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Recent theatre work includes plays for Nottingham Playhouse, Southwark Playhouse, and VAULT Festival. Films include Reverberations (Film4) and Paintball Massacre (AmazonPrime). You may also have seen her smashing down some chips in a McDonalds advert... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/15e12c4a-9737-46d2-991f-b590f9bc9e33/Isambard+Rawbone+-+Headshot+%281%29.jpeg Blog - News: Cast announced for UK Tour of ‘If This Is Normal’ - ISAMBARD RAWBONE Isambard Rawbone is a London based actor who trained at University of Kent, Identity School of Acting and Raw Academy. Theatre roles include: Hamlet and Sense and Sensibility (Aquila Theatre/ US Tour), A Murder Most Foley (Fools Rush in Theatre/ Pleasance Theatre), Newsrevue (Canal Cafe Theatre), and Method In Madness (Entita Theatre/ Edinburgh Fringe, International Youth Arts Festival, Catford Broadway, Greenwich Theatre, Marlowe Theatre, Old Joint Stock, Croydon Utopia, Mumford Theatre). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/5fe3bb47-8130-4267-82c0-77715a940c48/Zarima+McDermott+%282%29.jpg Blog - News: Cast announced for UK Tour of ‘If This Is Normal’ - ZARIMA McDERMOTT Zarima trained at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. Theatre includes: Beast on the Moon (Finborough Theatre, which earned her a "Best Lead Female Performance" nomination at the Off West End Awards 2019), It's a London Life for Me (Greenwich Theatre), The Seagull (National Theatre, Dublin), The House of Bernarda Alba, The Caucasian Chalk Circle, Blood Wedding (Smock Alley Theatre, Dublin), Seven Wonders (Theatre N16). 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Seriously though I’ve wanted to read Salman Rushdie for many years and naturally I figured my first would be Midnight’s Children. However, as I’ve mentioned here before, my husband wanted to up his reading and we decided - particularly while we were locked up together at home 24/7 - that we’d have our own little book club. He’d just started Quichotte and was loving it so he bought a second copy and I tentatively started reading. I was surprised to really enjoy Rushdie’s writing. Due to his politically charged career I was expecting something really heavy, particularly because Quichotte was a reimagining of Don Quixote which I’ve only experienced as an unfeasibly long ballet. What I got instead was a metafictional rollicking ride with a narrator, a misguided love quest, an imaginary son, a talking cricket and a city overrun with dinosaurs. It critiques and satirises much of modern day life, with a particularly affecting scene about racism in America. It’s quite a strange book but I found it so intriguing, populated by interesting characters and bizarre storylines. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/8d701136-e85c-4d48-8720-1a620485041f/GIRL+WOMAN+OTHER+2.png Blog - Everything I Read in 2021! - ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (multi-character, women’s stories, LGBTQ, racism, spans long time frame) This is another one vying for the top spot in my books of the year! I put off reading Girl, Woman, Other for ages. I’d never read any Bernadine Evaristo before and was worried about how ‘experimental’ everyone said it was. When I finally picked it up for book club I loved it, almost from the off. It has everything I never knew I wanted in a book. There’s certainly a degree of experimentation there - Evaristo doesn’t use quotation marks for speech, each chapter is told from the point of view of a new character and it’s unclear if or how these all slot together until right at the end. However it’s actually a very easy read. Evaristo has a background in playwriting which felt immediately obvious to me, her characters jump off the page and the dialogue is crackling and alive. I know they’re making a TV adaptation (and maybe a stage one too?) and I really, really can’t wait. My only concern is that I can’t imagine it being better than the book! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/1990c111-fd1b-449d-a277-16f1f96d3cb4/loverman2.jpeg Blog - Everything I Read in 2021! - ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (multi-cultural, British-Antiguan, racism in UK, homophobia within Carribean community, post-natal depression, humour) After falling in love with Girl, Woman, Other I immediately declared myself an Evaristo fangirl and prepared to read everything she’d ever written. Mr Loverman was one I’d been intrigued by years earlier in the library so I was delighted when my Mum gifted me a three month subscription to Shelterbox Book Club and it was the first book. Particularly pleased too when I discovered Evaristo would be joining us for a Zoom chat. Mr Loverman immediately began vying with Girl, Woman, Other for my affections as it’s such a wonderfully written and moving story. Barrington Jedidiah Walker, a Septuagenarian British-Antiguan man, is unhappily married to Carmel with whom he has two adult daughters. He’s also secretly in a long term homosexual relationship with his childhood best friend Morris. When Morris gives him an ultimatum to finally leave Carmel and commit to their relationship, Barrington’s life is turned upside down. This book split readers in the book club as our allegiances were all over the place - we felt for Barry, but he was also awful in so many ways. Carmel was a pain but was also in pain. Evaristo’s talent for dialogue shone through once again and every character was fully realised and completely three dimensional. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/4d9e7e5a-a8dd-47b4-9796-7359c01f5f29/mrs+everything.jpeg Blog - Everything I Read in 2021! - ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (Family saga, Judaism, LGBT, Civil Rights) Easily one of my top reads of the year. I recommended it to so many women I know including my mum and my writing group, and I’ve yet to meet someone who didn’t love it too. It’s a sweeping family saga following two sisters - Jo and Beth - throughout their lives. I loved seeing both their perspectives, watching them grow up and into their identities. Weiner tackles a few key central issues in the novel, body image, familial pressure, Jewishness, racism and sexual identity. The personal stories of the sisters are set against a backdrop of the civil rights movement, lending an authenticity and context to their experiences. The characters are so fleshed out and fully realised that I almost wouldn’t be surprised if you told me they weren’t fictional after all. Just a perfect book. Full review HERE. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/25142c33-e5ab-4efd-a2d0-35d2b48f9e07/MDV2.jpeg Blog - Everything I Read in 2021! - ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (power dynamics, consent, teacher-student relationship, abuse, #MeToo, depression) I knew, before I even laid hands on this book that it was 100% for me and I was right. My Dark Vanessa is an incredibly well-written novel about sex, consent, power dynamics, trauma, coming-of-age and just so, so much more. I know some people really struggle with the Lolita-vibes in this book so it’s probably worth swerving if that might apply to you, but otherwise I cannot recommend this more. My full review is HERE. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/d842339b-f296-495d-abf8-820ec1461ac1/BLISS3.jpeg Blog - Everything I Read in 2021! - ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (mental illness, humour, marriage breakdown, family, strong sisterly relationship) Sorrow and Bliss was a huge hit in 2021 and I’m totally on board with the hype. The novel is written in the first person and follows Martha at a point where her marriage is breaking down. The story flips between past and present, unravelling Martha’s life from the moment ‘a little bomb exploded’ in her brain when she was 17. What follows is a nuanced and empathetic rendering of a life consumed by mental illness and its impact on both the sufferer and those around them. Though there are many humorous moments in the book, I found it extremely sad but relatable. I think it’s a book that will mean different things to different people and perhaps, to some, nothing at all but I loved it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/1dd67d06-6d62-486a-ab4a-1f951a0194f2/dead.jpeg Blog - Everything I Read in 2021! - ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (mental illness, death, family, relationships, LGBTQ, religion, mystery, humorous) This 2021 release is in a similar vein to Bliss and Sorrow, although it’s also totally unique. Gilda is a twenty-seven year old woman struggling with life when she visits a church looking for free therapy and is instead mistakenly interviewed for a job as the Church receptionist. A few lies later (she claims she’s Catholic and conceals the fact she’s a lesbian) she’s offered the job, replacing the recently deceased Grace. Gilda’s life is messy: she’s lying at work, her family isn’t dealing with the fact that her brother is an addict, she can’t seem to commit to the girlfriend she clearly adores, she’s obsessed with death, is a hypochondriac attending A&E regularly and has got some mental issues that aren’t being addressed. She’s very frustrating and inconsistent but I couldn’t help but care for her. She is so deeply empathetic that, when a friend of Grace emails the receptionist account, she replies as Grace rather than tell an old woman that her friend is dead. It’s obvious that life is overwhelming for someone like Gilda and that, for many people, is a relatable sensation. Though the book covers quite a lot of ground, Gilda’s voice is unique and compelling throughout. *thanks to netgalley for a free digital ARC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/ff99a253-dd14-4078-8b91-5ed60ea23310/Detransition+Baby.jpeg Blog - Everything I Read in 2021! - ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (LGBTQ, trans experience, co-parenting, modern family, detransition) There was A LOT of drama when Detransition, Baby made the Women’s Prize longlist last year. Some people were furious that a transgender woman would be included in that category. I wasn’t one of those people and it made me even more eager to read Detransition, Baby. Luckily for me, I was gifted a copy by Kate Leaver who bought a bunch from our joint local bookshop Queen’s Park Books to give away in protest at the backlash. There were a few moments early on in the book where I felt a bit at sea with it. My experience with trans friends has always been very much about their gender and what it’s like to live freely in the world. Torrey Peters delves right into a risque, sexual side that made me initially uncomfortable. It wasn’t that I thought any of it was wrong whatsoever, it was more that I feared it would give the anti-trans protestors fuel. However I want to be clear that my opinion changed. That element of the book is necessary to truly understand the characters and I thought Peters explored it in an incredibly effective way. The story revolves around a transwoman called Reece, her ex Ames (recently detransitioned) and Ame’s current girlfriend, a cis-woman called Katrina. When Katrina becomes pregnant, Ames panics about his ability to be a father so he contacts Reece, suggesting that they could perhaps raise the baby as a three. A complicated story follows as all three grapple with their gender, sexuality and feelings about parenthood. I’ve never read a fictional book from a trans perspective before and I found the insights completely eye-opening. I can only imagine how wonderful this book must be if Peters is speaking your own truth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/ed71d0a8-529d-4c82-a670-884a35ad27ef/THE+OTHER+BLACK+GIRL.jpeg Blog - Everything I Read in 2021! - ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (racism, publishing industry, thriller) I read this right at the top of the year and, as it’s a thriller, I can’t possibly remember every twist and turn now! This was a one of a kind novel and I particularly liked how Harris managed to genuinely critique the publishing industry while simultaneously weaving an intriguing fictional tale of threat and mystery. I felt like I was consistently entertained while also being educated on a world and situation I couldn’t ever personally experience in the same way myself. My full review is HERE. *thanks to netgalley for a free digital ARC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/27c20626-b061-464d-a8f3-4bc42967548a/backmanagain.jpeg Blog - Everything I Read in 2021! - ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (sequel, ice hockey, small town in Sweden, sexual assault, LGBTQ, mob mentality) Oh my lovely lovely Frederik Backman. If you haven’t read the Beartown series I’d like you to start doing that right now. Yes it’s about ice hockey in a small, fictional Swedish town. Yes that does seem like it would be boring. But no, no it is not. Us Against You is the sequel to Beartown and it’s just as beautifully written. It cannot, for me, rank higher than the original which will always have my heart but it was an excellent sequel, picking up exactly where it left off and re-introducing us to the characters we loved. There’s a particularly clever depiction of a politician using the small town’s needs for personal gain, which was simultaneously funny and depressing plus some truly hair raising moments. I’m so happy to have been able to return to Beartown. