Category Book Reviews

I work part time as a registrar for births, deaths and marriages which is a great job for meeting all sorts of people and getting glimpses of their lives. To relax I love to be outside among trees. I love…

I do think the plot got a little busy in places but one particularly great thing about the book is the sheer number of voices we hear. Obviously, we hear a lot from Nikki, her experience in her community and…

Sometimes heartbreaking, often hilarious and always entirely relatable, Prowse details her early struggles with self-esteem and how she coped with the frustrating expectations others had of how she should live. Most poignantly, she delves into her toxic relationship with food,…

As the twenty-five-year anniversary approaches, Cassie tries to forget the past – even as her mother struggles to remember it at all. Then something hidden in her mother’s possessions suggests the murders were not what everyone believes. Cassie can’t stop…

The campus novel against which all others are compared. I first read Prep when I was ten years out of college, but I still identified deeply with Lee Fiora, Sittenfeld’s lovably imperfect high school-age heroine. Craft-wise, Sittenfeld is a master,…

Enter R.H. Connelly: a once-famous poet and Isabel’s married writing professor, a man with secrets of his own. Connelly makes Isabel feel seen, beautiful, talented; the woman she longs to become. His belief in her ignites a belief in herself.…

While the menacing Pinkie — a teenager in charge of a gang of criminals — is the lead role in this book, it’s Brighton itself that provides the character. The apparent opposites of the smiling tourist crowd and the seedy…

Other blog reviews: Sisters Jolene, Marsha and Annis have convened at their beautiful family home, Fox House, following the death of their mother, the tricky Eleanor Vamplew. Born seven years apart, the women are more strangers than sisters.The brilliant novel…

The work in progress is publicising the new book.  When the dust has settled, I’ll start thinking about number eight.  Colour first, then the title. What one book would you recommend to a friend and why? I’m pleased to be…

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