Today, I'm kicking off the blog tour for The Woman in the Purple Skirt by Natsuko Imamura, and I'm calling on fans of Japanese fiction, or those looking to read some, to read this book! The Woman in the Purple Skirt is being watched. Someone is following her, always perched just out of sight, monitoring … Continue reading Blog Tour | Book Review: The Woman in the Purple Skirt by Natsuko Imamura
Drawn to the colourful cover and my love of novels set in small-communities, I decided to give The Mothers a go. Sensitive subject warning: this novel deals with issues, such as suicide and abortion, handled with care in this novel but I’m aware these may be topics some readers want to avoid reading about. Set … Continue reading Book Review: The Mothers by Brit Bennett
Jodi Picoult is such a well-known author, I can’t believe it’s taken me so long to pick up one of her books. I read Small Great Things in a readalong with 14 other readers and, wow, did it generate a lot of discussion – once you’ve read the synopsis, I’m sure you’ll see why. Book … Continue reading Book Review: Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult
Welcome to my second stop on Urbane’s 12 Days of Christmas Blog Tour, today I’ve got a Q&A with Laura Wake, author of A Monster by Violet, and I’ll also be sharing my review of Wake’s debut novel, which I received a copy of in my Urbane Book Club subscription. Q&A with Laura Wake: Q) … Continue reading Blog Tour | Urbane’s 12 Days of Christmas: A Monster by Violet by Laura Wake *Author Q&A & Book Review* @LauraWakeWriter @urbanebooks
I love that my first October read was a five star one; it feels me with so much positivity for the rest of the month. If you’re looking for a guaranteed good read – I highly recommend you read the The Ghostwriter. Book Description: I have three months to write the last book of my … Continue reading Book Review: The Ghostwriter by Alessandra Torre
Beauty is a Wound was September’s Babbling Book Club selection; drawn in completely by the cover, I decided to read along. Book Description: The epic novel Beauty Is a Wound combines history, satire, family tragedy, legend, humor, and romance in a sweeping polyphony. The beautiful Indo prostitute Dewi Ayu and her four daughters are beset … Continue reading Book Review: Beauty is a Wound by Eka Kurniawan
When people saw I was reading A Little Life, the comments came thick and fast: “I absolutely adored this book, it was my favourite that I read last year…”, “I love this book so much”, “Loved it and it destroyed me”, “…absolutely wrecked me”, “incredible book”, and so on and so forth. So, you can … Continue reading Book Review: A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
