Category: Book Reviews
Some thoughts on seven years in Australia
But I’ve also never felt more rejected by a country that I have loved for so long. In the face of endless visa anguish that has been a heavy load to bear since the beginning …
Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin
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D V Bishop – Q&A
His case becomes far more complicated when a man’s body is found deep inside the convent, stabbed more than two dozen times. Unthinkable as it seems, all the evidence suggests one of the nuns must …
First Person Singular by Haruki Murakami – review
Publication date – 5 April 2022 First Person Singular is a collection of eight short stories, written, as the title suggests, in the first person singular. In them there are reflections on old girlfriends, jazz, …
The Darker Arts by Oscar de Muriel – review
Publication date – 20 February 2020 McGray is impetuous, unthinking and fuelled by greasy food, alcohol and rage. He clings to his believes regarding spirits and the afterlife in the hope that it will bring …
N R Daws – Q&A
4. Having been through the publishing process, is there anything about the process of creating a novel that surprised you? I can’t really work without a plan. I need to have a starting point to …
ShortBookandScribes #BookReview – All the Broken Places by John Boyne
All the Broken Places by John Boyne will be published by Doubleday on 15th September 2022 in hardcover, eBook and audiobook. My huge thanks to Lilly Cox for sending me a proof. All the Broken …
Mini Reviews | Mothers and Daughters by Erica James | The Guilty Couple by C.L. Taylor #MothersAndDaughters #TheGuiltyCouple @HQstories @AvonBooksUK
Life has rather got in the way recently and reading and blogging has had to take a back seat. I’m playing catch up with a couple of short reviews of recent reads. Both hugely enjoyable.The …
ShortBookandScribes #BookReview – The Hermit by Louise Walters
Could you rekindle a relationship with the mother you left behind over thirty years ago? I thought the setting of the holiday cottages was inspired, the impermanence of it for Sylvia against the constancy of …