“A row of pot plants led from the gate to the office door. The pots held geraniums, as well as vygies and other succulents. I like...
I finished Lost Lambs with that strange mix of delight and bewilderment that only a truly odd book can deliver. Madeline Cash’s debut is punchy, fast...
Reading Departure(s) felt a little like settling into a long conversation with someone who has lived a full life and is finally ready to speak plainly....
I went into You & Me and You & Me and You & Me expecting a light, nostalgic rom com with a time travel twist, and...
After loving Jennie Godfrey’s debut The List of Suspicious Things, I did wonder whether her second novel would strike the same chord. I am very happy...
I went into Esther Is Now Following You expecting something light and entertaining, maybe even a little silly. What I got instead was a far more...
I picked up “Dear Debbie” expecting Freida McFadden’s usual brand of high‑octane chaos, and while the chaos is definitely there, this one feels a little different....
I went into The Cleaner by Mary Watson feeling genuinely excited. The premise alone had me hooked: a young woman infiltrating an elite Irish neighbourhood under...
Vuong has this uncanny ability to take the ugliest, most painful parts of being alive and render them with such tenderness that you can’t help but...
Every once in a while, a book arrives that doesn’t just entertain or inform, but reaches into the quiet corners of your life and sits with...
