Read: I had the first week of January off, so this no doubt led to reading more books than what I usually manage in a month. One of the above was a whopping almost 800 pages long too, so I feel particularly satisfied with this month's end result. Five titles were review ones - The … Continue reading January: Read, Listen, Watch, Repeat…
Month: Jan 2024
Book Review: We All Lived in Bondi Then by Georgia Blain
About the Book: From the author of the multi-award-winning bestseller Between a Wolf and a Dog, a powerful collection of previously unpublished stories. A sister is haunted by the consequences of a simple mistake. A daughter searches for certainty as her mother’s memory degrades. An encounter at a house party changes the course of a life. … Continue reading Book Review: We All Lived in Bondi Then by Georgia Blain
Book Review: China by Edward Rutherfurd
About the Book: The internationally bestselling author portrays the great clash of East and West in his new epic: China. China in the nineteenth century: a proud and ancient empire forbidden to foreigners. The West desires Chinese tea above all other things but lacks the silver to buy it. Instead, western adventurers resort to smuggling opium … Continue reading Book Review: China by Edward Rutherfurd
Book Review: Body of Lies by Sarah Bailey
About the Book: A car crash victim clings to life and is rushed to hospital but can't be saved. Hours later, her corpse is stolen from the morgue. No one knows who the dead woman was or why her body was taken. Detective Sergeant Gemma Woodstock is back in her hometown of Smithson on maternity … Continue reading Book Review: Body of Lies by Sarah Bailey
Book Review: The Stolen Book of Evelyn Aubrey by Serena Burdick
About the Book: What if you could write a new ending for yourself? England, 1898: When Evelyn first married the famous novelist William Aubrey, she was dazzled by his brilliance. But their newlywed bliss is brief when William is gripped by writer’s block, and he becomes jealous of Evelyn’s writing talent. When he commits the ultimate … Continue reading Book Review: The Stolen Book of Evelyn Aubrey by Serena Burdick
Book Review: With Love from Wish & Co by Minnie Darke
About the Book: With Love from Wish & Co is a heart-warming novel about what we are prepared to give, and give up, in the name of love. Marnie Fairchild is the brains and talent behind Wish & Co, a boutique store that offers a bespoke gift-buying service to wealthy clients with complicated lives. Brian Charlesworth … Continue reading Book Review: With Love from Wish & Co by Minnie Darke
Book Review: Prophet Song by Paul Lynch
About the Book: The Booker Prize 2023 Winner The explosive literary sensation: a mother faces a terrible choice as Ireland slides into totalitarianism. On a dark, wet evening in Dublin, scientist and mother-of-four Eilish Stack answers her front door to find the GNSB on her step. Two officers from Ireland’s newly formed secret police are … Continue reading Book Review: Prophet Song by Paul Lynch
Book Review: Bird Life by Anna Smaill
About the Book: The second novel by Booker Prize longlisted author Anna Smaill. A lyrical and ambitious exploration of madness and what it is like to experience the world differently. In Ueno Park, Tokyo, as workers and tourists gather for lunch, the pollen blows, a fountain erupts, pigeons scatter, and two women meet, changing the … Continue reading Book Review: Bird Life by Anna Smaill
Book Review: This Year’s for Me and You by Emily Bell
About the Book: Twelve resolutions. Once chance to fall in love. Hannah and Celeste have been best friends since they were eighteen, when they made a pact to spend every New Year's Eve together. From Dublin to London, the two are inseparable: that is, until tragedy strikes. When Celeste discovers a list of Hannah's New … Continue reading Book Review: This Year’s for Me and You by Emily Bell
Book Review: Mary or, The Birth of Frankenstein by Anne Eekhout
Translated by Laura Watkinson About the Book: 1816. Mary, eighteen years old, is staying in a villa on Lake Geneva with her lover Percy Shelley. She is tormented by his infidelities; haunted by the loss of her baby daughter. Then one evening with friends, as storms rage outside and laudanum stirs their imaginations, Lord Byron … Continue reading Book Review: Mary or, The Birth of Frankenstein by Anne Eekhout
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