Delia Owen’s Where the Crawdads Sing
Book Review of Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens Where the Crawdads Sing has received mixed reviews, yet it has sold 4 million copies! Reviewers have criticised it for reading like young adult fiction and lacking sophisticiation. It has been slated because a court room drama cannot sit side-by-side with a rich atmospheric account […]
Deepa Anappara’s Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line
Book Review of Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line by Deepa Anappara The story, Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line, shares the events prior to and following the disappearance of several children who go missing in a slum area of India. It is a powerful story with beautifully drawn characters, revealed to us from the perspective of […]
Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
Book Review of Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng I bought this book at the airport and it kept me entertained for a good chunk of the flight. I read it pretty much in one setting which has to be an accolade for it. I liked rather than loved it, and thought it a good […]
Tayari Jones’ An American Marriage
Book Review of An American Marriage by Tayari Jones Endorsed by Barack Obama and Elle – An American Marriage must be good! Tayari Jones’ An American Marriage book was thoroughly enjoyabe, it is one to read slowly as there is so much to savour in it. The relationships are complex and ever changing. The insight […]
The Truth about Bookworms
Booklovers All my friends and family know that I love reading. As my blog title Book and Family Chat suggests I love all things book related. There’s no doubt that Book deserves to be in the same sentence as family, though I probably should change the order of the wording of my blog to Family and Book Chat!If I’ve got […]
Marian Keyes’ Grown Ups
Book Review of Grown Ups by Marian Keyes I simply cannot make my mind up about Marian Keyes. Rather like a packet of twiglets I begin reading with a premise that I don’t especially enjoy her books, but I then keep going back for more. Her latest title Grown Ups (which I have already blogged about briefly) has […]