In short, Her Father's Daughter is another amazing little book from Peirene. If you are a child of divorce, like me, you will recognise at least some of the emotions and scenarios in this book. There are moments and situations that will make your heart stop; things you recognise that you hoped you had forgotten.… Continue reading Her Father’s Daughter by Marie Sizun (tr. Adriana Hunter)
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Let Me Tell You About A Man I Knew by Susan Fletcher: blog tour review plus Q&A with the author
This post is part of the blog tour for Let Me Tell You About A Man I Knew - be sure to check out the other posts! I was very glad to be offered a review copy of this book. The Little Brown website describes it as 'tender and savage' and this is certainly true -… Continue reading Let Me Tell You About A Man I Knew by Susan Fletcher: blog tour review plus Q&A with the author
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New Maggie O’Farrell! ‘This Must Be The Place’
I first started reading Maggie O'Farrell when the lovely Georgina Moore from Headline sent me a copy of her 2013 novel Instructions for a Heatwave. I fell in love with it and subsequently read two of O'Farrell's earlier novels (The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox and After You'd Gone). Now that I've read her brand… Continue reading New Maggie O’Farrell! ‘This Must Be The Place’
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The Exclusives by Rebecca Thornton
I took a risk with this book - it was a review copy (something I am accepting less and less these days), and I wasn't sure what to expect. I knew there was a boarding school, and the lasting effects of female friendship, but that was it. The Exclusives is the story of Josephine and… Continue reading The Exclusives by Rebecca Thornton
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Despite the Falling Snow by Shamim Sarif (2003)
I was kindly invited to take part in the blog tour for the new edition of this book and am very glad I accepted. The new edition was published to tie in with the new 2016 film adaptation. Despite the Falling Snow takes place in 1990s Boston and 1950s Russia, moving deftly between the two… Continue reading Despite the Falling Snow by Shamim Sarif (2003)
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In Which I Am So, So Glad I Finally Read The Kindly Ones by Jonathan Littell
In brief, this is the story of a man who was once a Nazi officer, a story of his war; it is a fictional autobiography of an intellectual thrown into the horror of the Second World War. It is the War from 'the other side'. But it is so, so much more than that. Dr… Continue reading In Which I Am So, So Glad I Finally Read The Kindly Ones by Jonathan Littell
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Look at Me by Sarah Duguid
The premise for Look at Me is simple but effective; and in fact I'd describe most of the book that way too. Our central character Lizzy and her brother Ig discover that their father has a daughter they didn't know about. They find out by chance after coming across a letter from said daughter, and… Continue reading Look at Me by Sarah Duguid
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A new Peirene! The Man I Became by Peter Verhelst (tr. David Colmer)
As a rule I love Peirene Press, but I haven't actually read one of their books for a while. So I was very pleased to be offered a review copy of book no. 19, The Man I Became, which is part of the new 'Fairy Tale' series. It's quite an odd one, given that it… Continue reading A new Peirene! The Man I Became by Peter Verhelst (tr. David Colmer)
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In Which I Read The Book of Strange New Things by Michel Faber and Had Some OPINIONS About It
My sister gave me this book for my birthday, so I really really wanted to like it. I'd heard a lot of good things. I wasn't sure what I'd think of it. I went in with hope. Some basic premise for those who don't know: our main character is Peter the priest, who is recruited… Continue reading In Which I Read The Book of Strange New Things by Michel Faber and Had Some OPINIONS About It
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Reading and watching: Room by Emma Donoghue
Room is one of those books that 'caused a stir' when it came out, and everyone was talking about it. I always meant to read it, but never got round to it; and then the movie trailers came out. It was time to read the book before seeing the film! I whizzed through the book… Continue reading Reading and watching: Room by Emma Donoghue
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