Eve Babitz captured the voluptuous quality of L.A. in the1960s in a wildly original, totally unique voice. These stories are time capsule gems, as poignant and startling today as they…
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2023 in Book Reviews: Daisy Jones & The Six, The Ex-Husband, Angela Carter’s Fairy Tales & 99% Mine
Today’s book review roundup includes; Taylor Jenkins Reid’s Daisy Jones and the Six, Karen Hamilton’s The Ex-Husband, a collection of fairy tales by Angela Carter and Sally Thorne’s 99% Mine….
2023 in Book Reviews: Bliss Montage, Klara and the Sun & Prince Harry’s Spare
Quite the interesting combination in today’s book review post as I dive into my thoughts and feelings on Ling Ma’s short story collection Bliss Montage, Kazuo Ishiguro’s Klara and the…
Book Review: Only Dull People Are Brilliant at Breakfast
A collection of Wilde’s celebrated witticisms on the dangers of sincerity, duplicitious biographers, the stupidity of the English – and his own genius. LIFE CHEATS US WITH SHADOWS. WE ASK…
Book Review: The Bloody Chamber
Next to Du Maurier, Angela Carter is one of my all-time favourite storytellers. Her masterpiece The Bloody Chamber sees Carter spin subversively dark and sensual versions of familiar fairy tales…
Book Review: Birthday Girl by Haruki Murakami
So, it’s been a while… A detailed explanation for my mysterious vanishing will be provided in another post, but the short story for my disappearance is that for the past…
Book Review: Paris For One And Other Stories
Thank you to the team at Penguin UK’s Michael Joseph for granting me a copy of Jojo Moyes’ Paris For One and Other Stories via NetGalley. Paris For One and Other Stories is…
Halloween Reads: Hanover House Book Review
Happy Halloween, bookworms! Now that October is officially Octover and we’re gearing up for a holly-jolly Christmas, I thought I’d share the book that has had me so engrossed this…
Book Review: The Bane Chronicles
An illustrated paperback that tells eleven exciting adventures about immortal warlock Magnus Bane. A fan-favourite character from Cassandra Clare’s Shadowhunter Chronicles, Magnus features in The Mortal Instruments, The Infernal Devices, Tales from…