Title: Sparks Like Stars Author: Nadia Hashimi Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: William Morrow Publication Date: 2nd March 2021 Rating: 5/5 Cover: Summary: Kabul, 1978: The daughter of a prominent family, Sitara Zamani lives a privileged life in Afghanistan’s thriving cosmopolitan capital. The 1970s are a time of remarkable promise under the leadership of people like Sardar Daoud, … Continue reading Sparks Like Stars by Nadia Hashimi – Blog Tour Review
Category: Literary fiction
A Very Nice Girl by Imogen Crimp – Book Review
Title: A Very Nice Girl Author: Imogen Crimp Genre: Fiction Publisher: Bloomsbury Publication Date: 3rd February 2022 Rating: 5/5 Cover: Summary: Anna is struggling to afford life in London as she trains to be a singer. During the day, she vies to succeed against her course mates with their discreet but inexhaustible streams of cultural … Continue reading A Very Nice Girl by Imogen Crimp – Book Review
Devotion by Hannah Kent – Book Review
Title: Devotion Author: Hannah Kent Genre: Literary/Historical Fiction Publisher: Picador Publication Date: 3rd February 2022 Rating: 5/5 Cover: Summary: 1836, Prussia. Hanne is nearly fifteen and the domestic world of womanhood is quickly closing in on her. A child of nature, she yearns instead for the rush of the river, the wind dancing around her. Hanne … Continue reading Devotion by Hannah Kent – Book Review
My Favourite 21 Books of 2021!
This year has been awful in many ways, but the one thing that has remained consistently incredible is the quality of the books being published. I found creating this list so hard because there are many books not on this list that I absolutely loved. However, I had to draw the line somewhere or this … Continue reading My Favourite 21 Books of 2021!
White Ivy by Susie Yang – Blog Tour – Review
Title: White Ivy Author: Susie Yang Genre: Fiction Publisher: Wildfire Publication Date: 19th August 2021 (Paperback) Rating: 5/5 Cover: Summary: Ivy Lin was a thief. But you'd never know it to look at her… Ivy Lin, a Chinese immigrant growing up in a low-income apartment complex outside Boston, is desperate to assimilate with her American … Continue reading White Ivy by Susie Yang – Blog Tour – Review
Heaven by Mieko Kawakami – Book Review
Title: Heaven Author: Mieko Kawakami Genre: Literary Fiction Publisher: Picador Publication Date: 10th June 2021 Rating: 4.5/5 Cover: Summary: In Heaven, a fourteen-year old boy is tormented for having a lazy eye. Instead of resisting, he chooses to suffer in silence. The only person who understands what he is going through is a female classmate, … Continue reading Heaven by Mieko Kawakami – Book Review
The Good Neighbours by Nina Allan – Social Tour
Title: The Good Neighbours Author: Nina Allan Genre: Fiction Publisher: Riverrun Publication Date: 10th June 2021 Rating: 5/5 Cover: Summary: Cath is a photographer hoping to go freelance, working in a record shop to pay the rent and eking out her time with her manager Steve. He thinks her photography is detective work, drawing attention … Continue reading The Good Neighbours by Nina Allan – Social Tour
Darke Matter by Rick Gekoski – Blog Tour Review
Title: Darke Matter Author: Rick Gekoski Genre: Fiction Publisher: Constable Publication Date: 14th May 2020 Rating: 4/5 Cover: Summary: James Darke is dreading the first family Christmas without his wife Suzy. Engulfed by grief, his grudging preparations are interrupted by a persistent knock at the door. Questions about the circumstances of his wife's death force … Continue reading Darke Matter by Rick Gekoski – Blog Tour Review
The Favour by Laura Vaughan – Blog Tour Review
Title: The Favour Author: Laura Vaughan Genre: Fiction Publisher: Corvus Publication Date: 4th March 2021 Rating: 5/5 Cover: Summary: Fortune favours the fraud… When she was thirteen years old, Ada Howell lost not just her father, but the life she felt she was destined to lead. Now, at eighteen, Ada is given a second chance … Continue reading The Favour by Laura Vaughan – Blog Tour Review
How The One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House by Cherie Jones – Book Review
Title: How The One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House Author: Cherie Jones Genre: Fiction, Literary Fiction Publisher: Tinder Press Publication Date: 21st January 2021 Rating: 5/5 Cover: Summary: In Baxter's Beach, Barbados, Lala's grandmother Wilma tells the story of the one-armed sister, a cautionary tale about what happens to girls who disobey their mothers. For Wilma, … Continue reading How The One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House by Cherie Jones – Book Review
