It’s been a long time since I raced through a book as quickly as “You are Here”, loving every single word, laughing out loud, sometimes feeling a tad weepy, all while dreading the end of such a super story. This is a gorgeous, funny, touching love story of two lonely …
This is such a clever, gripping spy novel, but it was only when I reluctantly closed the book & instantly checked to see what else Mr. McCloskey had written that I realised that “The Seventh Floor” is actually the 3rd in a series. So back tracking is now on the …
As a diehard fan of the fabulous Thursday Murder Club series, the thought of a new Richard Osman mystery, with a whole new set of characters, was irresistible. And what a super read this book is, introducing us to a fabulous bunch of people who (nailing my colours to the …
Even after a few years of writing book reviews here in my blog, I’m still unsure of reviewing etiquette. How enthusiastic is one supposed to be? As a reviewer, am I supposed to be partisan or aloof? But here’s the thing…given that I am not paid to review, and that …
I’ve been following the hilarious Twitter – I mean X – feed of Becky Holmes for ages, laughing out loud as she shares her Twitter/X chats with the low life men who send her pictures of their genitals – Greg, that’s you, by the way. Ms Holmes gets messages from”Prince …
I am a huge fan of Mick Conefrey’s books, all of which I have listened to as audio books, as I trot round the streets of New Delhi (where I live). I have trained for mountaineering expeditions (w-a-y more modest than the ones he writes about!) and for marathons, listening …
“Evie Porter has everything a nice, Southern girl could want: a perfect, doting boyfriend, a house with a white picket fence and a garden, a fancy group of friends. The only catch: Evie Porter doesn’t exist.“ I’m not plot-spoiling here, by the way – this is the blurb on the …
