Category Archives: Book Reviews

Book Reviews and Recommended Reading

Top 10 lost women’s classics
June 13, 2018

What is a “lost” women’s classic? How unappreciated does something have to be before you [...]

Top 10 working-class heroes in books
June 6, 2018

“A working-class hero is something to be,” sang John Lennon. The heroes of history and [...]

Top 10 books to help you survive the digital age
May 30, 2018

I’m an Irish writer whose new novel is set in the digital, hi-tech future. Which [...]

Reading group: Rebecca West’s The Return of the Soldier is June’s book
May 29, 2018

This June marks 100 years since Rebecca West’s first novel The Return of the Soldier [...]

summer reading 2018
Book Group Summer Reading 2018

These are the books that have been nominated for summer reading with the book group.  [...]

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May
Top 10 books to understand happiness
May 16, 2018

Everyone knows it. Everyone wants it. But what is happiness, really? What’s going on in [...]

Carys Davies’ top 10 wilderness books
May 9, 2018

Sometime towards the end of 2016, I heard on my kitchen radio that astronomers had [...]

Reading group: Nightwood by Djuna Barnes is our book for May
May 8, 2018

Nightwood by Djuna Barnes has come out of the hat and will be this month’s [...]

Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine – Gail Honeyman

Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine is our book group discussion for February. [...]

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Feb
The Furthest Station – Ben Aaronovitch – A PC Grant Mystery Novella

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29
Sep
The Kill Society – Richard Kadrey – Sandman Slim #9

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31
Jul
Saint Death – Marcus Sedgwick ARC

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Jul