The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride
This book has been all over the ‘best of . . .’ lists these last few weeks and has been … More The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride
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If I Survive You by Jonathan Escoffery
Is this a series of short stories linked to make a novel or a novel divided into short stories? Does … More If I Survive You by Jonathan Escoffery
Ordinary Human Failings by Megan Nolan
Set mostly in the early 1990’s, this is a book about the ways in which ordinary families find themselves on … More Ordinary Human Failings by Megan Nolan
Call for the Dead by John le Carré
This is the birth of Smiley as we know him in his later book. Short, fat with a moustache and … More Call for the Dead by John le Carré
The Bee Sting by Paul Murray
The past remains with us, in all kinds of unexpected ways. If we haven’t made peace with it, it will … More The Bee Sting by Paul Murray
The Neon Rain by James Lee Burke
If I could only pick one series to read it would probably be the Robicheaux series which I would head … More The Neon Rain by James Lee Burke
The Vaster Wilds by Lauren Groff
When I got to the end of the book, thought I had missed something. Described on the front as an … More The Vaster Wilds by Lauren Groff
Falling Animals by Sheila Armstrong
The story opens with a dead seal tossed up on the rocks and Frank, the man from the council, out … More Falling Animals by Sheila Armstrong
Incidental Inventions by Elena Ferrante
This book is a collection of articles which appeared in the Guardian newspaper from January 2018 for one year. Ferrante … More Incidental Inventions by Elena Ferrante
The Wren, The Wren by Anne Enright
This is my first book by Enright and I have looked forward to it having seen some of the reviews. … More The Wren, The Wren by Anne Enright