I love LOVE this book, and I love Amy Tan. And maybe this review is a bit of a cheat, because I've read this book before, but I was re-reading it this week and I enjoyed it all over again, and I haven't shared it with you guys before. Published back in 1989, it's Tan's …
How beautiful is the cover of this book? I love it. I guess you can't judge a book by it's cover, but in this case, if you love the cover art here, I think you'll probably love the book too! This book was sent to me by the author for an honest review, and honestly... …
Continue reading The Art Of Legerdemain As Taught By Ghosts by Jim Naremore
Perhaps it's no surprise to find another review of a novel by Daphne Du Maurier on my blog. I love Rebecca so much, as I know a lot of you do too, and I read The House on the Strand a few months back, (you'll find the review for that one HERE). This book is …
Sometimes you just want to sink into a good crime novel, and enjoy the gritty escapism. And if you like that kind of best selling fiction, full of action and races against time, you could do a lot worse than an Alex Cross novel. This is not the first in the series, but it was …
Grady's life is a mess. He's ex-military man, with a big alcohol problem, and his wife is about to leave him. Just when he thinks things can't get any worse, his dead beat drug addicted brother drags him into his problems, and he finds himself embroiled in the search for a mysterious object that a …
At the opening of this story by best selling author Liane Moriarty, we are told that one parent has been killed at a primary school event. The book moves back to show events leading up to the murder, and all the secrets that are hidden behind the facade of suburban life. When 24 year old …
Poetry is a funny thing. It's kind of forced on us in school, and becomes something we love or hate, something that bores us to tears or moves us deeply. It's also something that, well, a lot of modern hipsters like to think they're poets, right? Poems are a lot like man-buns, lumberbeards, Mac laptops …
Opening in 1807, Rachel grows up on the island of St Thomas, a child beloved by her father, who makes sure that she's well educated, and a mother who is cold and bitter. In her family there is also Adele, who is their servant, and her daughter, Jestine, who is like a sister to Rachel. …
This book of short stories by the author of Chocolat is a nice little collection of tales which personify the authors usual humour, pathos and sense of whimsy and the magical. The title comes from her answer to the question, if you were to be stranded on a desert island, what things would you take …
Continue reading A Cat, A Hat & A Piece of String by Joanne Harris.
In this coming of age story, Miriam, a young Jewish girl, discovers her love of painting, and follows her heart, from Romania to Israel to the US. Starting in the 1950's, in a politically hostile Romania, the story is as much about finding our place in the world, especially as an immigrant, as it is …
Continue reading No Portrait In The Gilded Frame by Tudor Alexander
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