Elizabeth Strout’s Oh William!
Book Review of Elizabeth Strout’s Oh William! I’ve read a few enjoyable and comforting reads in recent weeks, but Elizabeth Strout’s Oh William! is the first book I’ve picked up, in absolutely ages, that I struggled to put down. I read it in two sittings. The strength of Elizabeth Strout’s Oh William! is the connection that the reader makes to […]
Mary Lawson’s A Town Called Solace
Book Review of Mary Lawson’s A Town Called Solace When I saw Mary Lawson’s photo in the book jacket of A Town Called Solace, I immediately wanted to be her friend, she just looked so lovely. I wonder if that makes me very weird? Mary Lawson’s A Town Called Solace is set in Northern Ontario in 1972. […]
Fredrik Backman’s Anxious People
Book Review of Fredrik Backman’s Anxious People Fredrik Backman never fails to put a fail good message across. In Anxious People he does so with quite a complicated plot. Fredrik Backman’s Anxious People is a thought provoking book, with overall an uplifting and feel good vibe. It encourages us to be kind and reflect on what really […]
Matt Haig’s The Midnight Library
Book Review of Matt Haig’s The Midnight Library I wonder whether Matt Haig’s The Midnight Library was originally planned to be teen fiction? Matt Haig’s The Midnight Library tells the story of 35 year old Nora Seed, following the night she takes an overdose. The various things wrong with Nora’s life emerge quite quickly. She had a […]
Sarah Moss’s Summerwater
Book Review of Sarah Moss’s Summerwater Sarah Moss’s Summerwater descries the holiday experiences of a series of families who are staying in log cabins, near a loch, in a remote part of Scotland. The chapters are, if you like, snapshots, or snippets, of the different holiday makers’ lives. Some of the families own their cabins […]
Richard Holloway’s Waiting For The Last Bus
Book Review of Richard Holloway’s Waiting For The Last Bus Waiting for the Last Bus is a wonderful book. It is insightful, intelligent, humble and thoughtful. It is also quite difficult. With searing honesty, Richard Holloway grapples with his religious beliefs and doubts. He considers what it means to have lived a good life and how […]