This Family by Kate Sawyer
It’s always interesting to see who reviews books online. The big newspapers, Kirkus, your favourite bloggers? Some books, however, seem … More This Family by Kate Sawyer
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Chain Gang All Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
Imagine a world of privatised prisons, instruments of control that are torture and Black prisoners fighting each other to death … More Chain Gang All Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
The Silver Bone by Andrey Kurkov translated by Boris Dralyuk
Samson and his father were walking home when a sabre was swung by a cossack hacking Samson’s father’s head in … More The Silver Bone by Andrey Kurkov translated by Boris Dralyuk
Violeta by Isabel Allende part 2
This review of Violeta is in preparation for book club and on the second reading, I think I enjoyed the … More Violeta by Isabel Allende part 2
Titanium Noir by Nick Harkaway
Set in the future, this is a detective story of greed but also of abuse and desire to live forever. … More Titanium Noir by Nick Harkaway
Feel Free by Zadie Smith
In the spirit of the book, I feel free to say that these essays touched me not one bit although … More Feel Free by Zadie Smith
A House for Alice by Diana Evans
Alice decides that she wants to retun to Nigeria when she gets ‘tired’ and to die there despite the fact … More A House for Alice by Diana Evans
Loot by Tania James
A fictional exploration of how and why museums come to own objects, who is remembered in history and who is … More Loot by Tania James
The Mercenary by Paul Vidich
Old-style, cold war spy work goes on in this story. It is the time just before Gorbachov becomes President of … More The Mercenary by Paul Vidich
Antarctica by Claire Keegan
More short stories. I am a glutton for punishment! The title is strange and needs a little work to link … More Antarctica by Claire Keegan