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/b47d757f-6df6-4f17-aa10-63b318ad1fe0/normal2.jpeg Blog - Everything I Read in 2021! - ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (romance, university, Ireland, depression, young adult life) While everyone in the world was crushing on Rooney’s 2021 release, I was finally picking up Normal People. Since I’m strongly impacted by hype I have somehow avoided knowing very much about the book at all and I also banned my household from watching the TV Series back in 2020. Dramatic behaviour aside, this all paid off because I was pleasantly surprised by Normal People. I found it really easy reading and was always reaching for the book in any spare moment. I can’t say I fell in love with the characters, or that I think about the story regularly, but I can totally see why Rooney is popular and look forward to reading another of her books soon. My full review is HERE. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/c87261c5-812e-4558-a8ce-3db796f4efa1/behind.jpeg Blog - Everything I Read in 2021! - ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (dystopian, racism, family) While I thought this book was a fantastic slow-burning dystopian thriller, I have to admit I really wish I hadn’t read it, particularly in the middle of a pandemic. I don’t want Alam to feel bad, but his book messed with my mind so thoroughly that it genuinely impacted my mental health. While this is a little alarming (though let’s be honest, many of us were due some kind of breakdown after the couple of years we’ve just had) I do also think it shows how deftly Alam wrote a book about the world we live in. The reason I struggled so much in the aftermath of reading it really is because of how plausible everything in the novel is. It starts with a white family settling into a swish Airbnb until they’re interrupted by an older black couple claiming to be the house’s owners, claiming that something has gone awry in the outside world and asking to stay. There’s no actual clarity on what’s happening so, for a while, the couple simply have to be either trusted or turfed out, either decision having potential blowback as well as revealing the inhabitants’ own biases. As the world around them begins to fall apart, the dependence we as humans have on technology is brought into sharp focus. I thought it was excellently executed and actually really enjoyed reading the novel. HERE, in fact, is the glowing review I wrote before I developed some sort of bookish PTSD. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/1a3a8340-96f0-4c46-a8d1-913868647cf0/JON+MCGREGOR.jpeg Blog - Everything I Read in 2021! - ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (Slow paced, poetic prose, community & nature) The second book in our husband-wife reading club. This was my first Jon McGregor book and it took me a really long time to get into it. He writes in a very specific way, almost at a remove from the action and focuses on communities as a whole rather than individual characters. Even when dramatic events occur, the book takes a step back and simply comments on the collective response from afar. At first I found this frustrating, more used to plot-centric narratives and character lead stories. Slowly though, I was seduced by the gentle pace, by the intertwining of human life and nature and by the time I put the book down I was sad to leave the village I’d come to know so well. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/230bbc20-bc43-437b-ae43-3fb5251fc35c/TWO+WAYS.jpeg Blog - Everything I Read in 2021! - ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (death, Egyptology, split timelines, alternative universes) I know Picoult is a bit of a marmite writer but I’ve enjoyed almost everything I’ve ever read by her. The Book of Two Ways felt, in some ways, like a bit of a departure from her usual style although it still did the thing I love where she takes a taboo or ethically questionable topic and grapples aggressively with it. The topic in this book is death, with the central character of Dawn working in the field - first as an Egyptologist uncovering tombs and later as a death doula, helping with the admin and emotion of dying. I thought the topic was really well-explored and was fascinated by much of the Egyptian history featured. However my book club was split, with the biggest complaint being that it felt like Picoult wanted to show off her research of Egyptology. I agree actually as, though impressive, there were vast swathes of text that read like a textbook. Still, another good read from Picoult in my opinion. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/268d35a6-62a8-4627-8594-ad4f3710a729/LIL+SCRATCH.jpeg Blog - Everything I Read in 2021! - - ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (experimental, stream of consciousness, sexual assault) I mulled over reading this for ages. It’s much more experimental literature than I usually enjoy but I loved the idea of following one woman’s thoughts throughout an entire day. In the end I quickly listened on audio because I managed to get last minute tickets for the stage adaptation at Hampstead Theatre and wanted to hear the text first. The book was interesting on audio, particularly as the author was narrating, so it felt like experiencing it as she meant it be received. The stage adaptation completely elevated it for me though and brought alive the humour, the despair and the storyline in a way that I loved. At some point I may also read the original text because it feels like the experience is hugely different depending on the medium. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/8138ddf7-c8d5-4192-8300-179d05465acb/pushkin.png Blog - Everything I Read in 2021! - ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (Icelandic fiction, translated fiction, homophobia, women’s rights, ambition, sexuality, 1960s) I bought this translated fiction novella for my sister as I thought it sounded quirky and, despite loving Iceland, neither of us had ever read anything by an Icelandic novelist. As soon as she read it she passed it onto me with instructions to read quickly so we could discuss it and I have done as ordered! Like nothing I’ve ever read, Ólafsdóttir’s writing style is at once totally readable and very strange. If I was discussing this book as a work in progress with my writing group there’s so much I would pinpoint as a problem. The protagonist, Hekla, holds us at arm’s length throughout the novel and relationships are often superficially explored. All the characters Hekla is close to, her friends, her boyfriend, her brother, are constantly depicted by way of their most extreme moments or emotions, one friend speaking almost exclusively in long, meandering monologues. Despite, or perhaps because of all of this I found myself gripped by Miss Iceland. Sixties Reykjavik is grim compared to the progressive, beautiful city we’ve visited, and the main focus of the novel is Hekla’s attempt to become a writer and an independent woman in a male dominated society. She’s a quietly determined woman, a staunch supporter of her much loved best friend Jon, who is sinking under the weight of the struggle of living as a gay man in a homophobic society. While Ólafsdóttir is seemingly talking endlessly about canapes and Ulysses and volcanoes and cats, we accompany Hekla on a moving journey as she and Jon attempt to find their places in a world that fights them at every turn. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/68443229-bc8b-4a3d-b95f-fa68a5c4399e/CHEERFULLY.jpeg Blog - Everything I Read in 2021! - ⭐⭐⭐ (WWII, patriotism, women’s Yours Cheerfully is the sequel to Dear Mrs Bird, a fantastic novel about Emmie, a wannabe war correspondent, who gets a job assisting the agony aunt at a women’s magazine during WWII. Yours Cheerfully catches up with Emmie on a brand new mission to use journalism to help better the lives of British women and help in the war effort. I loved Dear Mrs Bird and I remain a staunch fan of Emmie. However I found Yours Cheerfully to be a bit of a disappointing sequel. The pace felt very slow and the tone I’d loved so much the first time round jarred a little bit. However, though I found the first half of the novel a bit of a slog, it absolutely picked up after that and I finally felt Pearce had rediscovered the magic of her first novel. *thanks to netgalley for a free digital ARC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/260aca43-49ff-4b07-a0d9-ada68c23b8f7/luster.jpeg Blog - Everything I Read in 2021! - ⭐⭐⭐ (millennial, artist, adultery, sex, race, class) Luster is a book about a Black 23 year old woman - Edie - who is living a pretty grim life. She doesn’t like her job, is having an affair with a rich White married man and lives in an overpriced, grotty apartment. When she loses her job and moves in with her lover’s family, things - naturally - get complicated. It’s an intriguing premise and I know that for many Luster was a highlight of their 2021 reading. I thought the prose was beautiful and appreciated the biting wit with which Leilani delved into the disparities for Edie at work and in her relationship. The book was very dark, quite sad and I spent a lot of it alternatively feeling depressed, dismissive and then guilty which probably means it did some good dislodging of internal biases and preconceptions. Ultimately I struggled with how bizarre the novel became as the story progressed. I couldn’t connect with the characters or the way everyone’s intentions and desires kept slipping out of reach, everyone was just very, very weird. It isn’t a book I’ve particularly remembered or recommended personally since reading it but I think it’s far to say that thousands of others absolutely have so, you know, art is subjective! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/437b193f-c981-4c71-9793-8f00b4d8b03b/KLARA.jpeg Blog - Everything I Read in 2021! - - ⭐⭐⭐ (sci-fi, futuristic, AI, sickness, love) This was the first Ishiguro I’ve ever read and had high hopes since it was such a feted release. I listened to this on audio and I really wish I'd read it myself because the narration began well but became monotonous and was so slow that I increased the playback speed. I do feel that part of this was due to the fact that the book is written in the first person from the POV of an AI, so I understand it’s a natural choice for an actor to make. Klara and the Sun is a really interesting story, albeit one I can’t really flesh out here for fear of spoilers. There was something wonderful about seeing the world through a newcomer’s eyes and there was a touching exploration of illness and familial love that I enjoyed. It has a sort of sci-fi bent without being inaccessible which I also appreciated. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/b58371d0-4626-4f78-a605-3918ecefaeb7/no+one+writes.jpeg Blog - Everything I Read in 2021! - ⭐⭐⭐ (Colombian, war veterans, poverty) And the third and final book in our husband/wife reading club! This is the first Marquez book I’ve ever finished and I have quite mixed feelings about it. It’s quite compelling, reeling you into this strange tale where a veteran colonel waits and waits (for 15 years at this point) for the letter that will change his life and pay out his military pension, and it had some fantastic imagery. I can still see the old man trying to make his coffee out of the dregs and carefully carrying around a rooster while his wife struggles with asthma. Truthfully though I wasn’t sad to finish it and felt somewhat lost by the end. Reading about the context of the period of time Marquez was writing about, particularly the experience of living under martial law in Colombia, made me understand much more about the story but without doing that research I wouldn’t say I would have gleaned the same appreciation of the text. I have plans to read more Marquez but I’m not confident it’s going to be for me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/de508edf-95af-4715-96b5-a84ba27359e2/jetsetter2.jpeg Blog - Everything I Read in 2021! - ⭐⭐ (family drama, cruise ship, mental illness, trauma) This was one of my least favourite books of the year. I love a family drama and I was sure this’d be a win for me, particularly as it was a Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick and in general I’ve loved a lot of her choices. Although there were definite high points: I thought the structure - following a cruise ship’s itinerary - was fantastic, the general depiction of cruise ship life was also both spot on and gently satirical and there was lots to like about the complicated characters that made up the family. Ultimately however I really struggled to engage with the story or care enough about the outcome. There were an astonishing number of serious issues crammed into a pretty funny, light reading novel and it just didn’t all come together for me. *thanks to netgalley for a free digital ARC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/234ebd66-684c-4db3-8c6f-661e93d2e681/vacay2.jpeg Blog - Everything I Read in 2021! - ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (Lighter read, romance, friends-to-lovers, multi-country) Two books down and I can probably call myself an Emily Henry fan, albeit one waiting impatiently for her next Book Lovers to be released. Both You and Me on Vacation and her earlier novel Beach Reads are intelligent, playful romances with compelling characters, messy backstories and just the right amount of steam. Beach Reads was easily my number one - it had such an interesting central premise of two authors (and love interests) swapping genres as a writing challenge, and I’m hoping for more literary love in Book Lovers. I missed that aspect in You and Me on Vacation but it was still well-written, heartfelt and had an excellent amount of will-they-won’t-they drama right at the end. