★★★★★
- Mar 11, 2022
Entangled Life, by Merlin Sheldrake
The perfect non-fiction book: Entangled Life genuinely changed how I see the world.
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★★★★☆
- Jun 25, 2021
Once Upon A River, by Diane Setterfield
Once Upon A River is a self-consciously clever book, in a way I found very satisfying. It’s structured so the individual stories all grow...
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★★★☆☆
- Apr 6, 2021
Love in Five Acts, by Daniel Krien
I had high hopes for this book, but in the end it left me a little cold. It’s psychologically astute, written in a refreshingly direct...
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★★★☆☆
- Feb 26, 2021
A Thousand Perfect Notes, by C.G.Drews
I came to this YA book from Twitter, where author C.G.Drews is something of a phenomenon; with 38k+ followers and a modest, quirky charm...
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★★★★☆
- Feb 26, 2021
The Mercies, by Kiran Millwood Hargrave
The Mercies is a bleak, cold, tale that chills you through and makes you grateful for modern comforts and the distance we’ve come in...
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★★★☆☆
- Feb 26, 2021
This Mournable Body, by Tsitsi Dangarembga
This Mournable Body is a beautifully written, psychologically insightful but, for me, excruciatingly uncomfortable story. The main...
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★★☆☆☆
- Sep 23, 2020
Love, Roddy Doyle
You should never judge a book by it’s cover, but your expectations going into this one might be very different depending on whether...
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★★★☆☆
- Aug 13, 2020
The Beekeeper of Aleppo, by Christy Lefteri
The Beekeeper of Aleppo is a readable reminder of the refugee lives being lived all around us, although it’s perhaps not as powerful as...
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★★★★☆
- Jun 19, 2020
The Confession, by Jessie Burton
The Confession is the kind of utterly engrossing book that pulls you in, to the exclusion of all else. My children were neglected for a...
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★★★☆☆
- Jun 17, 2020
The Godmother, by Hannelore Cayre
I don’t read much crime fiction, so I may be mistaken, but I don’t think this refreshing French award-winner follows the typical pattern....
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