Matthew Perry – Friends Lovers, and the Terrible Big Thing
Book Review on Matthew Perry’s Friends, Lovers, and the Terrible Big Thing The title of Matthew Perry’s autobiography, is a little deceving as the focus on his friends and the show Friends doesn’t dominate – rather, it takes second stage to Perry’s honest and frank sharing of his addiction to drugs and alcohol. Perry leaves […]
JoJo Moyes – The Giver of Stars
Book Review on JoJo Moyes’ The Giver of Stars What a dreamy environment for a librarian to work in! I would love to be the recipient and Giver of Stars! Set in the Appalachian Mountains, Alice Wright leaves behind the humdrum of small town life in England by marrying handsome Bennet Van Cleve and moving […]
Martin Amis’ London Fields
Book Review on Martin Amis’ London Fields Martin Amis’ book, London Fields, set in the 1990s and written in the 1980s is a tour de force. Set in Amis’ home town London, it traverses class, wealth, status and profession, as the femme fatale Nicola Six, manipulates the men in the story. Something of a soothsayer, […]
Matt Haig’s The Comfort Book
Book Review of Matt Haig’s The Comfort Book Matt Haig’s The Comfort Book is a superb resource to dip into when feeling low. Matt Haig’s The Comfort Book is the perfect read for anyone who has found themselves at a low ebb and needs a message of hope that things can and will get better. Matt Haig begins The […]
Lisa Jewell’s The Family Upstairs
Book Review of Lisa Jewell’s The Family Upstairs Lisa Jewell’s The Family Upstairs is a great read with more twists and turns than a remote country lane. I hadn’t come across Lisa Jewell’s The Family Upstairs fiction until I read Then She Was Gone, for which I had a grudging admiration. Psychological thrillers are a […]
Adam Kay’s This is Going to Hurt
Book Review of Adam Kay’s This is Going to Hurt Adam Kay’s This Is Going to Hurt is both sad, funny and wise. AdamKay’s This is Going to Hurt describes his life as a junior doctor during the years leading up to his resignation. Written in a dry satirical tone, Adam doesn’t hold back and shows […]