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/3a932367-922a-4e43-a5e1-d6a44863eff1/THE+SHELF.jpeg Blog - Everything I Read in 2021! - ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (humorous, reality TV satire, anti-romance) If you peer through my list you’ll have noticed that in 2021 I turned to light-hearted fiction (chick-lit, romance, up-lit etc.) more than usual because of, well, everything! I really enjoyed this break from heavier reads and found a few that I particularly enjoyed. The Shelf by Helly Acton was right up there - a cool premise well-executed. Amy gets dumped live onscreen as part of a reality TV show where women compete to be crowned ‘The Keeper’. I was delighted to find it perfectly balanced silliness with taking a proper pop at reality TV and the standards women are held up to in society and in relationships (including those we unnecessarily hold ourselves up to). It took me a while to properly warm to the central character of Amy as she didn’t seemed quite plain in comparison with the characters around her, but slowly she came into her own. An easy, delightful read. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/2c47201b-997f-4707-bb14-a33cde9cccb8/AD+CHOICES.jpeg Blog - Everything I Read in 2021! - ⭐⭐⭐ (best friends, relationships, betrayals) I’ve read all of Lucy Vine’s books as I find her delightful. Her debut, Hot Mess, is still my favourite both of her books and also maybe of the genre in particular. Bad Choices follows best friends and birthday twins Natalie and Zoe over a number of years as their friendship evolves. There’s a lot going on in this book which elevates it above a simple light read, and Lucy is fantastic at building a whole world that these girls (and then women) live in together. Sometimes the book feels a bit chock full with all the topics it seeks to address but, ultimately, it always comes back to the relationship between Natalie and Zoe which I really like. Lucy Vine’s books always celebrate friendship over romantic relationships and that makes them such refreshing reads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/3a35c919-a2a8-4707-91ef-9f4c38a4317b/WINDOW.jpeg Blog - Everything I Read in 2021! - ⭐⭐⭐ (romance, New York, new beginnings, very steamy) I picked this up for an end of year read as it looked like festive fun. It actually wasn’t very festive at all, despite being set at Christmas, but what it was was extremely steamy! Look at that innocent, sweet book cover! Though I found the interplay between the sweetness and the raw sexuality of the lead character a little jarring, I thought this was a well-written romance with a difference. Stella is fresh out of prison and trying to get her life back on track when she meets Aiden as they’re both peering into the display window outside upmarket store Vivant. Stella, an aspiring window dresser, applies for the job Vivant is advertising and soon discovers that her potential new boss is Aiden. I sped through this and really enjoyed all the characters and the will-they-won’t-they between Stella and Aiden. The ex-prisoner narrative worked well and made for a change from the usual backstories in these sorts of novels. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/b172f3a1-73a8-4bf9-b3bb-0d30b10dfdcd/matzah.jpeg Blog - Everything I Read in 2021! - ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (festive romance, Chanukkah themed, Judaism, NYC) I love a Christmas romance but I was delighted this year to come across this Chanukkah one! Rachel Rubenstein-Goldblatt is a Rabbi’s daughter and used to being a pillar of the Jewish community. She has a shameful secret though: not only does she love Christmas but she’s actually a very successful Christmas romance novelist under a pseudonym. When her publisher demands a Chanukkah themed book as part of their diversity drive, Rachel doesn’t know how to make Chanukkah as magical as Christmas. Then her old summer school flame Jacob comes back to town to throw the city’s first major Chanukkah party, The Matzah Ball, and Rachel realises she needs to do anything to get her hands on a ticket. I was so happy to find this novel and really enjoyed it. The author, Jean Meltzer, is actually an ex-rabbinical student so I loved how educational the book was about many aspects of Judaism. Both the author and the lead character suffer from ME, a chronic illness, and the representation of that in the book was fantastic. My mother (who has Crohn’s/ME) she said it was the first time she’d ever really seen herself represented in a novel. The actual romance element was a little disappointing, I didn’t particularly root for the characters and nor did the attraction build much throughout the book. That aside, totally recommend for a fun though insightful read. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/bbb3402c-b1d5-439f-a08b-99b2a61a67ee/WIE.jpeg Blog - Everything I Read in 2021! - ⭐⭐⭐ (light, easy-reading, revenge drama) If you read my yearly roundups you’ll probably have noted that there’s almost always a Jane Fallon book in there. Essentially if she’s written one that year, I’ve read it. I love Fallon’s books because they’re easy reads, sort of chick-lit meets revenge fantasy, with loads of twists and turns. With a background in TV she’s just excellent at plot - fast-paced, something’s always happening types of plot. However it’s worth noting that having now read so many of her novels the formula is now familiar to me and I find myself correctly predicting the twists earlier and earlier. I highly recommend her first few books - particularly Foursome and Getting Rid of Matthew - where it’s all very fresh. Still I did love the premise of Worst Idea Ever - a hit children’s author attempts to encourage her less successful best friend by creating a fake fan profile on social media. When her friend starts telling the anonymous account secrets about the author’s own husband however, the fake profile becomes essential in getting to the truth. Twisty, turny and lots of fun. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/e867e29a-4f19-4d5d-9721-654982202835/PLOT.jpeg Blog - Everything I Read in 2021! - ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (academia, thriller, twisty) Ironically this book by Korelitz about a writer who steals a plot so incredible from his own deceased writing student has, itself, a plot twist that I saw coming far earlier than I think I was supposed to. That aside I loved this novel. One of my literary fetishes is definitely US academic settings, so this story about a struggling writer (Jake) teaching ambitious creative writing students was perfect for me. When Jake becomes a star thanks to his newest novel featuring the stolen plot, he’s delighted. Then he starts receiving communications from an anonymous someone who knows his secret. Excellent fun. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/bedb5bf7-b0c2-43d8-b2ba-aecaa7104920/ewell.jpeg Blog - Everything I Read in 2021! - ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (mother/daughter, mystery solving, kidnapping, murder, obsession) OK yes, so this is the Lisa Jewell novel I would recommend out of the two I read this year. When 17 year old Talullah and her boyfriend disappear after a night out, leaving behind their infant son, Talullah’s mother Kim refuses to stop searching for them. Two years pass and the case is closed, until Sophie, a mystery writer, moves to the area and becomes obsessed with it. Teaming up with Kim they unravel the story and discover new evidence. Such a well-written thriller with a great mix of intrigue, horror and hope. *thanks to netgalley for a free digital ARC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/60f3ee3c-0a7e-428b-8fac-e20921e7b261/the+evidence+against+you.jpeg Blog - Everything I Read in 2021! - ⭐⭐⭐ (thriller, murder mystery, prison system) I previously read How to Disappear by Gillian McAllister which I thought was excellent, with a superb final twist! I’m always in the market for a good thriller and so I popped to the library to pick up one of her earlier novels. The Evidence Against You was also very good. It centres around Izzy, head chef at her family restaurant, and begins when her father comes out of prison after 17 years for murdering his wife, Izzy’s mother. There’s a great sense of place, I was kept guessing until the end (which I always love) and I particularly liked how McAllister showed how ill prepared for life people are when released into the world after a long prison sentence. A good thriller, but How to Disappear definitely my top choice still! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/d6a8edd2-4530-4346-a527-9d5b97181af1/TFU.jpeg Blog - Everything I Read in 2021! - ⭐⭐⭐ (thriller, adoption, long-lost family, secrets) I was really looking forward to this and it was, as usual for Jewell, a well-written thriller with a unique bent. However, though I enjoyed reading it, I didn’t love it and it’s not one I would re-read. I thought Jewell’s most recent release, The Night She Disappeared, was far superior. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/9eb598fd-eaae-436f-af6e-efc3b12a44ea/tcs2.jpeg Blog - Everything I Read in 2021! - ⭐⭐⭐ (true crime, murder mystery, experimental storytelling format) My full review of this book is HERE. However, if you’re planning to read True Crime Story yourself I don’t recommend reading my review because it’s too hard a book to discuss without spoilers! In short, although I like true crime, thrillers and books set in places I know well (Manchester in this case) I neither loved nor hated this book. The first third was compulsively readable, the structure and storytelling (particularly using emails, news stories and interview transcripts) were really cool and I absolutely needed to know what had happened. However by the ending I felt that the style overshadowed the story and I began to lose interest. *thanks to netgalley for a free digital ARC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/7a80b1bb-b85b-47f4-8057-a38c0994a347/the+other+passenger.jpeg Blog - Everything I Read in 2021! - ⭐⭐⭐ (thriller, London based, twisty) Louise Candlish has never written a bad thriller, I’m pretty sure I can say that with absolute conviction. This one is set on London’s waterways, with debt-ridden, twenty-something, aspiring actor Kit meeting the older Jamie on their daily riverboat commute to work. The two begin an unlikely friendship, along with their partners Clare and Melia. The novel begins with Kit going missing and Jamie approached by police as a suspect, with the story flipping back in time to reveal the foursome’s relationship as complex, messy and deceitful. Weird story, unlikable characters, unreliable narrator = lots of fun to read. I think it’s probably not my number one pick of her books - that’d probably go to Our House - but still a good, solid thriller. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/754fb1b8-7ce9-4cb5-92d1-9bcdc0201729/ynn+katz.jpeg Blog - Everything I Read in 2021! - ⭐⭐.5 (dark, thriller, dopplegangers, switched lives, murder) This was a bit of a disappointment for me. It started off well with a woman meeting her doppleganger whilst on holiday and agreeing, at the latter’s request and a little bit of manipulation, to switch lives for a month. Grappling to hide her true identity while dealing with her new and alarmingly strange son, there were lots of cool scenes where I couldn’t wait to see how she got herself out of each mess. Then there’s a dark turn and the justification for it falls firmly into a trope in thrillers that I just cannot get on board with because I think it’s lazy and irresponsible. I’m sure others may have a different opinion but it wasn’t for me. *thanks to netgalley for a free digital ARC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/bba08c6a-0882-4825-b1ea-539c865b74bb/LIBRARY+OF+LOST+THINGS.jpeg Blog - Everything I Read in 2021! - - ⭐⭐.5 (hoarding, compulsive shopping, PTSD, romance, bookish) I should clarify that this is a YA novel, something I don’t read much of anymore, and that was a book club choice. It felt far too juvenile for me and I probably wouldn’t have finished it usually, so I don’t think it’s necessarily fair for me to properly review it. It follows 17 year old Darcey Wells, who strives to escape her complicated real life by disappearing into books. She works at a bookstore, lives with her hoarder mother and is falling for Asher - a teenager living with the trauma of surviving an accident. It’s a good premise that has a lot of payoff, but I felt that there were so many issues that it became quite chaotic. It’s a long time since I was a teenager though and I read some gushing reviews from younger readers before I wrote this which suggests it’s potentially exactly what some of them are looking for. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/b29e53c1-22bd-469f-9b53-261ca2bbcfaa/CHARING+CROSS.jpeg Blog - Everything I Read in 2021! - ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (Epistolary, true story, literary themes) Helene Hanff is my favourite discovery of the year, and probably the author that I have recommended the most. Many people will be aware of 84 Charing Cross Road due to the movie adaptation of the book featuring Anthony Hopkins and Anne Bancroft. I, however, knew next to nothing about it when I picked up the slim volume in a second hand store in Whitstable that was closing down earlier this summer. This method of purchasing actually made the book have even more meaning to me, as it’s about the relationship between an American woman and a British bookshop book buyer as he sources her good second hand copies of English literature books. It’s a true story and entirely written in letters and it’s genuinely just an absolute delight. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/297e8618-79b3-4255-a7ef-ed31dbdecb3c/BLOOMSBURY.jpeg Blog - Everything I Read in 2021! - ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (sequel, true story, diary entries) The follow up to 84 Charing Cross Road, this is Hanff’s diary of when she finally visits London after selling the film rights to the book. Just as delightful! