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Kim JiYoung, Born 1982, by Cho Nam-Joo
Genre: Fiction, Feminism, Contemporary, Asian Literature First published: 2016, first published in English in 2020 Length: 163 pages...
Apr 25, 20231 min read


The Trees, by Percival Everett
Genre: Fiction, Mystery, Horror, Crime First Published: 2021 Length: 309 pages Setting: Mississippi Such an incredible book - don’t want...
Mar 27, 20231 min read


The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, by Taylor Jenkins Reid
I personally thought that this book deserves every bit of hype it gets! Whilst reading, I had to constantly remind myself that I was...
Mar 16, 20231 min read


The Maid, by Nita Prose
This was such an enjoyable, funny, wholesome murder mystery told from the perspective of a young maid at a hotel who discovers a dead...
Mar 16, 20231 min read


Bunny, by Mona Awad
Imagine if Mean Girls was a horror/supernatural novel - this is kind of how I imagine it would be. I really, really enjoyed it, and had...
Mar 16, 20231 min read


Hamnet, by Maggie O’Farrell
This book tells the incredible story of the lives of the wife and children of Shakespeare and how their lives were changed by the plague....
Mar 16, 20231 min read


The Devil and the Dark Water, by Stuart Turton
This book was so different to anything I had read before - imagine a Sherlock Holmes detective story crossed with all the action and...
Mar 16, 20231 min read


Convenience Store Woman, by Sayaka Murata
This was a lovely lighthearted & short read about a Japanese woman who has worked in the same convenience store for 18 years. She loves...
Mar 16, 20231 min read


Away With the Penguins, by Hazel Prior
Veronica is an old woman who lives alone in her house in a peaceful, remote area in Scotland, and has no one to pass on her fortune to...
Mar 16, 20231 min read


Little, by Edward Carey
I was blown away by this book, I think about it all the time, and cannot recommend it enough for people who enjoy historical fiction!...
Mar 16, 20231 min read


Piranesi, by Susanna Clarke
I think this is a book you should read without knowing much about it before - it has such an unusual setting and things unravel slowly so...
Mar 16, 20231 min read


Small Things Like These, by Claire Keegan
I loved everything about this book, and I will re-read it when I need a beautiful and hopeful story - it is such a gentle, quiet, tender...
Mar 16, 20231 min read


The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels, by Janice Hallett
I have now read and rated 5* all three of her books - I just love them! This one was probably my favourite so far. This was another...
Mar 15, 20232 min read


The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle, by Stuart Turton
An absolute favourite! I have never read anything quite like it - imagine ground hog day but as a psychological thriller murder mystery!...
Oct 5, 20211 min read


The House in The Cerulean Sea, by T. J. Klune
This has to be the most delightful book I have ever read! I didn’t want it to end, I wish there was a sequel or a whole series with these...
Oct 5, 20212 min read


Where the Crawdads Sing, by Delia Owens
I sometimes worry that I won’t ‘get’ books which have been hyped up, and I put this one off because of this reason, but oh my goodness it...
Oct 5, 20212 min read


Three Men in a Boat, by Jerome K. Jerome
From the very first chapter I knew I would really enjoy this book - the characters are hilarious and relatable, and it’s such a lovely,...
Oct 5, 20211 min read
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