The Tropic of Serpents by Marie Brennan

Lizzi2 Comments

As you can tell I am steaming ahead with the Lady Trent series! I finished book one, A Natural History of Dragons, and went straight into book two - The Tropic of Serpents. This one is set three years after book two, and Isabella is on another foreign expedition to study dragons. This time she… Continue reading The Tropic of Serpents by Marie Brennan

I Need Recommendations!

Lizzi12 Comments

I do indeed. Specifically for my feminism/women reading list. I have recently compiled reading lists of the books I most want to read out of the huge list I have on GoodReads, and realised that I actually don't have that many on feminism/women/gender. This is an area that I find fascinating and I feel like… Continue reading I Need Recommendations!

Exploring genres with A Natural History of Dragons by Marie Brennan

Lizzi3 Comments

I generally read 'literary' or historical fiction, and I've wanted to reach out into more genre fiction for a while. While browsing in Waterstones a few weeks ago I wandered with my boyfriend up to the sci fi/fantasy section, and came across the Lady Trent series by Marie Brennan.  Lady Trent is a 'dragon naturalist'… Continue reading Exploring genres with A Natural History of Dragons by Marie Brennan

Her Father’s Daughter by Marie Sizun (tr. Adriana Hunter)

LizziLeave a comment

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)

Let Me Tell You About A Man I Knew by Susan Fletcher: blog tour review plus Q&A with the author

Lizzi6 Comments

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

Maggie O’Farrell at Blackwell’s, Oxford

LizziLeave a comment

There's a chance you're aware that Maggie O'Farrell has a new novel out - I may have mentioned it. She is doing a series of events promoting the books, one of which was a talk at Blackwell's in Oxford with Sarah Franklin. I hadn't organised myself to get hold of a ticket, but then my… Continue reading Maggie O’Farrell at Blackwell’s, Oxford

New Affiliate Announcement: Wordery.com!

LizziLeave a comment

Just a quick note to say I am now an affiliate for the amazing Wordery! I shop there quite a bit as I don't always have time to get to Waterstone's or Blackwell's and I refuse to buy books from Amazon - and Wordery are just as efficient, have a wide selection of books, and… Continue reading New Affiliate Announcement: Wordery.com!

Can We Take a Minute to Appreciate the New Maggie O’Farrell Hardback?!

Lizzi7 Comments

I recently reviewed Maggie O'Farrell's new book This Must Be The Place, after the publisher kindly sent me a lovely review copy. It was a very attractive review copy, but my hardback copy arrived today from Wordery, and my goodness it is beautiful. Whoever came up with and executed its design deserves all the awards.… Continue reading Can We Take a Minute to Appreciate the New Maggie O’Farrell Hardback?!

New Maggie O’Farrell! ‘This Must Be The Place’

Lizzi9 Comments

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’

The Exclusives by Rebecca Thornton

Lizzi2 Comments

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