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/82373eeb-69a5-4fbf-b56d-3707c4a509b7/taussig.jpeg Blog - Everything I Read in 2021! - - ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (memoir, essays, disability education, accessibility,critical thinking) This is an incredible set of essays about disability that I would recommend to every single person. As soon as I put it down I started trying to explain each point Taussig had made to my parents, though ultimately I just suggested they read the book themselves. I listened on audio which was fantastic as Taussig narrates and is so obviously connected to her subject. I do however also plan to purchase a physical copy of the book because I think I could re-read sections over and over again to better understand. I’m not sure I can explain better than the author does why I found this book so groundbreaking but it genuinely really altered how I understand disability and accessibility. Big recommend from me! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/149d7dc9-fc24-4da3-9393-cdc8d34bf7e1/akala.jpeg Blog - Everything I Read in 2021! - - ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (memoir, historical, colonialism, race, working class) I don’t know how Akala manages to constantly evolve like some kind of super human, but he does. His career from rapper to social activist to comic book artist, is so multi-faceted I cannot keep up. He’s also so good at understanding Black British history and communicating it in a clear cut and consistently interesting manner. Natives is a look at the intersection of race and class in the UK. He talks about British Colonialism, racism, the divide between white and black children in the education system, the sexual objectification of black athletes plus much more. Akala combines historical fact with memoir, giving a personal touch to the information which keeps it engaging. I listened to this on audio and, though I love his voice, I feel that reading it would have been more useful for me, allowing me to highlight passages and flip back and forth while reading. Without that option it feels very much like I haven’t retained enough of the information as the book was pretty densely populated with ideas and I might have to re-read in the future. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/071841ba-29c9-46a4-bc32-78da6e9ad7dc/anna+wilson.jpeg Blog - Everything I Read in 2021! - ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (memoir, autism, mother/daughter) Ah such an incredible memoir. Anna Wilson’s mother was diagnosed with autism very late in life, too late for it really to be of any help to her personally. However after her death it helped Wilson understand so much about her childhood and her relationship with her mother. This memoir was so honest I found it painful to read at times, yet also completely compulsive reading. My full review is HERE. *thanks to netgalley for a free digital ARC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/07a20022-ef57-4180-afec-e219dbc94e9f/jews+don%27t+count2.jpeg Blog - Everything I Read in 2021! - - ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (critical thinking, anti-semitism, leftist politics, blind spots) As a half-Jewish person with an ever evolving understanding and appreciation of my religion, I found Jews Don’t Count to be a really interesting look an anti-semitism in the UK. Though I’ve grown up understanding that anti-semitism exists, it’s only recently that I’ve really been aware of how present it still is and the way in which it is triggered and grows as a result of political unrest and other current events. Baddiel’s book focuses on the problems we have in the UK with the progressive left’s handling of anti-semitism in comparison with how seriously Islamophobia, racism and homophobia are taken. I don’t agree 100% with everything but it’s a great introduction to critical thinking on the issue. I think it’s particularly good as a starter book - it’s short, easy to read and Baddiel’s tone is very engaging - so definitely one to recommend to people dabbling into understanding more but not ready to commit to a larger tome. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/22d5af8e-9741-44d8-9ea4-16d40560b051/CROHN+WAY.jpeg Blog - Everything I Read in 2021! - ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (chronic illness, crohns disease, humour, personal experience) As I get older it’s occurred to me that I have never really understood what Crohn’s disease is. This is somewhat shameful because my mother has it but, because I’m so poor at dealing with illness, I’ve never really sought out information. Kathleen Nicholl’s book was a great introduction. A sort of guide between an intro to Crohn’s, a bit of a memoir and advice to other sufferers it’s surprisingly very funny while being informative. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/8c5ad57a-117f-4a09-b098-c23944e84056/AVAIL.jpeg Blog - Everything I Read in 2021! - ⭐⭐⭐ (memoir, sexuality, sex after divorce, motherly guilt) My full review of Available is HERE so I won’t harp on too much about it. Available is a memoir by a first time writer about rediscovering her sexuality post-divorce. It explores her sexual exploits first and foremost but also touches on family life, the pain of divorce, the guilt of being a mother who also wants to be her own person and quite a bit more. It’s an interesting read and Williams is generously honest with us, her readers. For me personally it was a little crazy to be reading about someone’s own private experiences in such graphic detail and the book as a whole felt a bit lacking in focus and patchy - long sections about her ex-husband suddenly gave way to depictions of one night stands, leaving me unsure what exactly the point was. Still, I imagine it’s a memoir that will speak to a lot of women in the same position as Williams and I hope it gets the readership it deserves. *thanks to netgalley for a free digital ARC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/2af818e7-0b61-41ad-8232-a1c3b2dcf030/cultish.jpeg Blog - Everything I Read in 2021! - - ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (etymology, cults, use of language as control) Delighted to have discovered Amanda Montell this year. I’m absolutely fascinated by cults and conspiracies, as well as loving etymology, so this was right up my alley. Montell talks about the language used to create and maintain communities and cults, covering everything from MLM Marketing to Jim Jones and the Peoples Temple. I was particularly intrigued by an example she gives of two scientologists having a conversation where their language is so modified that it’s impossible, as an outsider, to understand what they’re discussing. The fact that she utilises the idea of cult-like behaviour in general (hence coining the word ‘Cultish’) gives the reader a clearer understanding of how language can impact everyday communication and how to recognise that ourselves. Really interesting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/9c90f663-aced-4920-b2d1-187de2bc2ed2/flick.jpeg Blog - Everything I Read in 2021! - ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (cinema, movies, depression, love triangle, low-wage work, ambition, disappointment) My final read of the year was this play by Annie Baker that I’ve had on my shelf for years. Reading plays is a strange pursuit because you only get part of the experience without actors, direction and more. However that means you can approach it critically, considering the different options in how it could be interpreted, particularly if you’re a theatremaker yourself. I liked The Flick. The characters were really interesting and there was a subtle, slow pace to the unfolding of their personal stories. I generally prefers plays with quite big climatic moments and this, in contrast, felt muted and gentle on the page. Still, it was an interesting story that kept me reading, intrigued to find out what each character really wanted and how their opportunities would pan out. I’d love to see this on stage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/afdf9a26-84fe-4b63-9694-6797a92302bf/thpiece.jpeg Blog - Everything I Read in 2021! - ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (Scottish, poverty, neglect, art, storytelling) I didn’t read a lot of plays this year but this was one I’d missed every time I tried to see it on stage. Since theatres were mostly closed last year I decided I was unlikely to get the chance for a while at least! It’s such a fantastic play and I can see why it was such a hit. Centered around two characters - Libby and Declan - from totally different backgrounds, the play follows their relationship after they meet late at night on the Salisbury Crags in Edinburgh. Declan is an artist, Libby a writer - both are struggling for different reasons. Though initially the intention is for them to help one another, it soon becomes clear that what Libby needs is simply Declan’s story. What follows is an incisive exploration of what a story is, who is belongs to and who has the right to tell it. It felt deeply relevant in today’s culture where allyship can slip uncomfortably into appropriation. The structure of the play mirrors the telling of a the story, becoming a little more meta by the end in a very affecting way. Still can’t wait to see this on stage. https://www.lucydanser.co.uk/blog/thank-you-santas monthly 0.5 2022-01-20 https://www.lucydanser.co.uk/blog/christmas-2021-gift-guide-book-edition monthly 0.5 2021-12-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/4288ec00-dbe7-49fd-b6e1-5599788cf00e/JCP.jpeg Blog - Christmas 2021 Gift Guide - Book Edition - FOR LITTLE CHRISTMAS MUNCHKINS One of my childhood favourites! Full of fun little notes and cards to read! Probably most suitable for 3+. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/e6e2701e-2fa3-4857-a54c-a2eb51d12fb8/TS.jpeg Blog - Christmas 2021 Gift Guide - Book Edition - A TIMELESS READ FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY I grew up reading Raymond Briggs’ books and I think The Snowman is a nostalgic read that the whole family can enjoy together. There are also TV and stage versions if the book goes down well! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/b6b3ccfa-5fba-4f73-9272-c13a19dfeae6/bds.jpeg Blog - Christmas 2021 Gift Guide - Book Edition - GREAT FOR TEENS & YOUNG ADULTS I love Jane Mount’s bookish illustrations. This new version of Bibliophile is a collaboration with Jamise Harper, the founder of Diverse Spines and features a large selection of often overlooked writers and books. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/fe369a78-2028-4870-837d-a4c8ef7c140f/humans.jpeg Blog - Christmas 2021 Gift Guide - Book Edition - FOR PRETTY MUCH ANYONE ON YOUR GIFT LIST Brandon Stanton’s Humans of New York project is astonishing and literally changes the lives of those he features. In this, his newest book, he travels the world to collect stories from humans everywhere. I just love it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/59915755-851a-4f13-a09d-7a4b27a8e53f/Dear+Reader.jpeg Blog - Christmas 2021 Gift Guide - Book Edition - FOR THE TRUE BOOK LOVERS I loved Cathy Retzenbrink’s The Last Act of Love, a moving and heart-breaking memoir, so I’m exciting to read Dear Reader in which she delves into the literature that has brought her solace over the years. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/c7421649-89bf-45cb-a68d-2fd5cca4c688/manifesto.jpeg Blog - Christmas 2021 Gift Guide - Book Edition - FOR THOSE WHO LOVE A GOOD MEMOIR I think Bernadine Evaristo is my top (new to me) author of the year. Everything she writes is gorgeous and incisive and I am so, so excited to read this memoir. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/95ef7426-da67-4b70-b569-8e4d3a13e1e5/The+Matzah+Ball.jpeg Blog - Christmas 2021 Gift Guide - Book Edition - FOR THE HOLIDAY ROMANCE FAN I usually read a Christmassy novel in December but this year I heard about this Chanukkah romance! Such a lovely little story from an ex-rabbinical student. Lots of fun and silliness but also surprisingly educational on the topics of Judaism and chronic illness. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/72c9b236-1aee-4a78-8f76-0d3a2a496afe/4000.jpeg Blog - Christmas 2021 Gift Guide - Book Edition - FOR THOSE WHO SET NEW YEARS RESOLUTIONS I keep hearing wonderful things about this non-fiction book in which Oliver Burkeman delivers a thought-provoking take on how we can best use the time we’re given. I think this would be a great gift for any family member, friend or gender - particularly in the large age bracket from young adulthood to middle age. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/a166c88f-2952-4ec0-a527-e1773645083b/BC.jpeg Blog - Christmas 2021 Gift Guide - Book Edition - FOR THOSE WITH A SUCCESSION HANGOVER For the Succession fan in your life. If they weren't obsessed with Brian Cox before they probably will be now. So get them his memoir while they wait for Season 4. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/50bb8a30-47fd-4256-b3d2-6a21f33c948c/PIRANESI.jpeg Blog - Christmas 2021 Gift Guide - Book Edition - FOR THOSE WHO LIKE SOMETHING DIFFERENT This year Susanna Clarke won the Women’s Prize for Fiction for her long awaited second novel Piranesi. It’s a sprawling tale that defies description, so a perfect purchase for those who might fancy reading something a little out of the ordinary. