Young Mungo
It feels impossible to talk about Douglas Stuart’s 2022 Young Mungo without talking about the cover.
This is a novel whose very merit lies in the words on the page, is it not? Why must the cover matter at all?
The Darkness Outside Us
For someone who doesn’t often find themselves reading science fiction, The Darkness Outside Us is reason enough to understand how the genre continues to prevail.
All The Broken Places
With all the praise All The Broken Places received, and so quickly after it’s release, I found myself wanting to dislike it; to be the one to find its gaping flaw.
Unfortunately I could not.
Red, White & Royal Blue
Casey McQuiston’s Red, White & Royal Blue is easy to read and hard to hate. But is it worth the hype? …
Best of Friends
It’s easy to pigeon hole Kamila Shamsie’s new release when taking it at face value…
All That’s Left in the World
This novel serves as a reminder that love will survive if we let it…
The Overstory
The Overstory should never have been a novel. I don't mean that it shouldn't exist, but this Pulitzer Prize winner…
This is Going to Hurt
In the spirit of full disclosure, this book should extend it’s title: ‘This is going to make you laugh, wince, smile and cry out “NOO”…
Born a Crime
Recommended to me as “the gold standard of memoir audiobooks”, this memoir was easy to digest and, indeed, made all the more enjoyable by Trevor’s narration.
The Escape Artist
What continues to astound me is that, even as my repertoire of books about WW2 and Nazi Germany continues to grow, there is still more to learn.
The Vanishing Half
Absolutely gripping.
Bennett masterfully controls the release of information in The Vanishing Half…
The Hate U Give
Impossible to read silently.
More than most, this novel often evoked audible reactions from me…