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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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
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 […]
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 […]
March
17
The Safekeep by Yael Van Der Wouden
posted by Ms A
I fell in love with this book the moment I saw it. A small, dusty pink hardback, perched elegantly on the shelf at Glee Books. I took my copy to the counter and the cashier gave me a knowing nod as if I had stumbled onto Chanel at the local Vinnies. I walked home clutching […]
January
27
The Granddaughter by Bernhard Schlink
posted by Ms K
Happy 2025 Readheads. Good news is I’ve already read two books this month so am feeling chuffed with myself. Bad news (for me) is the hefty pile of books read last year which are not yet reviewed. They taunt me on the daily, but I am committed to sorting out this disaster lickety split, so […]
April
25
Until August by Gabriel Garcia Márquez
posted by Ms A
Gabriel Garcia Márquez, the Colombian, Nobel Prize winning author of Love in the Time of Cholera and One Hundred Years of Solitude, died in Mexico City in 2014. He had started work on Until August many years before but, with the onset of dementia, decided it wasn’t worthy of publishing and asked that it be […]
January
02
Small Pleasures by Clare Chambers
posted by Ms K
Well happy 2024 Readheads. Let’s get to it. It is holiday time and if you are looking for a goodie to dive into, look no further. This book might be called Small Pleasures but it was a humungous pleasure to read. It’s the sort of book you can’t wait to get home too and I loved every […]
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