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Hello! It’s been a hot minute. How are you going? I’m a little behind in writing book reviews, so I’m going to write about all the books I’ve read recently in this one blog post. One nice thing about not having to commute to work is having the extra time (it takes me about an …
Disclosure: I was sent this book in September before it was due for publication. My apologies to Kate for not getting this review done sooner! I could have read The Orange Grove in two sittings. In fact I did, except the sittings were a few months apart due to life getting in the way. As …
Full disclosure: I won a copy of this book in a giveaway, so I didn’t buy it. However, I am not obliged to write a good review (or any review) so I will write exactly what I thought of it. I must admit, I watched Eat Pray Love at the movies and absolutely loved the …
The Erratics is the 2019 winner of the Stella Prize, which celebrates female writers in Australia. There’s an interesting story to the lead up to that moment. The book had actually gone out of print after the original publisher folded, but it was since picked up by Harper Collins for re-publication. Vicki Laveau-Harvie is a …
I really, really wanted to love this memoir. Slice Girls is written by Dr Joan Arakkal, who writes about her experiences in the male-dominated field of Orthopaedic Surgery, where only 4% of surgeons are female. She grew up in India but has worked in the UK and now resides in Perth, Australia. I still remember …
I love love loved this debut novel by R.W.R McDonald! I won’t lie, the first reason I picked up the book was because I saw the cover and the pop art spoke to me. I totally judge a book by its cover. I can’t say I’ve read a lot of crime fiction so this isn’t …
I must admit, I bought this book in November last year and didn’t get too far. I remember receiving an email from the Book Depository promoting some of its best-sellers, and found this book amongst them. Having not lived in the UK since 2002, I wasn’t familiar with Dolly Alderton’s dating column or podcast, but …
Books are my honey lemon, as they are to many who seek solace in a book. For doctors and others who work insane hours, leisure reading, especially a book like Boy Swallows Universe, is a luxury. When I left my job last June, I realised that when I didn’t feel totally exhausted and numb, I …
Convenience Store Woman has sold over a million copies in Japan, and was translated into English last year. When I first saw this book in a bookshop, I knew I had to buy it. I was instantly captured by the blurb and cover – a picture of a soy sauce fish that comes with takeaway …
Sometimes I choose a book. Sometimes a book comes to me. ‘A Lifetime of Impossible Days’ fits in the latter. I saw a video that Penguin Books had uploaded to its social media of author Tabitha Bird gifting her grandmother her debut novel. It was such a gorgeous video, which really touched me, so of …