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/b06b91ea-892b-4996-a894-3f3ea70b02df/plip2.jpeg Blog - Christmas 2021 Gift Guide - Book Edition - FOR YOUR ROYALIST GRANDPARENTS That recommendation headline is a little niche I know but still, potentially helpful. Gyles Brandreth is an excellent writer and very funny, so I reckon this will be the most enjoyable Prince Phillip biography out there. https://www.lucydanser.co.uk/blog/book-review-yours-cheerfully monthly 0.5 2021-11-21 https://www.lucydanser.co.uk/blog/blog-travelling-malta monthly 0.5 2021-11-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/20f4b563-835d-435f-8581-a6bb401913bd/IMG_5743.jpeg Blog - Travel Blog: Travelling Malta (Part I - Gozo) - Make it stand out The grounds of the Kempinski https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/1637261684758-4NBQFWXO7DM7EOK9J2DX/IMG_5746.jpeg Blog - Travel Blog: Travelling Malta (Part I - Gozo) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/1637261703349-IDA63L9BOANBWRHLAM1A/IMG_5677.jpeg Blog - Travel Blog: Travelling Malta (Part I - Gozo) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/1637261704358-J3DSBWM5NNP2XCQLIYXK/IMG_5680.jpeg Blog - Travel Blog: Travelling Malta (Part I - Gozo) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/1637262103752-J6FJWRD97HKAO1X8NF5A/IMG_5721.jpeg Blog - Travel Blog: Travelling Malta (Part I - Gozo) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/1637262104967-G17W6VEMTQU21UNIBXQY/IMG_5708.jpeg Blog - Travel Blog: Travelling Malta (Part I - Gozo) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/1637262232961-O73CX41ZUKHKH2J744UW/IMG_5731.jpeg Blog - Travel Blog: Travelling Malta (Part I - Gozo) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/1637262881260-KT6UY00Q8QL94FOS0958/IMG_5782.jpg Blog - Travel Blog: Travelling Malta (Part I - Gozo) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/1637262884376-5FII6ZOWXHPO4LN4A08N/IMG_5783.jpg Blog - Travel Blog: Travelling Malta (Part I - Gozo) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/1637262989496-PGZYJSF05138RHLJQQJQ/IMG_5895.jpeg Blog - Travel Blog: Travelling Malta (Part I - Gozo) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/1637263133316-H87VJGPOA224DYXHN9O9/IMG_5824.jpeg Blog - Travel Blog: Travelling Malta (Part I - Gozo) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/1637263338092-467FNM8U5VVCX5DJO2LZ/IMG_5852.jpeg Blog - Travel Blog: Travelling Malta (Part I - Gozo) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/1637263161047-I3P7BV3C3GP8HS40NR1J/IMG_5893.jpeg Blog - Travel Blog: Travelling Malta (Part I - Gozo) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/1637263112988-KQYJZU76Y7IFUQCE1T73/IMG_5876.jpeg Blog - Travel Blog: Travelling Malta (Part I - Gozo) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/1637263337500-BAU6VJAN3K79AK8N12YN/IMG_5869.jpeg Blog - Travel Blog: Travelling Malta (Part I - Gozo) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/1637263348408-JXWOWC5MT1GEIC8489O8/IMG_5877.jpeg Blog - Travel Blog: Travelling Malta (Part I - Gozo) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/1637263568327-SXJ4GW56LNWG4S7KKVU4/IMG_5949.jpeg Blog - Travel Blog: Travelling Malta (Part I - Gozo) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/1637263534404-16S5KY2UTG960JSOODLJ/IMG_5978.jpeg Blog - Travel Blog: Travelling Malta (Part I - Gozo) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/1637263564004-JCA9WG3E2JRF1HBN4SPQ/IMG_5969.jpeg Blog - Travel Blog: Travelling Malta (Part I - Gozo) https://www.lucydanser.co.uk/blog/culture-wrap-up-september-2021 monthly 0.5 2021-10-19 https://www.lucydanser.co.uk/blog/book-review-normal-people monthly 0.5 2021-09-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/1631977007945-PASS5X63GKNR0AJVZ9FC/Screenshot+2021-09-18+at+15.55.49.png Blog - Book Review: Normal People - Make it stand out PS. When I listed Normal People on my Goodreads page, I flicked through the reviews and saw this absolute blinder. 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I’ve read quite a lot of Candlish so I know with her I’m likely to get both a really good read and a pretty unique story. The Other Passenger is set in London and narrated by Jamie, a rather unlikeable man in his forties whose claustrophobia has forced him to stop using the tube for his daily commute and also, therefore, to stop going to his respectable job. Now a barista, he travels to and from work on the Thames Riverboats where, along with the brooding Kit (whose girlfriend Melia works for Jamie’s partner Claire), he becomes part of a group of fellow passengers that call themselves The Water Rats. Kit and Melia are failed actors turned young professionals who are perpetually deep in debt. Despite a significant age and wealth gap between the two couples, the four become firm friends. When the novel opens, Kit has gone missing and Jamie is apprehended by two police officers as he steps off the riverboat on the way to work. So unfolds a tale of false friendships, lust, greed and deception. As usual Candlish weaves a great story with twists and turns aplenty. Though it was difficult to care much about any of the equally unlikeable characters in the novel (except perhaps Claire), the London conjured up is at once fun and dangerous and I felt a little shiver run through me when I passed an actual Thames riverboat stop a few days after reading! Admittedly this wasn’t a book that absolutely captured me but nonetheless it was a solid, enthralling thriller that kept me guessing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/1617808244976-SMAHPS7C8DQG9J2C03RN/klara.jpeg Blog - Blog: March Culture Wrap Up - ⭐⭐⭐⭐ - BUY THE BOOK I read this as part of Chapter Chat bookclub even though I ended up not being able to make the chat. This was my very first Ishiguro novel and I was excited to be jumping in with a brand new release. Unlike my other reads this month I listened to this on audio which isn’t my go-to with books, I personally prefer reading them myself, but it does mean I can get another book in when I’m driving. Also, Scribd is excellent at including brand new releases in their membership price, which is great when I don’t want to shell out for a hardback copy or wait months for a paperback! Not an ad (I wish), I just really like Scribd! Anyway, on to the novel. It’s a really hard book to review simply because of the way in which the story unfolds. It’s narrated by Klara, an Artificial Friend, and begins with her waiting in the shop window to be chosen and purchased by a family to be a companion for their teenage child. Klara is a particularly perceptive AF who picks up on peoples’ emotions and tries to understand the world as best she can. In turn we learn about the world of the novel only as she does. I really enjoyed Klara’s perspective and learning to gauge the balance between accepting what she tells us and realising that she might not always understand everything completely correctly. When Klara is purchased to be a companion to Josie, a sick child, she moves into their home and from there a story about love, family and invention develops. The reason I specifically mentioned that I listened to this on audio is because I found that the monotony of Klara’s voice as represented in the audiobook was at once believable and very slow, to the point that I ended listening on 1.5 playback speed which I rarely do. Overall I enjoyed Klara and the Sun and would certainly pick up another Ishiguro. I thought it explored an interesting idea, albeit quite a bleak one, and I was always curious about how Klara would interpret the information she was exposed to. The final third was a bit of a letdown. I thought the story fizzled out and didn’t really deal with some of the conundrums that had been set up earlier in the novel. I found myself a bit puzzled by things that didn’t quite make sense or add up which left me a little deflated. I think there’s plenty to enjoy in this novel and, at least in terms of my own reading, it certainly felt fresh and unique. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/1617808367163-AVM0AB6DI60R8GKUYJDE/colonel.jpeg Blog - Blog: March Culture Wrap Up - ⭐⭐⭐ - BUY THE BOOK If you’re reading my wrap ups regularly this is March’s offering for my most exclusive book club that is made up of just my husband and I. I’m trying to name it Books in Bed since that’s where the magic (reading) happens but he’s not really going with it. Work is picking up again so we picked up this slim novella by Gael Garcia Marquez. I’ve never finished a full novel by Marquez before (I started reading 100 Years of Solitude once) and I wasn’t sure I was a huge fan. Admittedly, I’m still not sure. I found No One Writes to the Colonel very readable. The characters were sharply defined and Marquez throws you firmly into the world right at the start. I quickly became absorbed in the monotony of the lives of the Colonel and his unwell wife, who are battling against poverty while grieving their son. Every day they try to feed both themselves and the rooster he left behind, which they hope will eventually make them money at the cockfights. Their real focus however is the army pension the Colonel is due to receive, which he’s been waiting for for fifteen years. Every Friday, when the postman comes, the Colonel hurriedly makes his way to the post office and hopes to see his money arrive. Every Friday he is disappointed. Though I found the world and the story so interesting, I have to admit that the novella by itself didn’t really do anything for me. It happened and then…it ended. However, when I read into the context surrounding the book, it instantly became more interesting. Set in Colombia, under martial law, No One Writes to the Colonel is a portrait of a people totally let down by their government, and living under terrible conditions. With that information in mind the novella comes to life a little more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/1617808471160-72A4GPZJU6IB6ILLDCZ6/GWO.png Blog - Blog: March Culture Wrap Up - ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ - BUY THE BOOK My read of the month! I’m always fearful of tackling much hyped books as its hard to temper your expectations. I’m so glad I finally snapped this one up though. Although I’ve always fancied the sound of Mr Loverman, I’ve actually never read any of Evaristo’s novels before, but now I reckon I’ll be working my way through them. Girl, Woman, Other is an interlocking series of glimpses into the lives of more than 21 different characters, the majority of which are Black women. I know that this has since been picked up for stage and screen adaptation and I can totally see why. Even as I was reading the novel, this carousel of lives were taking their places on a stage inside my brain. It probably has a little to do with the fact that the first character, Amma, is a playwright and director about to haver her National Theatre debut. While the stories of the women weave through time and location, they all eventually come back to this particular event in some way. I’ve read reviews where readers have complained that the novel is little more than a bunch of character biographies but I couldn’t disagree more. While each chapter starts off that way, slowly they morph into an integral part of the larger story. I had favourite storylines and characters for certain, and some perhaps fell a little flat for me, but ultimately I genuinely loved almost every minute of the novel. I’ve recently read more novels written from the point of the view of the Black British experience and what I particularly loved about Girl, Woman, Other is that is presented such a variety of characters and experiences at once. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/1617808573936-EUHNQ9X0B7UAN3GI3241/tss.png Blog - Blog: March Culture Wrap Up I recently started listening to The Sunday Salon and I really loved this episode with food writer Rebecca Seal. She was so down to earth, talking about working from home, her own career path and the life-work balance. Though it should be obvious, I was particularly affected by her comment that, while she loves her work, she doesn’t wish it to be the most interesting or important thing about her. In a time where we are encouraged to ‘have it all’ or adhere to a punishing work schedule in order to ‘be successful’, they were really grounding words. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/1617808660538-PZQ6M1VFOCDNT8S5XE65/TLS.png Blog - Blog: March Culture Wrap Up I’ve never listened to the TLS podcast before but I tuned in for their discussion on Klara and the Sun after I finished reading it and felt a bit lost. Their discussion was really interesting and, though it helped me understand aspects of the novel I’d missed, it also made me feel better about the bits I hadn’t been so wild about. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/1617882452412-Q4AWQHQ7YQK35YSXMBTB/THE+CROW.jpeg Blog - Blog: March Culture Wrap Up Yup, only just got around to this. Was pretty cautious at first but really enjoyed and am looking forward to the next season. Lots of great performances, particularly like Josh O’Connor. My only concern really is that, particularly around the Harry and Meghan interview, I heard people using The Crown as a sort of guide to history, using examples for and against the Royal Family. It’s pretty tempting to watch it all and feel like you’ve got a lot of information with which to form your opinions, but really a vast amount of it is fictional and written - as always - from a biased human perspective. