⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4/5 When I got the opportunity to read The Walking People, I was really excited as loved Mary Beth Keane's Ask Again, Yes. As with that novel, there are layers of family history in The Walking People, as we follow the central characters from their roots in Ireland to start a new life in … Continue reading Book Review: The Walking People – Mary Beth Keane
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Blog Tour: The 24-Hour Café -Libby Page
Having absolutely loved Libby Page's The Lido, I was extremely excited to get my hands on The 24-Hour Cafe, which has just published this month. Page's next novel takes place over the course of 24 hours, in a cafe near Liverpool Street station. Stella's is open all hours of the day and night, for weary … Continue reading Blog Tour: The 24-Hour Café -Libby Page
Review: Adults – Emma Jane Unsworth
This book was one of my most anticipated books of 2020 - I actually haven't read Unsworth's hugely acclaimed Animals yet, but the description of Adults just immediately grabbed me. It sounded like a warm and hugely funny take on what it is like to be a woman in her 30s in the modern world, … Continue reading Review: Adults – Emma Jane Unsworth
Review: The Dutch House – Ann Patchett
The Dutch House is an absorbing and elegant family drama, spanning across several generations of the Conroy family. It contains the comforting and familiar elements of a generational family saga, as our narrator Danny takes us through his childhood: growing up with his sister Maeve, a formidable father, an absent mother, and an evil stepmother. … Continue reading Review: The Dutch House – Ann Patchett
Review: Confession with Blue Horses – Sophie Hardach
Confession with Blue Horses, by Sophie Hardach is a beautiful novel, set in East Berlin in the 1980s. As soon as I heard a recommendation that anyone who loved the book Alone in Berlin or the film The Lives of Others should read it, I knew it was one for me! I don't typically read … Continue reading Review: Confession with Blue Horses – Sophie Hardach
A Modern Family – by Helga Flatland | @HelgaFlatland @rosie_hedger @OrendaBooks
Welcome to my stop on the blog tour for A Modern Family, by Helga Flatland! From the outset, I knew this was going to be a book that I loved - a book that pulls out the many intricate and meaningful narratives that are hidden within seemingly everyday lives and events. Reading this book feels … Continue reading A Modern Family – by Helga Flatland | @HelgaFlatland @rosie_hedger @OrendaBooks
Ellie and the Harp Maker – Hazel Prior
Welcome to my stop on the blog tour for Ellie and the Harp Maker by Hazel Prior. As someone who loves music and plays some instruments (to varying levels of success), this book immediately called out to me (with the gentle, resonant plucking of a harp!). One day, on a bit of a whim, Ellie, … Continue reading Ellie and the Harp Maker – Hazel Prior
My Mother’s Daughter – Ann O’Loughlin
Welcome to my stop on the blog tour for My Mother's Daughter, by Ann O'Loughlin! I realised recently that every single one of the books I've reviewed since I started my blog have been by women! What better way to continue this fortuitous trend, than with a book all about women, and what it means … Continue reading My Mother’s Daughter – Ann O’Loughlin
Blog Tour: The Beekeeper of Aleppo – Christy Lefteri
I am so pleased to share with you my review of The Beekeeper of Aleppo to celebrate its paperback publication. If you haven't read it yet, I urge you to pick up a copy from your bookshop!! My Review Quite simply, The Beekeeper of Aleppo, is a story that needs to be heard, and needs … Continue reading Blog Tour: The Beekeeper of Aleppo – Christy Lefteri
Tiger – Polly Clark
When I started the epic journey that is Tiger, I had no idea what to expect. Like one of the book’s central characters, primatologist Freida, I have always admired tigers, but in quite a one dimensional way - thinking of them primarily as instinctive, violent, powerful creatures - not necessarily qualities I’d have seen lending … Continue reading Tiger – Polly Clark
Sophie Jo's Bookshelf 