“Wow. Just wow.” These were my first thoughts on reading the final page of Tabitha Bird’s incredible novel. A Lifetime of Impossible Days is, at its core, a heartbreaking love letter to therapy after childhood trauma. I adored the writing, I miss the characters already and I wholeheartedly endorse the argument that you can’t change […]
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Review: Woman 99, by Greer Macallister
This book was SO GOOD! Woman 99 is a brilliant, gripping story from an incredibly talented writer. 19th century San Francisco. Charlotte’s sister, Phoebe is committed to a local asylum when she tries to interfere in her mother’s matrimonial scheming. Charlotte hatches an heroic but extremely naive plan to get herself committed under a false […]
Review: Battle Beyond the Dolestars, by Chris McCrudden
Battle Beyond the Dolestars is deliciously funny, clever and quirky while also being viciously political in a subversive way. Fans of Terry Pratchett, Jasper Fforde and Douglas Adams will love this novel. The second book in the Battlestar Suburbia series, Battle Beyond the Dolestars is set thousands of years into the future where the machines […]
Review: Better Luck Next Time, by Kate Hilton
Better Luck Next Time, by Kate Hilton, is a light, delightful read with some very funny lines. Set in the U.S., it’s billed as a ‘divorce comedy’ and follows the lives of several related 40-something-year-old women as their lives fall apart and they struggle to put them back together. It’s got a bit of politics, […]
Review: Gulliver’s Wife, by Lauren Chater
I really enjoyed this story. I love Lauren Chater’s writing and was a huge fan of her first book, The Lace Weaver, set during World War II. Gulliver’s Wife takes us further back in history – to 1702 in London – to imagine what life might have been like for the fictional wife of Jonathan […]
Review: Come Again, by Robert Webb
Come Again, by Robert Webb is entirely immersive, hilariously funny and satisfyingly predictable. There are no surprises waiting around the corner, which is perfect in these strange times where our real lives seem to bring unwelcome surprises almost hourly. I highly recommend this book if you’re looking for an easy, clever read with an outrageous […]
