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Speedy End of Year Book Roundup!
I read a lot of books in quick succession at the end of the year, and frankly didn’t have the energy to review them properly because I was recovering from emergency surgery for an ectopic pregnancy (all fine* now) so … Continue reading
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Tagged 2020 book reviews, BAME Author, Comedy, crime fiction, Female Author, Historical, Literary Fiction, Poetry, romance
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Thoughts: Live By Night, by Dennis Lehane
After The Exorcist, my TBR decided I was in need of a good gangster romp. And boy, was I! The main thing about Live By Night is that it’s cool in every way you want a gangster novel to be … Continue reading
Thoughts: G, by John Berger
I have finally made it into the 2017 part of my TBR list! Yay! So this was kind of a weird one. All the reviews I saw on Goodreads were either very highly rated or very low rated, but my … Continue reading
Thoughts: The Mirror and the Light, by Hilary Mantel
Oh man, this one is going to be disappointing in terms of analysis and detail. What can I say? I’ve been waiting years for it, and it came. It was what I was hoping for. I only had to haul … Continue reading
Thoughts: The French Lieutenant’s Woman, by John Fowles
I mean I’m going to open with this: if you want to read the thoughts of people much more interesting and intelligent than me, read the (wonderful) Guardian reading group’s posts on it, and the comments. My thoughts are not … Continue reading
Thoughts: Pachinko, by Min Jin Lee
Pachinko is in a genre of book that I tend not to gravitate towards but pretty much always enjoy when it finds its way into my hands – long, sprawling family saga. I don’t know why exactly I don’t seek … Continue reading
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Tagged 2020 book reviews, BAME Author, family saga, Female Author, Historical
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Bookthoughts: Die Entdeckung der Currywurst – Uwe Timm
Okay, it’s been A WHILE, and I’ve read SEVERAL BOOKS, but now it’s time to try to catch up. I was focused on writing at the end of last year, and this year I’ve been trying to submit things because … Continue reading
Thoughts: The Underground Railroad, by Colson Whitehead
You know how sometimes the outside world seems to conspire to create these sort of teachable moments aimed solely at you? Where outside events are suddenly relevant to something private you’re doing or learning? Well, while I was reading The … Continue reading
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Thoughts: Hild, by Nicola Griffith
After the high-speed frolic of Golden Hill, the syrupy slowness of Call Me By Your Name and the spare elegance of Lady Into Fox, Hild was a thick, soft blanket, and I sank gratefully into it. Another impulse book, because … Continue reading
Thoughts: Golden Hill, by Francis Spufford
Oh, this was fun. I put this on my list purely on the basis of a Guardian review of it, and it delivered in spades. This is going to be a hard one to review because it was just so … Continue reading