I’m thrilled to welcome Genevieve Novak to Behind the Pen today, chatting about her debut novel, No Hard Feelings, which was released yesterday. You can catch my review here on the blog running alongside this interview. Enjoy! How would you describe No Hard Feelings if you could only use 5 words? Fun, loud, neurotic, relatable … Continue reading Behind the Pen with Genevieve Novak
Month: Mar 2022
Book Review: No Hard Feelings by Genevieve Novak
About the Book: Hungover, underpaid and overwhelmed, this isn't where Penny expected to be as she reached her late twenties. A sharp, smart and witty look at adulting - Fleabag meets Sorrow and Bliss with a splash of Dolly Alderton. Penny can't help but compare herself to her friends. Annie is about to become a … Continue reading Book Review: No Hard Feelings by Genevieve Novak
Book Review: French Braid by Anne Tyler
About the Book: The major new novel from the beloved prize-winning author -- a brilliantly perceptive, painfully true, and funny journey deep into one family's foibles, from the 1950s right up to the changed world of today. When the kids are grown and Mercy Garrett gradually moves herself out of the family home, everyone is … Continue reading Book Review: French Braid by Anne Tyler
The Week That Was…
It's been a minute since the last weekly update. It seems like time has sped up this last fortnight and then collided with double the amount to do. My sons had their birthdays - 16 and 18 - and a good time was had by both. My daughter turns 20 this coming Wednesday. I'm surely … Continue reading The Week That Was…
Book Review: Windswept and Interesting by Billy Connolly
About the Book: In his first full-length autobiography, comedy legend and national treasure Billy Connolly reveals the truth behind his windswept and interesting life. Born in a tenement flat in Glasgow in 1942, orphaned by the age of four, and a survivor of appalling abuse at the hands of his own family, Billy’s life is … Continue reading Book Review: Windswept and Interesting by Billy Connolly
Book Review: The Beautiful Words by Vanessa McCausland
About the Book: Sylvie is a lover of words and a collector of stories, only she has lost her own. She has no words for that night at the lighthouse when their lives changed forever. What happened to cleave her apart from her best friend and soulmate, Kase? Sylvie yearns to rekindle their deep connection, … Continue reading Book Review: The Beautiful Words by Vanessa McCausland
Book Review: The Dictator’s Wife by Freya Berry
About the Book: A dictator's wife, overthrown and awaiting trial, pleads her case to a young female lawyer, while also drawing her into a tangled web of lies and dark, dangerous secrets. This dazzling and devastating debut is a Lead Launch for Headline Review for Spring 2021. WOMAN I learned early in life how to … Continue reading Book Review: The Dictator’s Wife by Freya Berry
The Week That Was…
This coming week is a birthday week in my house. Youngest son turns 16 on Wednesday and eldest son/middle child turns 18 on Saturday, so this last week has been spent planning, finalising presents and cake requests, and looking back at little boy photos whilst wistfully sighing about the passage of time. ~~~ Joke of … Continue reading The Week That Was…
Book Review: Love and Other Puzzles by Kimberley Allsopp
About the Book: Rory's life is perfectly predictable, ordered and on track – just the way she likes it. She walks her 12,000 steps a day, writes her to-do list and each night she prepares her breakfast chia pods and lays out her clothes for the next day. She's doing everything right. So why does … Continue reading Book Review: Love and Other Puzzles by Kimberley Allsopp
Book Review: All’s Well by Mona Awad
About the Book: Miranda Fitch’s life is a waking nightmare. The accident that ended her burgeoning acting career left her with excruciating, chronic back pain, a failed marriage, and a deepening dependence on painkillers. And now she’s on the verge of losing her job as a college theater director. Determined to put on Shakespeare’s All’s … Continue reading Book Review: All’s Well by Mona Awad
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