April is (almost) over and that means it’s time for another round of mini reviews! The Princess Bride by William Goldman I’ll preface this by admitting that I’ve never seen the film adaptation of this so I had no idea what I was getting into. That being said, reading this was so much fun! I… Continue reading Monthly Mini Reviews – April 2025
I can’t believe March is almost over! I very nearly forgot to post these reviews but, thankfully, I did remember to finish writing them just in time. Conclave by Robert Harris Admittedly, I read this because I wanted to watch the adaptation (which I haven’t actually seen yet) but I really rather enjoyed it. I… Continue reading Monthly Mini Reviews – March 2025
More mini reviews! Enjoy… Sweet Bean Paste by Durian Sukegawa This is a bittersweet little novel about isolation, finding purpose, and learning how to make sweet bean paste. I loved that it centred around an unlikely friendship formed between an elderly woman, a middle-aged man, and a high school student — all brought together by… Continue reading Monthly Mini Reviews – February 2025
Hello and welcome to first set of mini reviews for 2025! I’m starting fresh this year, which means no roll-overs from 2024, so if I didn’t review it last year, I probably never will. All of these books are ones I’ve read this month. The Kamogawa Food Detectives by Hisashi Kashiwai Once again, I have… Continue reading Monthly Mini Reviews – January 2025
I’m back with some mini reviews! Just two again this month because I’ve been reading a lot of Classics Club books and they need their own post(s). The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake When the world’s best magicians are offered an extraordinary opportunity, saying yes is easy. Each could join the secretive Alexandrian Society, whose… Continue reading Monthly Mini Reviews – May 2024
Just two mini-reviews for you all this month! The Core of the Sun by Johanna Sinisalo The Eusistocratic Republic of Finland has bred a new human sub-species of receptive, submissive women, called eloi, for sex and procreation, while intelligent, independent women are relegated to menial labor and sterilized so that they do not carry on… Continue reading Monthly Mini Reviews – April 2024
It’s review time and this month I have three books by women for you! Enjoy ~ I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman (tr. Ros Schwartz) Deep underground, thirty-nine women live imprisoned in a cage. Watched over by guards, the women have no memory of how they got there, no notion of time,… Continue reading Monthly Mini Reviews – March 2024
This month’s mini reviews include a book I read in July 2023 and two books I read in January 2024. Listen, I’m getting better at reviewing books soon after I’ve read them. Let’s just ignore how long it took me to write my review for N or M? shall we? N or M? by Agatha… Continue reading Monthly Mini Reviews – February 2024
This was going to be a fairly short review but I found that I had much more to say than I first expected! Quick note before I get into the review, you can read The Call of the Wild for free via Project Gutenberg. The Call of the Wild, first published in 1903, is a… Continue reading The Classics Club: The Call of the Wild by Jack London
Hello and welcome to first set of mini reviews for 2024! I’m hoping to post at least one set of mini reviews per month, mainly because I have so many reviews from last year to write up, but we’ll see what happens. Ghostly Stories by Celia Fremlin I really enjoyed this tiny book from an… Continue reading Monthly Mini Reviews – January 2024
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