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 when I was looking for...
2 January 2021
The art of dying by Ambrose Parry
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 a series when we picked...
30 August 2020
The Spitfire girl in the skies by Fenella J Miller
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 book club read I’ll admit...
9 September 2019
Thirteen ways of looking by Colum McCann
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 referenced. The first story, the...
9 June 2019
Notes to self by Emilie Pine
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 it before now. Then again,...
25 May 2019
Normal people by Sally Rooney
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 going along with what society...
31 March 2019
Tin Man by Sarah Winman
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 month I thought I’d give...
13 January 2019
The scandal by Fredrik Backman
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 and discovered that it was...
10 October 2018
Anatomy of a scanal by Sarah Vaughan
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 is married to James, the...
24 June 2018
Wild : a journey from lost to found by Cheryl Strayed
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 to found a few years...
21 April 2018
Major Pettigrew’s last stand by Helen Simonson
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 be set in modern times,...
26 March 2018
Alone in Berlin by Hans Fallada
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 “normal people” under the Nazis....
1 March 2018
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