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 […]
Tara Westover’s Educated
Book Review of Educated by Tara Westover Tara Westover’s Educated is brutal, compelling and tragic. It is not an easy read and her experiences have clearly left more than physical scars behind. It is clear that Westover is still coming to terms with the abuse she has been subjected to and and is still, at least to […]
How to be a Grown Up!
How to be a Grown Up! Those two look like they are having a ‘grown up’ conversation! Are you Emotionally Mature? Yesterday a good friend of mine recommended Marian Keyes new book ‘Grown Ups’ to me. I don’t really know much about Marian Keyes or her books, but I was immediately thrilled that I’d listened to […]
Jonathan Coe’s Middle England
Book Review of Middle England by Jonathan Coe I resisted reading this book for quite a while. I haven’t read The Rotters’ Club or The Closed Circle, so I thought I would be adrift with this title. I’m also not good at reading comedy and I often miss the humour. There are, however, some very funny passages in Middle England, that […]
Fredrik Backman’s A Man Called Ove
Book Review of A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman A Man Called Ove was recommended to me by readers who enjoyed Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine. I understand why the parallels are made as both are quirky books, which at the centre of them have a protagonist who doesn’t fit in or conform to the […]
Lissa Evans’ Old Baggage
Book Review of Old Baggage by Lissa Evans This is an utter treat of a read that should not just be dismissed as ”yet another suffragette book’ or ‘a quick beach read.’ There is no doubt that is incredibly accessible and a quick read, but the content, of Old Baggage, whilst on the surface whimsical, […]