Book Review on Love Marriage by Monica Ali
If you enjoy learning about people, where they have come from, the mistakes they make, the learning journey they go through and the essence of who they are and what makes us all human then Love Marriage is the book for you.
Book Review on David Nicholl’s You are Here
David Nicholls’ You Are Here was an exceptionally good book. It felt like it landed in my lap as if by fate, as I’d been contemplating doing Wainwright’s Coast to Coast walk.
Book Review Of Erin Kelly’s The Skeleton Key
Erin Kelly’s The Skeleton Key is a thrilling read, offering an eerie blend of fantasy, mystery, and fairytale. The novel invites readers into Eleanor (Nell)’s complex, captivating, and, at times, frightening world. The protagonist’s life has been continually impacted by The Golden Bones, a children’s book written fifty years ago by her father, Frank.
Book Review on Esme Young’s Behind the Seams
Esme Young’s Behind the Seams was a gift from my daughter, as she knows I’ve enjoyed “The Great Sewing Bee”. So, of course, I read it. It was a quick and pleasant read. Like many celebrity autobiographies, its focus is on who the author knows and who she has interacted with over the years. It is well-written, and her style and voice are engaging.
Book Review on Claire Fuller’s The Memory of Animals
The Memory of Animals by Claire Fuller is an unusual book set in what appears to be roughly contemporary times. The story unfolds through a series of letters from the narrator, Neffy, to ‘H’, who we later learn is an octopus that Neffy freed from an aquarium where she’d previously worked.
Atkinson’s Normal Rules Don’t Apply – Copy
Kate Atkinson’s Normal Rules Don’t Apply is a remarkable collection of eleven interconnected stories that expertly blend the complexity of its narrative with profound themes of human nature, the disruption of time, and the power of storytelling. Notably, it’s her first full collection in two decades.