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7.7.25

The Pangs of Love

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I'd forgotten how much I love Jane Gardam's writing, though I was very sad to hear of her death just a couple of months ago. I'd...
4.7.25

Maria Petranelli Is Prepared for Anything (Except This)

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Still reading my way through the Notables list. Maria Petranelli is Prepared for Anything (Except This) won the Ampersand Prize for first-t...
3.7.25

Searching for the Secret River

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Having read Kate Grenville's brilliant Unsettled not long ago, it seemed like fate when Searching for the Secret River popped up on Br...
2.7.25

Three Days in June

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I had completely forgotten that I'd reserved Anne Tyler's latest novel, Three Days in June , at the library, and by coincidence, my ...
1.7.25

Shadow Tag

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I've been a fan of Louise Erdrich's novels for a while now, but I hadn't come across Shadow Tag from 2010. It's unlike the ...
30.6.25

Fishing in the Styx

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 Ruth Park's second volume of autobiography, Fishing in the Styx (great title), picks up where the first left off, after her arrival fr...
27.6.25

Liar's Test

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    Still continuing my read through the CBCA Notables list, and I've come to Liar's Test by established First Nations author Ambel...
26.6.25

Go Set a Watchman

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Is it really ten years since the controversial posthumous publication of Harper Lee's Go Set a Watchman ? Not a sequel to To Kill A Mock...
23.6.25

Ghost Wall

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I saw Ghost Wall by Sarah Moss recommended by Penni Russon , who teaches it at uni, and instantly grabbed it from the library. Penni assure...
21.6.25

Attention All Shipping

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Attention All Shipping is a book I found in my father's collection, though I don't know if he ever actually read it. Published in 2...
20.6.25

Eleanor Jones Can't Keep a Secret

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Eleanor Jones Can't Keep a Secret by Amy Doak is another from the CBCA Notables list, and one I really enjoyed. It's a sequel to El...
19.6.25

Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant

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I've read and enjoyed many Anne Tyler novels over the years, but somehow Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant , long time staple of high sc...
18.6.25

James

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James is an utterly remarkable novel. Shortlisted for the Booker Prize and winner of the Pulitzer, it is both a deep literary conversation ...
17.6.25

The Message

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    I can't remember where I heard about Ta-Nehisi Coates' The Message , but I assume it was in the context of thinking about Gaza. ...
16.6.25

Unapologetic

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Years ago I fell in love with Francis Spufford's memoir about childhood reading, The Child That Books Built , and I also loved his 2021 ...