Review: See What I Have Done, Sarah Schmidt
Lizzie Borden took an axe and gave her mother forty whacks. When she saw what she had done, she gave her father forty-one. I actually can’t remember how old I […]
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Review: The Best of Me, David Sedaris
I grew up with David Sedaris’ voice in the background, periodically cropping up on Radio 4 as far back as the 1990s. It was only within the last decade though […]
Review: The Illustrated Child, Polly Crosby
This was another book that I sadly misjudged. The blurb and title seemed to promise a tale of an eccentric childhood in a ‘ramshackle’ house with a literary mystery alongside. […]
Review: The House of Trelawney, Hannah Rothschild
This was my most disappointing read of 2020. I had been ‘saving it’ after having absolutely adored Rothschild’s debut The Improbability of Love and settled down with high expectations. The concept sounded […]
Review: The Survivors, Jane Harper
Over the past few years, Jane Harper has built her throne as undisputed Queen of Outback crime. In that respect, her fourth novel The Survivors represents a step change. Rather than […]
Review: The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse, Charlie Mackesy
This was definitely a ‘word of mouth’ discovery. It’s rare for a book to burst out of the bookblogosphere and into the mainstream of Facebook memes but the boy and […]
Review: V for Victory, Lissa Evans
Lissa Evans is fast becoming one my favourite authors and V for Victory only served to confirm this opinion. I’ve found her writing to be a true tonic for the pandemic. […]