A World of Curiosities by Louise Penny
This is Louise Penny back at her most brilliant: evil and forgiveness at the heart of the book and explored … More A World of Curiosities by Louise Penny
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L.A. Weather by María Amparo Escandón
It is a common device in literature to use the weather as a character and plot driver allowing us to … More L.A. Weather by María Amparo Escandón
Every Cloak Rolled in Blood by James Lee Burke
I haven’t read any of this series before and I think if I had to categorise it I would put … More Every Cloak Rolled in Blood by James Lee Burke
These Precious Days by Ann Patchett part 2
This is my choice for book club at the start of next month. I read it some time ago and … More These Precious Days by Ann Patchett part 2
The House of Fortune by Jessie Burton
This is the follow-up to The Miniaturist where we find the family still living alongside The Herengracht Canal in Amsterdam … More The House of Fortune by Jessie Burton
Into the Dark by Fiona Cummins
This was a really enjoyable book that I read in a day – it’s too hot to go outside so … More Into the Dark by Fiona Cummins
Still Life by Sarah Winman
When I started this book I thought it was going to be just another book where an older woman meets … More Still Life by Sarah Winman
The Dark Remains by William McIlvanney and Ian Rankin
Two authors because this book was half-written when McIlvanney died in 2015 and Rankin picked up the gauntlet and finished … More The Dark Remains by William McIlvanney and Ian Rankin
The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers
This book was seven hundred and ninety seven pages of wonderfulness and I can completely understand why it took a … More The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers
Crossroads by Jonathan Franzen
Gosh, this is a large book in every sense. Five hundred and eighty pages where I didn’t really get what … More Crossroads by Jonathan Franzen