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/1617882654261-SZ9NJC51B6IBBW7LNJ9X/download+%285%29.jpeg Blog - Blog: March Culture Wrap Up A new season has started and I couldn’t be happier. Bob’s Burgers is the best cartoon out there. I will fight you on this. It’s funny and warm and has so much heart. https://www.lucydanser.co.uk/blog/corona-diaries-vaccination-stations monthly 0.5 2021-03-29 https://www.lucydanser.co.uk/blog/book-review-mrs-everything monthly 0.5 2021-03-19 https://www.lucydanser.co.uk/blog/february-culture-wrap-up monthly 0.5 2021-03-11 https://www.lucydanser.co.uk/blog/book-review-a-place-for-everything monthly 0.5 2021-03-01 https://www.lucydanser.co.uk/blog/january-reading-wrap-up monthly 0.5 2021-02-04 https://www.lucydanser.co.uk/blog/corona-diaries-beginner monthly 0.5 2021-01-28 https://www.lucydanser.co.uk/blog/book-review-leave-the-world-behind monthly 0.5 2021-01-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/1611323686006-NMV74RTZ2960ET3FP2PV/IMG_8536.jpg Blog - Book Review: Leave The World Behind https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/1611323770768-32WQJNC6ZKMT6AWW4UWR/IMG_8537.jpg Blog - Book Review: Leave The World Behind https://www.lucydanser.co.uk/blog/book-review-the-other-black-girl monthly 0.5 2021-06-06 https://www.lucydanser.co.uk/blog/book-review-misery monthly 0.5 2021-01-08 https://www.lucydanser.co.uk/blog/my-reads-of-2020 monthly 0.5 2021-01-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/1609762561867-N8FUQ1TNOA8087WS3E6V/9780440413141.jpg Blog - My Reads of 2020 - ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ This was a fantastic read. Ever since reading David Adam’s The Man Who Couldn’t Stop and having that incredible feeling of someone else articulating something about your own thoughts and feelings, I have been absorbed with reading and writing about the otherwise ‘inarticulatable’ (the computer is telling me this is not a word, but the dictionary disagrees). Kissing Doorknobs is a novella based on the author’s own experiences on living with OCD and although there are some questionable aspects (in particular the Mother’s reaction to her daughter’s behaviour), I thought that it was an invaluable resource for parents and children alike. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/1609763179905-SYJOHENC689MNMNCBYVC/GOLDFINCH.jpg Blog - My Reads of 2020 - ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ One of my top reads of the year, I read this on Laura Lexx’s recommendation for my podcast Comics’ Books and fell totally in love with it. I didn’t really know anything about The Goldfinch in advance but it wasn’t a huge surprise that I loved it so much because it’s everything I most like about literature: a sprawling tale told in the first person, set over many years following one protagonist’s life experiences. From the opening section in which his mother is killed in a terrorist attack at an art gallery, Theo’s life is totally upended and anything but normal. From New York to Amsterdam by way of Berlin, we follow him as he lives with different families, drops in and out of school and forms enduring friendships, all the while missing his mother desperately. The title refers to a small, priceless painting that Theo takes from the museum in the middle of the terrorist attack and which becomes both the one constant in his life and the catalyst for many of his adventures, as well as an ever more dangerous secret to keep. One thing I particularly admired about Tartt’s writing is how she depicts Theo’s mental state without expressly addressing it, instead the reader is able to draw their own conclusions about his behaviour and its relationship to his traumatic upbringing. My review is HERE. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/1609762896046-VYTXP7WZE7S0DX8PY9UB/wdads.jpg Blog - My Reads of 2020 - ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ I know this is currently a UK bestseller so obviously people really are loving it as much as they did in the USA. I’ve since read some wild stuff about Delia Owens and encountered people who hated the book but it’s still a winner for me. Despite early reservations when I felt bogged down in descriptions of nature, I ended up loving this strange tale. I would agree with some of the complaints I’ve heard - particularly that the Black characters can be drawn a little one-dimensionally and only in reference to the White protagonist’s journey - but with that in mind I loved this novel mostly for the world it allowed me to inhabit. A world where the natural world is deeply appreciated and understood that completely captured my imagination. Full review HERE. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/1609763848097-QH3GO0TC90LKV03BTPP6/fox+8.jpg Blog - My Reads of 2020 - ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Another suggestion from Ben Bailey Smith, this is the most delicious book written by George Saunders with illustrations by Chelsea Cardinal. Written from the POV of Fox 8 who has learned to speak and write ‘hooman’ (spelling mistakes and all) it’s a heart-wrenching yet funny and hopeful short tale that asks us to think about our environment and wildlife far more than we currently do. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/1609764579520-IZWM98Z5O8YUWIMNGPGM/MAUS.jpg Blog - My Reads of 2020 - ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Cannot recommend this more. I have read and seen so much about the Holocaust that I didn’t think I would be as deeply affected by this memoir as I would be. Just absolutely incredible. Full review HERE. And yes you may buy this for me: METAMAUS. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/1609764074981-G374LSY2OG68FCNW5LG1/heretics.jpg Blog - My Reads of 2020 - ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ This was a huge hit for me. Another Comics’ Books podcast read, this was was picked by Jess Fostekew, who in turn was recommended it by Sara Pascoe. Though I expected a Jon Ronson-esque deep dive into the world of sceptics, this book delivered way more. The core of the book was Storr’s exploration of our brain and how its early development can impact the way we see and understand the world once we’re older. This was fascinating but also left me feeling a bit wobbly about the idea that I have so little control over my very own beliefs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/1609762725932-1JGQGXD63IEYHR25FORQ/five.jpg Blog - My Reads of 2020 - ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ I loved this! I thought this was going to be a light-hearted rom-com but it was actually a tear-jerking tale about ambition and friendship that kept me rapt. I whizzed through this and loved the twist. Full review HERE. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/1609763074722-IMHO4YOS2AFW3R0RHWFK/kay.jpg Blog - My Reads of 2020 - ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ I’ve put off reading this for so long and I have no idea why. Perhaps the hype, perhaps the fact that I’m pretty squeamish and freaked out about hospitals. A month into the pandemic though and it felt inappropriate not to at least try and understand more about the NHS and the job that junior doctors do. Although I would have liked a little more consistency - this is written a bit more like a diary and jumps around quite a bit - I thought this was a great read. I learned so much about the job that junior doctors do, as well as being regaled with anecdotes both humorous and devastating. I can see why this was such a hit and I think it’s great that so many people have become more invested in understanding and supporting our health system. Full review HERE. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/1609763789751-GG8EA5RVG6MM1F88Q5RU/image-asset.jpeg Blog - My Reads of 2020 - ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A Comics’ Books podcast read recommended by Ben Bailey Smith, I really enjoyed this bizarre read about an ageing Manhattan socialite (Frances) and her inept son (Malcolm) as they flee to Paris on discovering they are beset by scandal and financial ruin. Along with them is Small Frank, a black cat who Frances believes houses the soul of her late husband. Writing all this down now I can’t believe I enjoyed this surreal novel but I really, really did! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/1609765551005-K3U9YUNJ9GHM0YL6ZQH6/image-asset.jpeg Blog - My Reads of 2020 - ⭐⭐⭐⭐1/5 A goal this year was to read my very first Stephen King and right at the end of the year I did it! This was a book recommended by two different guests on Comics’ Books but it was Elf Lyons who finally pushed me to actually buy the book and start reading. Although it didn’t really grab me from the start, ultimately I loved Misery. Although there is an element of horror of course, what really appealed to me was the central plotline of the novel within a novel. As an aspiring novelist I found myself just as intrigued in this element of the tale as I was in protagonist Paul Sheldon’s chances of escape. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/1609764525515-84IIG7HMYQ742QSO8OB4/LITTLE+DISASTERS.jpg Blog - My Reads of 2020 - ⭐⭐⭐⭐1/2 One of my top reads of the year and one of my favourite psychological thrillers. There’s lots going on in this book with the themes of the stories of the two female protagonists interweaving in places, but it’s really Jess’ part of the story that I thought was incredibly well written. When Jess brings her daughter to the A&E where Liz works, the child’s head injuries spark concern and social services are called. As Jess’ story and behaviour start to spiral out of control, even Liz struggles to wonder if her friend is innocent of hurting her child. A masterful thriller about motherhood and mental health. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/1609763675854-8EFI29GV0ZNO6W2M1K4M/FRNAKEL.jpg Blog - My Reads of 2020 - ⭐⭐⭐⭐ For various reasons I’ve been intrigued by the concept of gender for years so this novel about a family raising a transgender daughter immediately appealed to me. Frankel’s own child is transgender, so the book came from a place of experiences and I loved seeing parents Rosie and Penn as they help their child Claude start to live as Poppy. Penn’s fairy stories were a lovely literary addition to the tale that might not appeal to everyone but I particularly loved the dynamics between the siblings as the family make loving, but messy, decisions to support Poppy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/1609762671326-DDU6T0I16MJ2OOYAS9CY/park.jpg Blog - My Reads of 2020 - ⭐⭐⭐⭐ As a pretty big Jodi Picoult fan her books are usually right up my alley. I love that she takes an ethical issue and tells a story that interrogates it from all angles. This one took me a bit of getting into but ultimately I loved it. A story told backwards, from a number of character’s perspectives, it was a heavily researched novel about abortion set in a women’s health centre during a hostage negotiation. I particularly liked that I didn’t feel in any way lectured, instead I finished the book feeling educated and unsettled. Full review HERE. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/1609764329714-Z0MW7CACK5EUOYDKKFPY/43263696._SY475_.jpg Blog - My Reads of 2020 - ⭐⭐⭐⭐ A Women’s Prize Shortlisted novel and one of my top reads of the year! Dominicana is the story of a young woman from the Dominican Republic, getting married and moving to America at the age of 15 in order to help build a life her family can eventually join. Based on the author’s mother’s experiences and laid upon a backdrop of American and Dominican politics, I found this novel - and in particular the character of Ana - crept into my mind and challenged the way I understood history, politics and immigration. Full review HERE. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/1609765400188-L8AVVHHXDI87X96T9082/BONES.jpg Blog - My Reads of 2020 - ⭐⭐⭐⭐ This was one of my last reads of the year and was, again, an advance e-copy from Netgalley and it comes out in April this year. Set in a small town in Colorado this is a superb debut crackling with dynamic characters, explosive secrets and violence. Full review HERE. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/1609764445855-S6OVQFO68QKCO99587OI/PEC.jpg Blog - My Reads of 2020 - ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Such a beautiful read. I won’t natter on about this now because I have a full review HERE. But this is a really good read if you’re interested in female friendships, growing up and multiple POVs. Full review HERE. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/1609762444209-RWHS8TOOMDR2NY5Q29JZ/THEROUX.jpg Blog - My Reads of 2020 - ⭐⭐⭐⭐ This was an audiobook listen and, as an eternal Theroux fan, I anticipated enjoying it. I absolutely did, in particular both my husband and I loved how he gave a little backstory of many of his documentaries and we spent days rewatching them all with much of this new information in mind. The audiobook was particularly entertaining (if cringey at times) because of Louis’ various attempts at accents, some of which were better than others! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/1609763017685-90IC19168TFCH2DG1X5V/image-asset.jpeg Blog - My Reads of 2020 - ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Another delight this year! Beach Read felt like a traditional romance novel with a literary aspect thrown in that delighted me as an aspiring novel writer. A literary novelist and a romance writer meet and, both struck with writer’s block, agree to switch genres and compete to finish and sell their manuscripts. A lovely read with some slightly sadder, darker sub-plots that were also consistently engaging. Full review HERE. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/1609763899759-C51QVYWMI6HZRBWQ4I0R/so+happy+it+hurts.jpg Blog - My Reads of 2020 - ⭐⭐⭐⭐ During lockdown my sister-in-law and I sent each other a secret book and this was what she sent me. At first I struggled with this book. Written mostly in note form, it follows Ottila’s attempts to give up drinking, sleeping with her boss and generally messing up her life. While I really liked the notes, letters and official documents that creatively made up much of the book, I found Ottila quite manic and messy and was particularly put off by the strange pacing of the book. However the introduction of her sister Mina, struggling with her mental health in a psychiatric ward, turned the whole book round for me. It was much heavier than I’d anticipated from the title and the early sections of the novel, but I thought the exploration of a family in the grips of grief and mental illness was excellent. I wouldn’t recommend this for everyone as I found much of it very affecting and feel it could be triggering for people in a similar situation to the characters. