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I was between books and read the first chapter of a couple. This one spoke to me more. It opens with a twenty something British Cleo meeting forty something American Frank after they have both left the same party in New York. It was their flirtation and playful...
Maggie O’Farrell’s Hamnet reimagines the life of Shakespeare’s family, centring on the quiet domestic world that sits behind one of literature’s most famous names. The novel traces the events surrounding the death of Hamnet, Shakespeare’s young son, and the echoes of...
A woman washes up during a violent storm on a remote island that was once a research base but is now long abandoned except for its caretaker Dominic Salt and his three children. As Rowan is nursed back to health she begins to piece together what happened to the...
I was between books and read the first chapter of a couple. This one spoke to me more. It opens with a twenty something British Cleo meeting forty something American Frank after they have both left the same party in New York. It was their flirtation and playful...
Maggie O’Farrell’s Hamnet reimagines the life of Shakespeare’s family, centring on the quiet domestic world that sits behind one of literature’s most famous names. The novel traces the events surrounding the death of Hamnet, Shakespeare’s young son, and the echoes of...
A woman washes up during a violent storm on a remote island that was once a research base but is now long abandoned except for its caretaker Dominic Salt and his three children. As Rowan is nursed back to health she begins to piece together what happened to the...
The Correspondent by Virginia Evans unfolds through letters, emails and notes, following the life of retiree Sybil Van Antwerp as she navigates her later years largely on her own terms. A firm believer in the written letter over modern forms of communication, Sybil’s...
Bring the House Down by Charlotte Runcie centres on Hayley Sinclair, a performer debuting a one woman show at the Edinburgh Fringe, and Alex Lyons, a notoriously acerbic theatre critic who delivers a devastating one star review. The two meet before Hayley realises who...
I had Heart The Lover on my list after seeing a great deal of hype around it, with the book frequently appearing in community picks and recommendations across social media. Going in, I was curious to see whether it would live up to that praise, particularly as this...
Florence Knapp’s debut asks a simple but arresting question. What if the name you are given at birth alters the entire shape of your life. In this story one mother chooses three different names for her newborn son and we follow the three realities that unfold as a...
I’ve been keeping up with this reading lark quite well! I read 2 great books in November and there was a common theme between the two of them: grief, loss, sadness and navigating that in life. It was unintentional though but maybe it was the days being shorter and the...
Instead of posting separately, I thought I would talk out the two books I’ve read recently. My resolution for this year was to read more (more than I had the year previous) and I’m smashing that target. I didn’t watch a lot of television before hand but since I...
Every so often, a book comes along that quietly consumes your attention. This was recommended to me by work bestie and although I had heard of the book, I didn’t know much about it. Their brief plot summary of the beginning pulled me in and after reading, I’m grateful...