Month May 2022

The Weight of Water Book Review

As with most middle grade/young adult books, this does a great job of tackling some important themes and trying to convey an important message to its reader. From the bullying and xenophobia Kasienka faces in school, to her own perceptions…

Melt My Heart Book Review

4.6Empowering, Predictable, Underwhelming And then there’s the romance… on the one hand, I commend it for communicating the coming-of-age nature of the story and Lily’s own journey to discover her sexuality, on the other hand though, this again felt very…

Bitter Book Review

Title: BitterAuthor: Akwaeke EmeziType: FictionPublished: 2022Pages: 261TW: Death, Homophobia Like Pet there were so many great moments about identity, sexuality, and what I liked in particular was the discussion on disability. Despite my comments earlier about this book feeling more…

Desert Island Books: Joanne Harris

One of my perennial comfort reads. After all these years in print, still as surprisingly witty and fresh as a Noel Coward musical. A vibrant and wonderful short story collection from one of the 20th century’s great masters of the art.…