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/1609765355261-8LG67L0GBDNYASCVJ72H/image-asset.jpeg Blog - My Reads of 2020 - ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Yes, very very good. I’m a huge Mark Watson fan - both of his stand-up and his novels. Although he’s a very funny man, most of his work has quite dark undertones and this is no exception. It’s a book about one suicidal man who, deeply affected by the path his life has taken, boards a train to Edinburgh and sends a text to his entire address book to say goodbye. While it is of course a very sad premise Watson has a deft touch and beautifully explores all the different facets of this decision and the responses of those who feel responsible for saving him. Full review HERE. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/1609764149822-5BYMO56DA1CP6HM3OSL0/AFTER+THE+END.jpg Blog - My Reads of 2020 - ⭐⭐⭐⭐ My book club did a cool thing this year. Since we weren’t going to meet in person for a while, we all chose one book and posted it to each other at the end of the month. Ultimately we will all have read the same bunch of books and be able to rate and discuss them together. This novel was my pick. The blurb on the back of this book was very sparse, giving you pretty much zero in the way of information, so I didn’t really know what I was in for. I have since suggested that the book may not be suitable for everyone, particularly parents of young children, as it’s a very affecting story following a couple whose child is in intensive care inspired by the author’s own experiences. I could say more but since the author clearly wants people to come at the story fresh so I won’t, only that it was the second half of the book that I particularly loved. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/1609763428599-7XZZ9CCIMAUL39JLSOKY/naoise.jpg Blog - My Reads of 2020 - ⭐⭐⭐⭐ I went into this having no expectations and I’m still unsure quite what I though of it. Our protagonist Ava is extraordinarily introspective, in a way that regularly slips into selfishness and I often found her a bit wearing. That said, I found the novel very readable, with scenes that have stuck in my mind and Dolan has a wonderfully joyous way with language and grammar. She’s also extremely well-read and articulate, and uses her Instagram to share articles, thoughts and book recommendations regularly. Full review HERE. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/1609764622754-DBD0B5HG0H9W3NQ2RALH/QUEENIE.jpg Blog - My Reads of 2020 - ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Queenie has been such a major hit and, as you can see from my review HERE, I really enjoyed it and recommend it. However, in the time since I’ve read it I’ve had plenty of thinking time and I’m still a little disappointed that a book so focused on representing people correctly and calling out racism, is so negative in its portrayal of a Jewish character. I still recommend reading Queenie, there are plenty of books that struggle with their representation of other characters, but I would like to see a little more conversation around this aspect of the novel. My full review HERE. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/1609764207229-HO2NCX2XRK6XAPA6GRP1/queen+bee.jpg Blog - My Reads of 2020 - ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Jane Fallon is one of my favourite authors. She writes real chick-lit, always with a secret or a scandal at its heart and I really need her to write faster so I can more regularly sit in the bath and barrel through one of her novels when I’m in need of escapism. Queen Bee, though not in the least of Foursome or Leaving Matthew, was yet another fun read. Laura, a single mother and businesswoman, moves into a small rented annexe in a fancy cul-de-sac full of money obsessed neighbours, while she tries to find a property she can afford to buy. When she discovers a secret at the heart of snooty Queen Bee Stella’s life, she can’t help but get involved. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/1609765112024-UGXR257VN6MCQKMDLNWK/HOW+TO+DISAPPEAR.jpg Blog - My Reads of 2020 - ⭐⭐⭐⭐ My first Gillian McAllister novel and I’ve already nabbed my second from the library! A super twisty-turny thriller with a family at its heart and a final kick ass twist at its end. My favourite thrillers tend to be based in everyday family life and I particularly liked how rooted in that this one was, keeping me totally invested in the characters and the outcome of events for them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/1609765296446-RPA4QSNG2XUFXYG5RYN7/LIZZY+DENT.jpg Blog - My Reads of 2020 - ⭐⭐⭐⭐ This novel comes out in April this year (thanks to Netgalley I received an advance e-copy) and I highly recommend it. There’s a romance that becomes important to the plot but the story is actually about a woman, Birdy, who’s stuck in a bit of a rut and takes a mad gamble! So long as you can handle painfully cringeworthy scenes where our protagonist gets herself into a pickle then I’m sure you’ll enjoy! Full review HERE. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/1609762154447-MYHO3NUTKY0Y5EU69MEP/lucy+vine.jpg Blog - My Reads of 2020 - ⭐⭐⭐⭐ This was my first read of 2020 and a sneaky purchase before midnight NYE 2019 in order to keep my promise of no new books in the first three months of 2020. HA! That went well. But in my defence…well, you know. Anyway, Lucy Vine is a favourite of mine and her books are an automatic read for me. I found this a light and delightful romp that I sped through. A comedy twist on Eat, Pray, Love, the book follows Alice who, facing 30, as she travels round the world to #FindTheFun and herself. With cringeworthy blog posts and hedonistic adventures it’s a fun read, although Vine’s first Hot Mess is still my top pick of her books so far. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/1609763355076-A6CBILU4WBWR0RPZYFRN/olive.jpeg Blog - My Reads of 2020 - ⭐⭐⭐⭐ You can read my full review for Olive here. I thought this was a lovely first novel that really dug around in the experiences of modern day women and the decision they make on whether or not to have children. I particularly liked the way in which each woman in the friendship group was having a different experience which very much reflects reality for my friends and I at the moment. Here’s my review. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/1609764920341-MO7ECUO7M0ZJ378WA1MN/trfmh.jpg Blog - My Reads of 2020 - ⭐⭐⭐⭐ A Comics’ Book podcast read recommend by Tez Ilyas. Tez LOVED this book and found it really personally affecting. Reading it was quite a different experience for me but that made me think much more about authors and novels and intended audiences. Although I found the ending intensely irritating, I’m really glad I read the book because it prompted me to think properly about what it must have been like for Muslims in the USA after 9/11 and, going forward, how to apply that to how we treat people now and in the future. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/1609762125457-9OWIVMHWOLC0DE8HYH8S/9781509863815.jpg Blog - My Reads of 2020 I love a memoir and this one caught my eye on a bookshop wander. Edelstein, who was living in London when her Father was diagnosed with terminal cancer, packed up her bags and moved back to the USA. Six weeks after she arrived her father died and six months after that she discovered she had inherited Lynch Syndrome from him, meaning she would likely develop the same cancer. I’m drawn to books about real lives and the one is a truthful, touching and hopeful read following Edelstein’s experiences from her early years working in London to her life in the aftermath of everything that happened. Obviously this was difficult to read at times but I really loved how starkly honest her writing is, her perspective coming at times from a distance and at others from right back in the middle of her grief and confusion. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/1609764785233-YJRF1H51MMF98DRJKKBQ/big+summer.jpg Blog - My Reads of 2020 - ⭐⭐⭐⭐ I joined Scribd for a free trial in 2020 and immediately cancelled my Audible and Readly accounts so I could keep my subscription. Big Summer was my first audiobook on Scribd as well as being my first novel by Weiner. The story was actually a little heavier than the blurb and cover suggested and ended up being a sort of romance novel/murder mystery but I really enjoyed it and have already started my second Jennifer Weiner novel Mrs Everything. Big Summer comes out in May this year in the UK. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/1609764729952-1TJ2X7LHJF02NK5Z66JS/the+flat+share.jpg Blog - My Reads of 2020 - ⭐⭐⭐⭐ My first O’Leary book and I totally get all the fuss. This was a lovely romance novel with a unique premise and I really enjoyed the note writing format. Also, if you go on Beth O’Leary’s website you can read some extra little notes as a Christmas special. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/1609765239413-9IS85486HDI907EAVZ77/sall.jpg Blog - My Reads of 2020 - ⭐⭐⭐⭐ I picked this YA book up because I was taking Blume’s class on Masterclass and the way she described this book was horrifyingly close to my novel-in-progress, right down to the protagonist’s name. Fortunately, although there are some aspects in common, the two books are markedly different so I was able to settle down and enjoy the novel for what it was. I grew up with Blume’s books and it was lovely to revisit her work as an adult. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/1609763730051-LJZ1JYHDVOE8QTK4A3FI/PG+WODE.jpg Blog - My Reads of 2020 - ⭐⭐⭐⭐ This was a Comics’ Books podcast read chosen by Sindhu Vee. It felt way overdue for me to start reading Wodehouse but Sindhu’s love for it, and her family history of the books, sold it for me and I dove in. Although I found some of the farcical aspects of the book irritating (as I do with most farce) I enjoyed this way more than I’d anticipated and will probably pick up another Wodehouse when I want some light-hearted laughs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/1609762081631-TDQMJOOPHN1BOMMY17KO/IOWEYOUONE.jpg Blog - My Reads of 2020 - ⭐⭐⭐⭐ I went to see Sophie Kinsella a year or so ago in conversation at Waterstones with Lucy Vine and I realised that I hadn’t read much of her stuff since my early love for Diary of a Shopaholic (which I love to his day). I Owe You One wasn’t quite Becky Bloomwood territory but it had Kinsella’s trademark readability and humour. I loved this tale of family, romance and forever traded IOUs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/1609765161757-I5I6W7MJJUV0A2AJ3AXQ/TURT.jpg Blog - My Reads of 2020 - ⭐⭐⭐1/2 This was my second read for the book club book swap. This is as impressive and well-crafted a book as everyone says it is, with the main character Aidan having to relive a day over and over again in order to solve the mystery of Evelyn Hardcastle’s death. There were many aspects of it that will stay with me and I think it’s one of the most unique novels I’ve ever read. However, I personally tend to get infuriated very easily at books or movies that use the Groundhog Day trope (Groundhog Day included) so while the book impressed me I can’t say I consistently enjoyed it or that I’m running to read Turton’s new novel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/1609762818947-YUG1CQHJ4795NL0UG34K/knows.jpeg Blog - My Reads of 2020 - ⭐⭐⭐ I reviewed this earlier this year and I pretty much stand by everything I said. With a little bit of time I must admit the book has stayed with me and I am glad I read it but yeah, it was a looooong read! Eventually I’d like to read Catch-22 by Heller but I’m still a bit gun shy at the moment! Full review HERE. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/1609762232825-HHZC0VUHDKSXXNQEW2GV/HARI.jpg Blog - My Reads of 2020 - ⭐⭐⭐ This was a book club read that was a sweet tale with lots of humour. I really liked the bar setting, the storytelling night and Georgina’s go-getting character. Plus Lucas McCarthy is a swoon worthy leading man so I was totally into the romance. That said, the central plot conceit was a little far-fetched for me to jump fully onboard with! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/1609763121699-TEMDULJDE40WZA9NBDUN/stranger.jpg Blog - My Reads of 2020 - ⭐⭐⭐ This was my first Malcolm Gladwell and, for the most part, I thought it was great. I always step ahead from his books feeling a strange mixture of intelligent enough to get what he’s saying (I think) but also concerned that I’m not clever enough to feel confident that I’m not just taking his opinions on face value. I do think that the title of this book was a little tenuous, with such a huge range of concepts discussed under a banner that didn’t quite tie them all up in my opinion, but I thought the core issue, this idea of how we communicate with each other based on what we naturally believe and accept to be true is interesting. I was particularly interested in his reading of the Chanel Miller/Brock Turner case as I was simultaneously intrigued by his explanation of the issues surrounding drunkenness and concerned that he was giving Turner too much leeway. Miller herself has spoken out against this section of the book. Full review HERE. