The South by Colm Tóibín
ISBN: 0330323334 In 1950, Katherine Proctor leaves Ireland and her family for Barcelona, determined to become a painter. There she meets Miguel, …
Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
Olive Kitteridge would not be regarded by most people as a nice woman. She is stern. Unforgiving. The scariest teacher in the …
Anna Who by Bernadette Leach
So last week on twitter I spotted this tweet : Anna Who for me – and I know @oneilllo is a fan …
The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins
Part of my RIP reading Carolyn is a librarian. Or at least that is word her Father uses. That is the term …
Cold Magic by Kate Elliott
Book 1 in the Spiritwalker series Catherine Barahal is an orphan. Her mother and father died and she came to live with …
An earthly crown by Kate Elliott
I hate writing recaps of follow up books in a series. I never know what to give away about the previous book …
The sky is everywhere by Jandy Nelson
Lennie is seventeen. Her mother went “exploring” when she was a baby, she lives with the Gran and her uncle Big, and …
We are all completely beside ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler
Rosemary Cooke is at college in California. She has no real friends to speak of. Her house mate Ted, maybe, but she …
The day we disappeared by Lucy Robinson
Another one from Mount TBR, recommended by Ellie of Curiosity killed the Bookworm. Kate is running away from her life. The stress …
I’ll give you the sun by Jandy Nelson
Jude and Noah are as close as twins can be. They’re also as far apart as people can be. Because Noah tells …
Black Dove, White Raven by Elizabeth Wein
Emilia and Teo live as though they were brother and sister. Teo’s mother Delia died when a bird hits the plane is …
Fast and furious 7 dir. by James Wan
aka Furious 7, depending on where you are in the world. So the only other Fast and Furious film I seem to …