Book Review – Friends and Strangers
Author: J. Courtney Sullivan – Publisher: Two Roads – Elisabeth and Andrew and their infant son, Gilbert have moved from Brooklyn to a college town in upstate New York. “Before…
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On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous
Author: Ocean Vuong.Publisher: Vintage. Ocean Vuong is a successful poet, so it is no wonder that he came up with such a lovely title for a book. Although it is…
The Glass Hotel – book review
Vincent and Paul are step sister and brother – same dad, different mothers. Vincent is an odd name for a girl, but her mum loved the poet, Edna St. Author:…
Book review – The Mercies
It is Christmas Eve in 1617 in Vardø, a small island located off the coast in north-eastern Norway. Author: Kiran Millwood Hargrave – Publisher: Pan McMillan UK Very north and…
Book Review – The Book of Longings
Ana is 14 and has grown up in a well to do household in Sepphoris (central Galilee).
Book Review – Hidden Valley Road (Inside the Mind of an American Family)
The Galvin family consist of Don, Mimi, Donald, Jim, John, Brian, Michael, Richard, Joe, Mark, Matt, Peter, Margaret, Mary. Author: Robert KolkerPublisher: Quercus Two parents, ten boys, two girls –…
Book Review – The Dictionary of Lost Words
Author: Pip WilliamsPublisher: Affirm Press The Dictionary of Lost Words is the debut novel by South Australian writer, pip Williams. It is set in Oxford from 1879 and based on…
Book Review – A Gentleman in Moscow
Author: Amor Towles Publisher: Penguin – Count Alexander Ilyich Rostov, a recipient of the Order of Saint Andrew, has been sentenced to spend the rest of his days in house…
Who is the Reluctant Book Critic?
Have you ever wondered who it is hiding behind this book? Well, in case you missed the introduction of our Book Reviews at the beginning of this year, it all…
Book Review – Prey
This is the second book of a series about investigative reporter Olivia Wolfe. Author: L.A. Larkin –Publisher: Clan Destine Press – She is a tough, rides a Harley-Davidson, has a…
Book Review – Then She Was Gone
Author: Lisa Jewell – Publisher: Random House – Ellie was fifteen. She had her whole life ahead of her. She was smart, pretty, popular, and had a fantastic boyfriend, Theo….
The Night Watchman – book review
Author: Louise ErdrichPubisher: Hachette – Louise Edrich’s new novel, The Night Watchman, has received wide acclaim for its shimmering setting, strong elegant writing, great characters and its intriguing story line…
The Overstory – Book Review
As I was reading The Overstory the word understory kept appearing, so I finally looked it up and found out that it means a layer of vegetation beneath the main…
BOOK Review – The Scent Keeper
Author: Erica Bauermeister. Publisher: St. Martin’s Publishing Group. After some poor judgement with my last book (When We Believed in Mermaids), I made sure to check the genre of The…
BOOK Review – Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators
Catch and Kill by Ronan Farrow was recommended to me by my sister – she especially liked the audio book with Farrow’s dreamy-voice narration. Author: Ronan FarrowPublisher: Little, Brown and…
BOOK Review – Dear Edward
Flight 2977 is scheduled to fly from Newark, New Jersey to Los Angeles on the morning of 12 June 2013. Author: Ann Napolitano Of the 192 passengers, four of them…
BOOK Review – General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money
John Maynard Keynes In the aftermath of the Great Crash of 1929, the Hoover administration did nothing. Not only was neo-Classical economics so confoundingly mathematical, but the laissez-faire economy was…
Book Review – The Communist Manifesto
In the 12 months following the collapse of Lehman Brothers in 2008, the best-selling book around the world was not Harry Potter or 50 Shades of Grey, but in fact…
BOOK Review
Crisis and Complexity: An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of Economic and Financial Crisis:Author: Ross Barry These are unprecedented times as we keep hearing.So, while we would not normally…
BOOK Review – American Marriage
[Book review] Tayari Jones was sitting in a mall when she overheard a young couple arguing. Author: Tayari JonesPublisher: Random House Australia The woman said, “Roy, you know you wouldn’t…