Glimpsing a nourishing life; with a baked treat and a good book
I highly recommend this book, written by Patricia A. Dunn, to everyone – it is useful for writers, readers, teachers, and anyone who is part of today’s society! It looks at a range of books (YA novels and short stories), and analyses them in regard to their representation of disability. It is comprehensive, highly educational, […] Read more…
The Gracekeepers, by Kirsty Logan, is a beautifully lyrical book that is set in a time when the world has been changed by the rising of the oceans. Lands have disappeared, and society is divided into people who live on the mainland (“landlockers”) and those who live on the water (“damplings”). The Gracekeeper, Callanish, has […] Read more…
One by Sarah Crossan is a YA book about two teenage girls dealing with a new school, a difficult family life, new friends, life as teenagers, and health and emotional issues related to being conjoined twins. The summary on Goodreads: Grace and Tippi. Tippi and Grace. Two sisters. Two hearts. Two dreams. Two lives. But […] Read more…
The Tidal Zone by Sarah Moss was published on the 7th of July 2016, and due to raving reviews on booktube (mostly by Jen Campbell at https://www.youtube.com/user/jenvcampbell), I made sure I downloaded the audiobook from Audible as soon as possible. I finished this in three days, and today, only five days after its release, I […] Read more…
*spoiler free* Dean Mayes’ new book (which I received as an Advanced Reader’s Copy) is an extraordinary psychological thriller that eases you in at a well-paced speed, and then smacks you with every emotion possible on an epic whirlwind of suspense and mystery. And the twists, boy, will the twists claw at your insides! I […] Read more…
Today, I woke to the news that Harper Lee has sadly passed away. I have intended to write a review of her book, ‘Go Set a Watchman’, since I read it last August. Today seems a good day to do it, in memory of an amazing author. This book sat unpublished for many years until […] Read more…
“Grief is the Thing with Feathers” is a stunning debut book written by Max Porter. I had seen several positive reviews about this book, and although I put it on my to-read list, I was hesitant to read a book about a family dealing with grief. When I was in a great local bookstore recently, I […] Read more…