Tag: Canongate

• Once We Were Sisters by Sheila Kohler (2017)

  Like the last book I read, I found Once We Were Sisters through my GoodReads recommendations. I had never heard of Sheila Kohler but soon discovered that she is well-established writer of fiction, and this is her first memoir. It centres around her relationship with her older sister Maxine, and the devastation of Maxine’s sudden […]

  Lizzi

  June 7, 2018

  Non-Fiction, Reviews

  2017, 20th Century, Autobiography, Canongate, Memoir, Non Fiction, Once We Were Sisters, Paperback, Sheila Kohler, South Africa

• 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 […]

  Lizzi

  February 1, 2016

  Fiction, Reviews

  2014, Canongate, Fiction, Michel Faber, Paperback, The Book of Strange New Things