
13
No Place Like Home by Caroline Overington
posted by Ms K
I could not wait to get my hands on this book after reading a couple of the author’s books over the past month – most notable her non-fiction work about living in New York as a Correspondent (Jolly Good read!). I nearly yelped in the book shop when I found it and could not wait […]
November
13
Tracks by Robyn Davidson
posted by Ms K
Ok, first up I apologise for posting about a book published in the early 80s but hear me out. Firstly Tracks is about to be released as a movie so it has relevance, agree? And secondly, and most importantly, I never, ever, ever EVER re-read a book. Except this one. Tracks was my coming of […]
November
12
May We Be Forgiven by A.M Homes
posted by Ms K
Listen up. If you read my review of The Dinner ( or you have read the book itself ), I am here to tell you THIS IS WHAT THE DINNER PROMISED TO BE! This is a corker. It’s dark, funny, loving, weird, wonderful. One reviewer described it a tale of an ‘un-airbrushed life’ and that […]
November
03
Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter
posted by Ms A
If ever there was a book that needs to be made into film this is it. I’m picturing an expensive, ensemble cast on location off the Italian coast under the guidance of talented but subtle director with a fantastic sense of humour. So while the bidding rights for this book are being sorted out, all you need to do is pick up a […]
September
06
High Sobriety by Jill Stark
posted by Ms K
This tale is designed to stir, not shake…..it’s a window into the world of our Aussie drinking culture told by Jill Stark who was, by day, a newspaper journalist who wrote about the demons of alcohol and at night and weekends, wrote herself totally off. And man, this chick can drink…..or could……until she gave it […]
August
27
Before I Go To Sleep by S.J.Watson
posted by Ms K
This book gave me nightmares so quite frankly, I wish I did not read it before going to sleep. I think I am, four days later, still traumatized. Winner of UK Crime Thriller of the Year, this book delivers. The feeling it left me with was that horrifying scene in When A Stranger Calls where the […]
August
07
The Light Between Oceans by M.L.Stedman
posted by Ms K
This book should come with a warning – Will Need Kleenex! Perhaps next print-run, consider a wee box of tissues as Gift with Purchase, Author? I spent the last wonderful chapter weeping until I hit a sobbing crescendo from page 345 onwards…..Boy-oh-Boy, what a great story. There is a reason this book is on the […]
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