Amazon: For years, rumors of the ‘Marsh Girl’ have haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet town on the North Carolina coast. So in late 1969, when handsome Chase… Read more “#bookreview Where the Crawdads sing by Delia Owens”
Category: Book Awards
#review Slightly Foxed, Winter issue 2018, no.60 @FoxedQuarterly
The Fox illustration by Chris Wormell Light the fire and settle into your deeply inviting, old and battered armchair with a pot of tea which you are… Read more “#review Slightly Foxed, Winter issue 2018, no.60 @FoxedQuarterly”
#bookreview Devil’s Day by Andrew Michael Hurley published by @johnmurrays @TwoRoadsBooks
A follow up to The Loney, this dark and atmospheric tale set on the grasslands of Lancashire brings mythology and folklore to the fore in a place… Read more “#bookreview Devil’s Day by Andrew Michael Hurley published by @johnmurrays @TwoRoadsBooks”
#bookreview The Bedlam Stacks by Natasha Pulley
Goodreads blurb: In 1859, ex-East India Company smuggler Merrick Tremayne is trapped at home in Cornwall after sustaining an injury that almost cost him his leg and… Read more “#bookreview The Bedlam Stacks by Natasha Pulley”
#nominations for #NotTheBookerPrize2017
So there is a long, longlist of 150 books and the only way to whittle this down is to vote. There are some requirements of course, but… Read more “#nominations for #NotTheBookerPrize2017”
#bookreview Truly Madly Guilty by Liane Moriarty
Paperback, 470 pages Published April 20th 2017 by Penguin Books (first published July 26th 2016) Goodreads blurb: The new novel from Liane… Read more “#bookreview Truly Madly Guilty by Liane Moriarty”
#bookreview The Butcher’s Hook by Janet Ellis. Longlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize 2016
This a beautiful paperback published by Two Roads, with foil highlighting on front and back covers, and sprayed edges. From the inside cover: Georgian London, in the… Read more “#bookreview The Butcher’s Hook by Janet Ellis. Longlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize 2016 “
The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry
Photo courtesy of Waterstones Waterstones blurb: Set in the brooding marshes of late Victorian Essex, the recently-widowed Cora Seagrave relinquishes the staid predictability of the capital… Read more “The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry “
Books about ~ Loneliness, death and grief
Loneliness, death and grief can be very taboo subjects, however we all read for a variety of reasons – to laugh, to cry, to be informed,… Read more “Books about ~ Loneliness, death and grief”
Reading Eileen by Ottessa Moshfegh
Eileen was short-listed for the Man Booker prize 2016. The winner will be announced on 25th October 2016. The blurb: The Christmas season offers little cheer for… Read more “Reading Eileen by Ottessa Moshfegh”
Appletree Books 