12 Birds to Save Your Life by Charlie Corbett
Whilst his mother was dying, Corbett rediscovered the value of nature, in particular birds, and how it can offer us … More 12 Birds to Save Your Life by Charlie Corbett
Month: April 2023
So Shall You Reap by Donna Leon
The thing about Leon’s books is that Commissario Brunetti is a philosopher and a realist so whilst cases might be … More So Shall You Reap by Donna Leon
The Autobiography of my Mother by Jamaica Kincaid
This is an exquisite book that is exquisitely beautiful and sad at the same time: exquisite in its language and … More The Autobiography of my Mother by Jamaica Kincaid
The Dark Hours by Michael Connelly
I think that this might be one of the better ones by Connolly that I have read recently. It is … More The Dark Hours by Michael Connelly
Hungry by Grace Dent
This is a book about childhood food, what the government call ‘levelling up’ and the tragedy and face that it … More Hungry by Grace Dent
The Bullet that Missed by Richard Osman
How I love these books. I had this one as an audio book and so did more on the quilt … More The Bullet that Missed by Richard Osman
A Winter Grave by Peter May
I wrote about the blurb on this book back in the post about blurbs. Not the most exciting blurb although … More A Winter Grave by Peter May
Drive your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk
I am very late to the party that is this book. A friend passed it on to me and it … More Drive your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk
Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
You would expect a book of import from a Nobel Prize winner for Literature and that is what you get … More Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
Steve Jobs: A graphic biography by Jessie Hartland
I first came across Jessie Hartland in her biography of Julia Childs, Bon Apetit!, which I will read and review … More Steve Jobs: A graphic biography by Jessie Hartland