We begin at the end by Chris Whitaker
This is one of those books I would never have picked up if it hadn’t been a book club selection, and readily available from the library...
She'd much prefer to read a good book
This is one of those books I would never have picked up if it hadn’t been a book club selection, and readily available from the library...
This was the latest book chosen for my book club read. I don’t think any of us were aware it is actually the second book in...
Spitfire Girls ; book 2 I know we’re not supposed to judge a book by its cover, but when I saw the cover for my next...
A novella, Thirteen ways of looking and short stories, What time is it now, where you are?, Sh’hkol, Treaty. Trigger warning – assault & rape are...
This was my book club’s choice for May. I had heard about it before that and had meant to read it but hadn’t gotten around to...
What is a normal person? Is anyone normal? and if not, does that not mean that everyone is? I guess normality is often seen of as...
My book club chose this for the January meeting, and although I hadn’t even started it when the book club met at the beginning of the...
also published as Beartown I was going to say that I recently read Backman’s breakout novel A man called Over, but then I checked the blog...
Told from a variety of point of views, and interspersed with flashbacks this book starts off with an affair that turns into an alleged rape. Sophie...
Sometimes the blurb of a book can be a tad off putting. I remember when I first became aware of Wild : a journey from lost...
I read this because it was my bookclub selection for March. I am afraid that it certainly was not my cup of tea. It appeared to...
translated by Michael Hofman Given all the tragedy, destruction, and horrors of World War II I don’t often stop to consider what life was like for...