Shortlisted for the 2018 Man Booker Prize, this unsettling novel is about words, wildness and water. The author pieces together…
It was the day the clocks went back. That’s when I decided to kill him. 14-year-old Danny is a proud…
This book is extraordinary. It’s so different from anything I’ve read lately. There are quite a number of characters in…
Confession. I own some books that are just a bit eccentric. Unlike the respectable volumes of classic fiction, reference guides,…
Detective stories are not usually my kind of book. However, I made an exception for Anthony Horowitz. I really liked…
Within the last few weeks, I’ve started and then abandoned three books. This is quite unusual for me. I choose…
Welcome to the first journey in my new series – diving into the murky depths of my reading over the…
Sue Townsend is one of my favourite authors. Everything she wrote was funny, insightful and very readable. This is the…
Why did I put off reading this YA novel for so long? Maybe because I’m suspicious of books which top…
This book reminded me of Brighton Rock except that most of the characters are female and the setting is 1950s London.…