Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands by Kate Beaton
I do love a graphic novel and so looked at all the best of 2022 lists for these books and … More Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands by Kate Beaton
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Fairy Tale by Stephen King
He shook his head and laughed, as if reading fiction were a frivolous pursuit, maybe even crazy. p257 I have … More Fairy Tale by Stephen King
I’m Glad My Mother Died by Jenette McCurdy
And so am I. I really have had enough of these trauma memoirs although this one is very well written … More I’m Glad My Mother Died by Jenette McCurdy
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
This book has appeared on many ‘best of 2022’ lists, 8 out of the 16 I collected in this post, … More Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
The Past by Tessa Hadley
Purchased for book club. This is one of those books that I always think of as a swan: serene on … More The Past by Tessa Hadley
The Ink Black Heart by R. Galbraith
This is a story of the ways in which what happens online can affect real life, and of course JK … More The Ink Black Heart by R. Galbraith
Haven by Emma Donoghue
I have no idea what I was expecting when I picked this book up in the library but it wasn’t … More Haven by Emma Donoghue
The Waiter by Ajay Chowdhury
The special thing about this book is that it is set in both London and Kolkata with both places being … More The Waiter by Ajay Chowdhury
Moon Lake by Joe R. Lansdale
One of the ways we used to help children to write was to show them how to boil stories down … More Moon Lake by Joe R. Lansdale
The Wolf Den by Elodie Harper
Wolf Den is the first in a trilogy of books that reimagines the stories of women that time has overlooked. … More The Wolf Den by Elodie Harper