Coney Island, 1911. Peggy Battenberg, along with thousands of other revellers, is planning on spending summer at America’s playground. But Peggy, heiress to a massive fortune, is unlike the other inhabitants of Coney Island that summer; her family is in…
Disclosure: A free copy was gifted to me in exchange for an honest review. If you’re looking for some options for your Halloween TBR then I got you. Although this oppressive novel is set in a drought during high summer,…
I am probably just one more person shouting my opinion into the void on this matter but I’m going to say it anyway: Lost Children Archive was robbed of the Women’s Prize and the Man Booker. When this book was…
Once upon a time, I was a person who made the bold claim: ‘I don’t like short stories.’ Imagine that, just writing off a whole genre like that! In the past whenever I dabbled in short story collections (which wasn’t…
Translated by Ann Goldstein NB: A free copy was gifted in exchange for an honest review. We all have our favourite authors, the ones we don’t hesitate to collect their entire bibliography. Some of mine include Margaret Atwood, Ali…
It’s unfortunate that a book centred around the author undergoing an abortion in 1963 and all the difficulties and trauma that came with it is still so startling relevant in today’s society. Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ll…
If you’re anything like me and have hundreds of books on your to-be-read pile and a mental TBR that’s even longer, then you might do what I do and try to read as widely as possible. I can have months…
This book was given to me for free in exchange for an honest review. I can guarantee that almost all woman (and a lot of men too) who don’t have kids, no matter what their age, have suffered through an…
Setting bookish resolutions at the start of each year is one of my favourite activities, and even if I don’t end up achieving every one of my goals, I still love the sensation of planning them, making lists, and setting…
The Remainder by Alia Trabucco Zerán, translated by Sophie Hughes NB: This book was gifted to me by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. I’m on somewhat of a mission to read as many of the…
As an avid browser of charity shops and second-hand bookshops, I come across certain books on a regular basis and, without even reading the synopsis, judge them or even write them off completely. Surely there must be a reason for…
