Sample Saturday is when I wade through the eleventy billion samples I have downloaded on my Kindle. I’m slowly chipping away and deciding whether it’s buy or bye. This week, all three came via Print Mag’s 2024 100 Best Book Covers article. Continue reading
Sample Saturday is when I wade through the eleventy billion samples I have downloaded on my Kindle. I’m slowly chipping away and deciding whether it’s buy or bye. This week, all three came via Print Mag’s 2024 100 Best Book Covers article. Continue reading
There are many, many layers to Scaffolding by Lauren Elkin which means either a very long review as I wind my way through the story’s complexities OR a very short review, of the ‘just read it’ variety. I’ll err on the short side, with lots of quotes to show off Elkin’s thoughtful prose.
It’s the story of a Parisian apartment, and the two couples that lived there – in 2019, it’s home to Anna, a psychoanalyst, who is processing a recent miscarriage. Her husband, David, has taken a job in London, and returns to Paris every other weekend. She spends her days obsessing over renovating the kitchen, a welcome distraction from her grief.
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It’s time for #6degrees. Start at the same place as other wonderful readers, add six books, and see where you end up. Continue reading
I’ve started work on the 2024 List of Lists and in doing so, I came across a list by Print Mag – the 2024 100 Best Book Covers.
Don’t judge, but I totally judge a book by its cover! After all, the cover is a book’s ‘elevator pitch’, right? Continue reading
Clear by Carys Davies Continue reading
Sample Saturday is when I wade through the eleventy billion samples I have downloaded on my Kindle. I’m slowly chipping away and deciding whether it’s buy or bye. Continue reading
Sample Saturday is when I wade through the eleventy billion samples I have downloaded on my Kindle. I’m slowly chipping away and deciding whether it’s buy or bye. Continue reading
I’m happy to admit that sometimes I pick books for superficial reasons – it’s why I have The Divorcées by Rowan Beaird – I bought it for the cover.
The story focuses on Lois Saunders, who had thought that marrying the right man would cure her loneliness. But as picture-perfect as her husband was, Lois felt suffocated in their loveless marriage and leaves him.
Pretend we’re in a movie, he would say before they went to a dinner party, but she wasn’t sure how to, as no one was there to give her the lines. Continue reading
I’ll admit that I was totally seduced by the cover of Emily Perkins’ latest novel, Lioness (I also really, really loved one of her early novels, The Forrests).
The story focuses on Therese, a woman with a successful home-wares business, and married to an older man, Trevor, who’s in property development. When the novel opens, Trevor has run into significant legal issues related to his latest hotel development. At the same time, Therese befriends a neighbour, Claire, who is doing the ‘mid-life crisis’ in her own, unique way. Continue reading