Elizabeth Day’s Magpie
Book Review on Elizabeth Day’s Magpie When a single magpie (one for sorrow) makes an appearance at the beginning of Elizabeth Day’s The Magpie, the reader should know that they will be in for a roller-coaster ride! Elizabeth Day’s Magpie begins with Marisa, the narrator for much of the story, explaining her relationship with Jake and their […]
Simone de Beauvoir’s The Inseparables
Book Review on Simone de Beauvoir’s The Inseparables The Inseparables is about Simone de Beauvoir’s friendship (from the age of nine) with Élisabeth Lacoin, nicknamed Zaza. This was a hugely important friendship to her. which she frequently returns to in her writing. Thinly guised as fiction, in The Inseparables, Sylvie (Simone) firstly meets Andree (Zaza) at a private Catholic […]
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 […]