Hello friends! Let me cut to the chase! The “experts” tell me I have to blog rrrreggggularly. By that they mean, every day, every week or every other ...

Several versions of this novel exist as it was published in a serialised form and numerous subsequent book form editions of the novel contained many ...

Another season of The Women’s Prize has come to a close! As always, it’s been such a pleasure reading many of the titles from both the fiction and ...

Between plagues, marauders and horrific weather (destructive storms and unpredictable ice locking in the cove) I'm certainly glad I didn't live on the ...

I was naturally drawn to reading this novel because when I was younger I loved movies about time travel such as 'The Time Machine' (1960), 'Somewhere in ...

I felt very tense reading this story set in the near future given how plausible and real it feels. Lalami's tale taps into an anxiety many of us probably ...

This was the perfect novel to read over the recent long Easter weekend because not only is it beautifully written and utterly absorbing but the book ...

There's a tremendous emotional complexity to the lives of Adam Haslett's characters which isn't fully understood until sticking with them for a sustained ...

I had such a fantastic time reading this book! It's smart, joyful, scary, sexy, challenging, weird and messy in the best possible way. The three short ...

I was drawn to the bold premise of this novel where one day all Palestinian Arabs suddenly vanish from the State of Israel. This challenges the notion ...