Read Magpie Lane by Lucy Atkins ★★★☆☆ pretty twisted tale with an increasingly suspect unreliable narrator. Tense & queasy.
Category Archives: Book
The Odyssey
Read: The Odyssey by Homer translated Emily Wilson ★★★★☆ easy to read, put in context a lot of novels based on greek tales I’ve read in the last couple of years.
An Unnecessarily Women
Read: An Unnecessarily Women by Rabih Alameddine ★★★☆☆ 📚a strange mix of the Beirut setting and literary references dominated the plot.
The Blazing World
Read: The Blazing World by Siri Hustvedt ★★★★★ several unreliable narrators, set in the NY art world beyond my ken. Became an engrossing and affecting read. 📚
Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto
Read Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto 📚 ★★★★☆ two sad stories of young folk dealling with death.
Read: Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata 📚 ★★★★☆ enjoyable strange tale.
Kartography by Kamila Shamsie
Read: Kartography by Kamila Shamsie ★★★☆☆ 📚
Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo
Read: Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo. I loved the paragraphs, often lacking fullstops and capitals, carried me along. ★★★★★ 📚
The Little House by Kyōko Nakajima
Read: The Little House by Kyōko Nakajima, trans: Ginny Tapley Takemori ★★★★★ beautiful story, delicious food. Glimpse into social and domestic life in Japan before & during WW2 📚
The Seduction by Joanna Briscoe
Read: The Seduction by Joanna Briscoe – Queasily page turning. ★★★☆☆ 📚