One of the best things about being a reader is when someone recommends a book to you and you end up loving it. Here are some of the books that were recommended to me by people in my life – important people and people I only knew briefly – but books that have stuck READ MORE
Month: July 2020
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | MIDDLE ENGLAND – JONATHAN COE
I haven’t read any Jonathan Coe before, but I have a few of his books on my shelves because they’ve caught my attention. So when this book turned up in my round for the BookTube Prize I was excited to have a reason to pick it up. Technically this book is third in a READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | LITERARY FESTIVALS
It’s been years since I’ve been to any kind of literary event, but the ones I’ve attended have been hugely inspirational. There are several in different parts of the world I’d love to attend (or go to again). Below are the highlights of my list, and at the end I’m including some great lists READ MORE
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | WOMEN TALKING – MIRIAM TOEWS
This is a book I have been hearing about everywhere since its release two summers ago. At first I wanted to read it – Miriam Toews’ book All My Puny Sorrows is a favourite of mine – but then when I heard what it was about I wavered. I find it difficult to relate READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOKS THAT MADE ME SMILE
I love books that make me smile. Most of my favourite books did that for me, at least in parts. So this post is going to be a nostalgic journey through some of the ones that stood out to me the most for this very reason! I like that this topic came now, because READ MORE
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | LONG BRIGHT RIVER – LIZ MOORE
This was my first Liz Moore book, but I had heard wonderful things about her previous book, The Unseen World. This one appealed to me because at its core it is a thriller, and yet it has that literary leaning I’ve been enjoying in my thrillers of late. This book centres around a young READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | AUTHORS I’VE READ THE MOST BY
I haven’t found a way to sort my “read” shelf on Goodreads by most books read by a single author, so I had to do a bit of guess work to get the list below. Nearly 30 years of reading will start to blur together, after all! Quick-Read Series: Charlaine Harris I was really READ MORE
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | THE BOY, THE MOLE, THE FOX AND THE HORSE – CHARLIE MACKESY
I have been seeing this book everywhere for months now. It was particularly popular around Christmas, and I actually got it as a Christmas present. It’s a small book. Short, full of pictures, light on words. It doesn’t have a linear plot, nor do you get much in the way of characters. It’s more READ MORE