March was a huge month! Let’s get cracking. Pachinko, Min Jin Lee Spanning eighty years, this family saga engages the reader with a rich cast of wonderful and unique characters. I grew to love them and felt very keenly the stresses they experiences and was devastated when things didn’t go their way. I was pretty…
Februa-reads
This months books were a huge deviation from my usual – short stories! And a graphic novel! What a wild ride. What we talk about when we talk about love, Raymond Carter (1981) When I picked up this collection of short stories, a few days before Valentines Day, I didn’t know much about it. I…
Vox Lux: A Review
This review has spoilers! Don’t read it if you want to see the film (but DO know the film has a lot of graphic gun violence before you watch). Vox Lux is a film with interesting themes centred around a compelling character but ultimately is so graphically violent that it is hard to focus on…
Read-y, Set, Go
Here’s a small list of the books I read in January. It’s all fiction from female authors, what a surprise. Milkman, Anna Burns (2018) What a way to start the year. Milkman is one of the most unusual novels I have ever read. Before I begun, I came across quite a lot of advice on…
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