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A heartbreaking and dramatic tale
I’ve had this book on my shelf for ages, and finally decided to pick it up on a whim because I liked the cover.
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A fractured but compelling read
Shortlisted for the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize, For She is Wrath is a clever gender-flipping retelling of Dumas’ The Count of Monte Cristo.
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Audiobook round-up: January
The first audiobook of the year was Eligible by Curtis Sittenfeld. The author of American Wife wrote Eligible a few years ago now, so it can be a little dated, but is basically a retelling of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice in modern-day Cincinnati.
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A witty romp
Who would have thought Virginia Woolf could be so funny? Orlando, her gender-bending tale of an Elizabethan man traversing centuries, is, frankly, hilarious.
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A beautiful heartbreak
Winner of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature, Han Kang’s writing is a love letter to South Korea. Her writing is majestic, poetic, and haunting. Human Acts is no different.
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A dragon-filled epic
Meet Raeve, an assassin whose inner sanctum is a world of ice and murk. Meet Kaan Vaegor, the heartbroken king, mourning the loss of his one true love. You can kind of see where this is going, right? Well, you’re right and wrong. A dragon-filled epic, there is a reason why When the Moon Hatched…
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A quick-witted coming-of-age story
From the mammoth task of Great Circle, to the lovely little palate-cleanser of The Party by Tessa Hadley. This novella tells the story of two sisters, Moira and Evelyn, in post-War Bristol, and one night that changes everything.
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A gripping tale of passion and mystery
My last book of 2024, and my first book of 2025, Great Circle was picked by my bookclub as our December / January read. It has a dual narrative; one, the life story of a young female aviator in the early 20th Century, and the other, the story of the actor who plays her decades…
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