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Book Review: Conquistadora by Esmeralda Santiago
A novelised tour Puerto Rico’s colonial history from the perspective of a determined and yet unlikeable heroine and the people she enslaves for a sugar hacienda in the 19th Century. It could have been improved with more focus on the lives of the slaves.
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Book Review: The Glassmaker by Tracy Chevalier
A juicy and reverent novel about a sparkling time in #history – the #Italian #Renaissance from the perspective of a determined young female glassmaker on the island of #Murano in #Venice.
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Book Review: Burial Rites by Hannah Kent
Inspired by a true story, Hannah Kent has woven a remarkable tale that is totally bewitching and magical in how it draws you in. The heroine Agnus Magnusdottir is condemned to death for her part in the brutal murder of a well-liked local man Natan Ketilsson.
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Book Review: The Ideological Brain by Leor Zmigrod
A very timely and interesting book about the interplay between ideology and rigid thinking and how our psychology and neurobiology influence our personal politics. You will learn why your brain is wired to be conservative or progressive.
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Book Review: All That Holds Between by S.J. Lee
A cosy and quirky mystery set in the near future in a Taiwanese town about lost memories, the bonding experience of delicious food, omnipotent technology and the human connections we all crave to be happy.
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Book Review: Hungerstone by Kat Dunn
A sexy dark and glittering jewel of a novel featuring Sapphic vampires and crumbling old Victorian estates with a cast of believable and enjoyable characters. You will want to get drawn into this one, but you may not be able to stop!
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Quirky insights into lost worlds: Ex Libris book plates
Passionate devotees of books from throughout history share a common thread with all of us modern-day bibiophiles, they longed to celebrate their books and mark their ownership with an Ex Libris book plate. Ever since Pharaonic Egypt, marking one’s ownership of a book has been a thing. Ex Libris bookplates are more than the stamped…
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Book Review: Diaries of Court Ladies of Old Japan by Shikibu Murasaki
A life-affirming collection of Japanese writing and poetry from the 11th Century AD. Written by aristocratic ladies in waiting to the empress of Japan they reflect the preoccupations, passions and obsessions of women born long long ago.
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Book Review: The Colony by Annika Norlin
A huge bestseller in Sweden, The Colony is a deeply an intimate and heartbreaking character study of what happens when strangers with a lot of emotional baggage find themselves together in an isolated self-sufficient community in rural Sweden. A strange book unlike any I’ve ever read before and I loved it.
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Book Review: Oddbody by Rose Keating
Rose Keating’s debut short story collection, Oddbody features macabre body #horror #tales with funny and unexpected twists and turns. #ShortStories #Fiction #RoseKeating #Books #Bookstodon #BookReview
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Book Review: Shady Hollow by Juneau Black
Wind in the Willows meets Sherlock Holmes in this delightful cosy mystery novel, the first in the series. It’s set in a forest village inhabited by larger-than-life woodland creatures with quirky personalities and a vividly rendered plot to sink your teeth into. #BookReview #Review #Books #Cosy #Mystery #Fiction #Animals #Detective #Novel #ShadyHollow #JuneauBlack
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Book Review: The Maid by Nita Prose
The Maid is a heartwarming and sharply observed cosy mystery #novel that feels like a gigantic warm hug and a hot mug of cocoa. The story invites you into the world of Molly Gray, a twenty-something hotel maid who has suffered many set backs in her young life but who nonetheless takes immense pride in…
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Book Review: Dependency by Tove Ditlevsen
Dependency is the third and final volume of Tove Ditlevsen’s masterful Copenhagen Trilogy, a searing work of autofiction that chronicles a life marked by artistic ambition, potent writing talent, vulnerability and addiction. #fiction #memoir #addiction #writing #novel #book #bookreview #ToveDitlevsen
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Book Review: The Book of Strange New Things by Michel Faber
Peter and Beatrice Leigh are 30-something British couple who are devoutly evangelical Christians and are living in a Britain of an imagined near future. In this imaginary Britain things look largely similar to how they are right now, except that there’s a colony of humans living on a faraway planet called Oasis. These pioneers are…
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Book Review: King Kong Theory by Virginie Despentes
Virginie Despentes’ King Kong Theory is a fierce and foundational text of modern feminism, a Molotov cocktail in #book form. Part #memoir, part #punk #manifesto, it is a raw, unapologetic, and deeply personal exploration of #gender, #power, and #sexuality in our modern world. #books #bookreview #VirginieDespentes #French #feminism
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