Kiley Reid’s Such a Fun Age
Book Review of Kiley Reid’s Such A Fun Age As a rule I wouldn’t comment on a book cover, but the sleeve of Such a Fun Age really pulled me in. Jojo Moyes’ comment “I couldn’t put this down” promoted its accessibility. In addition, the positive comments from both the Times “A new literary star” and the […]
Why I’m No Longer Talking To White People About Race
Book Review of Reni Eddo-Lodge’s Why I’m No Longer Talking To White People About Race Reni Eddo-Lodge’s Why I’m No Longer Talking To White People About Race was first published in 2017. It shares a title with a blog post she published in 2014, but wrote in 2012 with the same title. She explains how she doesn’t […]
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Purple Hibiscus
Book Review of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Purple Hibiscus I absolutely adore Adichie’s books, so it was a joy to revisit Purple Hibiscus.The story is told by fifteen year old Kambili whose father, Eugene, is a wealthy business man and prominent public figure. He takes huge personal risks in publishing stories in his newspaper, The Standard, that […]
Leaving Bangkok
Returning from Overseas I woke up this morning to a typically wet and drizzly English day. The sky is a blanket of grey cloud and there’s a chill in the air. When I don’t need to go anywhere I quite enjoy a rainy day. Settling indoors with a book and, ideally, a bar of chocolate […]
Naomi Alderman’s The Power
Book Review of Naomi Alderman’s The Power The Power by Naomi Alderman is an intelligent and well written dystopian novel that presents a futuristic scenario where women rule the world by strength. Men are seen as the weaker sex and must pay the price of years of sexism and oppresion of women. The Power is presented as a […]
Maggie O’Farrell’s Hamnet
Book Review of Maggie O’Farrell’s Hamnet Maggie O’Farrell’s Hamnet tells a completely fictionalized version of Shakespeare’s life story after meeting his future wife Agne. The story unfolds up until the point Hamlet the play was performed in London.Agnes (Anne Hathaway) is portrayed as a semi-wild unconformist woman with a love of nature, a […]