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/1609762290352-T1EIDBAZLGPO2XOC9U8W/SAB.jpg Blog - My Reads of 2020 - A Boy’s Guide to Track and Field by Sabrina Broadbent This was a really different read for me that I picked up because Sabrina was my teacher at Faber Academy this year. It’s hard to probably review this because we discussed various elements of it within our classes. The structure though is particularly noteworthy. Lem, 25 and recently dumped by his girlfriend Dawn, has moved back in with his mother and her step-father and spends the entire book on a tube ride to work as a teacher. From Walthamstow to Brixton he mulls over his life, arriving in the present, with lots of tube station trivia along the way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/1609762377284-DEFD3E32NVDJYWBTDRBM/image-asset.jpeg Blog - My Reads of 2020 - ⭐⭐⭐ Another Faber Academy read. We were supposed to have a session deconstructing this book with Doughty but this ended up being moved online. I’m a fan of Doughty’s writing, having previously read Apple Tree Yard and seeing her in conversation with Douglas Kennedy talking about Black Water. I found Platform Seven an up-and-down read. It’s very dark, focusing on suicide, coercive control and living life in the UK as a refugee. The supernatural elements story didn’t quite come together for me but the sections about Lisa and Matty’s controlling relationship were masterful. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/1609763545579-HZT72L3RXIK586XPHC99/download+%282%29.jpeg Blog - My Reads of 2020 I read this for Comics’ Books Podcast on the recommendation of comedian Sikisa. Lucy Thatcher is a friend of hers and she was so proud of her for publishing this collection. I enjoyed this set of musings on Lucy’s experience growing up as a Black woman in South London and you can hear Sikisa and I discussing the book HERE. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/1609763949352-GRIF9O3UOQYW6V6ZJLWS/silent.jpg Blog - My Reads of 2020 - ⭐⭐⭐ I love a good thriller and this was was ALL OVER THE PLACE for ages. I was actually a little disappointed in it, but I must admit I was really caught up in the hype surrounding it so it’s possible I had crazy high expectations! The set up of a psychiatrist taking a job solely because it would allow him access to a famously mute patient is a great premise and hooked me in straight away. Over the course of the novel however I failed to remain deeply engaged with the story and post-reading have forgotten it pretty much straight away. Again, people did LOVE this one so don’t take my word for it! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/1609764001812-T75DOJT99HB7MH6SSADT/dead+to+her.jpg Blog - My Reads of 2020 - ⭐⭐⭐ Though I loved Sarah Pinborough’s Behind Her Eyes, I found her second novel pretty forgetttable. This one falls somewhere in the middle for me. It was a very unique thriller for me, set in New Orleans with an interesting cast of characters, particularly newcomer Keisha. I was totally engaged throughout, wanting to know the twist and completely caught up in the womens’ world of voodoo and dangerous secrets, but it also wasn’t one that stuck in my mind much after I put it down. Full review HERE. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/1609764373448-8GFTJWORZPT9FC8864J4/HALL.jpg Blog - My Reads of 2020 - ⭐⭐⭐ This was another book I read because I adored a previous one by the same author. Araminta Hall’s Our Kind of Cruelty is one of my top psychological thrillers of all time. It’s twisty, clever and realistic. Imperfect Women was a big disappointment for me. Full review HERE. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/1609764872218-IEHOF9PR74TKJ8HBPM12/CSW.jpg Blog - My Reads of 2020 - ⭐⭐⭐ This book is so bizarre. Written from the POV of Keiko, a woman who has never felt she fitted into Japanese society, it begins with her working in a convenience store as she has done for the past 18 years and follows her as she attempts to fit the mould. I found this very thought-provoking and I still ponder over Keiko from time to time. Full review HERE. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/1609765512316-HG9F6QE88AYAN33TAO35/download+%283%29.jpeg Blog - My Reads of 2020 - ⭐⭐⭐ A longer review of this is incoming but I’ve been slow to write it due to some conflicted feelings. I listened to this on audio and found it pretty addictive, partly due to each story being bitesize (making a nice change from the longer books I’d been reading) and partly simply because I love true stories. This is compared in the blurb to Humans of New York but it doesn’t quite hit in the same way. The audio version may have been part of the issue as each story was read in a rather strange and monotonous way but I also had a bit of an issue with the way the stories in question were collected and are presented. For now though I’d say give it a listen if it’s your kind of thing but that only a handful of the stories will really stick with you. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/1609765598514-LVSOZ3TK3JEI0K4N9B5E/WOOL.jpg Blog - My Reads of 2020 - ⭐⭐⭐ My final read of the year was one that is totally out of my comfort zone and was the next in the book club book swap. Wool is the first in what’s definitely a trilogy (and, if my research is correct, now includes up to 9 books?) and takes place in an apocalyptic world where earth’s surviving population living in an underground silo. For a good 20% of the book (at least) I was pretty disinterested and, if I had been reading for myself, would likely have given up. I’m pleased though that I didn’t. Although I’m not certain to read onwards into the trilogy I really enjoyed the storytelling in this book and thought the world building was fascinating. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/1609764977618-4L0UVR8E4JGI9L6UCIXD/THE+WIVES.jpg Blog - My Reads of 2020 - ⭐⭐ This was such a weird book. Ostensibly a story about a man with three wives, it soon becomes much darker and more twisty turny. There’s lots that’s intriguing about this novel but ultimately I found the ending really messy, pretty untenable and a little distasteful. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/1609765056401-R3DW2G7O0PJTB9GS0QRO/fine.jpeg Blog - My Reads of 2020 - ⭐⭐ I didn’t really enjoy this book at all and I was quite close to giving up on it. At its heart is a story of a husband and wife, Penelope and Sanjay, trying to save their marriage by committing to complete honesty. There’s also a sudden death and unearthed secrets but it just didn’t all come together for me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/1609763487496-3CZLSS1QETKN3HPHZ30I/DATE.jpg Blog - My Reads of 2020 - ⭐⭐ This may have been my least favourite read of the year. I’m not a romance afficionado but I do enjoy then. However, despite the fact that there were aspects of this book that were entertaining and the characters themselves (particularly Noah) were likeable enough, neither the fake dating romance trope or the protagonist Rosie’s excessive need to compare men with her father, worked for me. I saw loads of positive reviews for this book though so that’s certainly just my opinion. For romance reads though I’d recommend Beach Read or The Summer Job. Here’s my review. https://www.lucydanser.co.uk/blog/blog-bookish-gift-guide monthly 0.5 2020-12-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/1608413702390-S4J4398TK4F6O0RO2W0B/Fox8.jpg Blog - Blog: Bookish Gift Guide - For pretty much anyone: I was introduced to George Saunder’s Fox 8 by Ben Bailey Smith aka Doc Brown, the author, rapper, comedian and actor. A voracious reader, he said that Fox 8 had been been a tonic for his family in the middle of a stressful house move. I read it in under an hour and understood exactly what he meant. Fox 8 is a short story with gorgeous illustrations by Chelsea Cardinal. It’s about a fox, his fascinations with humans and an adventure. What it’s not is a purely feel good story, which is why I wouldn’t categorise it as a children’s book. It’s actually a fairly brutal story that looks at how we treat wildlife and the environment. However it also contains an element of hope as well as an inventive writing style (the fox is writing the book, bad spelling and all) that makes it a pleasurable and touching reading experience. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/1608414641302-VQXVO5056G50O4DU5IQ4/dOMINICANA+3.jpeg Blog - Blog: Bookish Gift Guide - For anyone interested in own voices stories about the immigrant experience: I would slightly lean towards suggesting this book is well suited for women in particular but perhaps that because it was shortlisted for the Women’s Prize this year and because I loved it. Dominicana is a book set in the 1960s, based in both the Dominican Republic and NYC. Told from the point of view of fifteen year old Ana Cancion, it follows her experience of marrying an older man and moving to New York in order to help build a life that will eventually allow her to send for the rest of her family. Based on the experiences of the author’s Mother, the book is touching, full of life and grittily realistic. Ana’s is a uniquely dynamic voice and I found reading the novel to really challenge my perceptions in a way other immigration stories haven’t. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/1608549186372-QSB9YUMAFXW2BA5CFSBQ/BEARTOWN.jpeg Blog - Blog: Bookish Gift Guide - For someone who likes complex stories and doesn’t mind getting angry: Next year Fredrik Backman’s Beartown will come out on HBO and, eventually I hope, will be out over here in the UK. So this is a great book to get for someone to read before it hits the screen. I think Backman’s previous novel A Man Called Ove is better known here in the UK. Beartown however is one of my favourite reads. A sprawling tale, it’s set in an ailing fictional Swedish town where the hockey team is key to its future economic revival. When the star player is accused of the rape of a 15 year old girl the tale takes a much darker turn with Backman examining the choices people make when everything they’ve worked for is at stake. There’s also a sequel that my Mum tells me is even better. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/1608549983131-G0ZG0ZSFR0LDZ33QA591/download+%281%29.jpeg Blog - Blog: Bookish Gift Guide - For anyone interested in the ethical and human issues around abortion and women’s rights in the USA: The key point in Jodi Picoult’s A Spark of Light is that human lives don’t fit into the black and white that abortion laws demand. Set in a women’s health centre during a hostage takeover, it’s told from the point of view of various characters, from the doctors and pro-life protesters to the women waiting for treatment. While I haven’t retained much of the individual character storylines, two aspects of the novel have stayed with me. One is quite simply the research that Picoult put into understanding the process of abortion. One scene in particular is so visceral that is really forced me to consider the reality of abortion. The other thing I loved was how everyone’s stories overlapped, regardless of their stance on abortion. For me, this was an interesting way to explore these issues further. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/1608551296580-VF7HKFWMFNVOO6G2241Y/download+%284%29.jpeg Blog - Blog: Bookish Gift Guide - For someone who wants to laugh and laugh and laugh (and feel a little warm inside - in numerous ways) After her twitter thread in which she imagined being married to Jurgen Klopp went viral, comedian Laura Lexx landed a book deal to expand it into a book. This is the funny, naughty, heart-warming result. A short read, Klopp Actually follows Laura’s imaginary marriage to Klopp and their life together, along with their daughter Klipp. While there is a narrative that links to Laura’s examination of her own anxieties, the majority of the book is made up of little scenes that usually end up with imaginary Klopp saying something sensible followed by evermore hilarious metaphors for the sexual congress that follows! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/1608551759822-02OD9WPGNFX0QCJ1DF1E/images+%282%29.jpeg Blog - Blog: Bookish Gift Guide - For someone interested in the transgender experience and family stories: I thought this was a beautiful exploration of a family responding to an unexpected change in their lives. Raising a house full of sons, doctor Rosie and writer Penn are thrown for a loop when Claude announces he is a she, and she is called Poppy. What makes this book stand out for me compared to other ‘transgender stories’ is that the focus is always on the parents supporting Poppy in any way they can. What follows is a tale of parents trying to balance the needs of all their children simultaneously and fighting against a system that is trying to change and be empathetic but is struggling to evolve beyond the binary. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/1608552900580-XCWR124UD30RKQX1XR1P/download+%285%29.jpeg Blog - Blog: Bookish Gift Guide - For anyone who likes a good psychological thriller: I think this was my favourite thriller of the year. Liz, a doctor, has been growing apart from her friend Jess for a while. But when Jess turns up at her A&E in the middle of the night with her baby Betsey suffering a brain injury, Liz is shocked that her superiors find gaps in Jess’ story and call Child Services. As a desperate battle for Betsey’s health and custody ensues, Jess’ behaviour becomes ever stranger. I loved this thriller. The first chapter was a difficult read with violence against a baby and I nearly put it down. From the second chapter however it segues into the story proper and I was completely enthralled. No spoilers here but, for me, this was a masterful exploration of the human brain and what happens when things go wrong. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e74c92ee7a4030f7caec63f/1608553294059-IQUQYWG3XCZ2YYFVOPI1/WOOL.jpeg Blog - Blog: Bookish Gift Guide - For your sci-fi/apocalyptic novel/dystopian fiction reader: This is a bit of a left field pick from me, partly because it’s sci fi which is not a normal genre for me and partly because I haven’t yet actually finished it. However, I’ve heard from reliable sources that it’s good even after you finish it and if you’re buying for a sci fi or dystopian fiction lover this may be a good pick. 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