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A Heart Bent out of Shape – Emylia Hall
Last year, shortly after I began my blog, I was lucky enough to read and review Arvon Alumni Emylia Hall’s debut novel – The Book of Summers. What followed was something of an obsession, in which I...
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The Silent Wife – A. S. A. Harrison
Having spent the best part of two weeks reading the mammoth A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth, I was keen for the next book I read to be significantly shorter. And thus I began The Silent Wife – a New...
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Black Chalk – Christopher J Yates
They say never judge a book by its cover, and never has the case been truer than with Black Chalk – indeed when I first saw a copy of Christopher J Yates’ debut novel I immediately thought it was more...
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Life Drawing – Robin Black
Similar to writer’s block, there are times when, as a reader, I seem to hit a wall. This happened recently; I half-heartedly began a number of books but, unable to feign my interest, discarded them...
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Dracula – Bram Stoker
Not one to do things by halves, on top of setting myself the challenge to have finished the Top 100 BBC Reads by the end of the year, I’ve also joined two books clubs; one at work which is to meet...
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The Stand – Stephen King
Prior to reading The Stand, the only other book of Stephen King’s I had read was On Writing – part guide, part memoir, it had been recommended to me on a residential writing retreat I attended a...
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The Paying Guests – Sarah Waters
The second book I read from the Baileys Prize shortlist was The Paying Guests by Sarah Waters. Prior to Sarah appearing on a writing panel at the Southbank last summer, I hadn’t yet heard of her so I...
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Disclaimer – Renee Knight
Despite having set myself a rather strict reading schedule this year, consisting of the BBC’s Top 100, the Baileys Prize shortlist, and very little else, of late I’ve found myself veering from the...
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In My House – Alex Hourston
The more I read, the more the publishing world changes; the more imperative a novel’s opening becomes. In an era where online articles are both plentiful and free, and kindle users have thousands of...
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Black Rabbit Hall – Eve Chase
The blurb of Eve Chase’s debut is the type that seduces its reader before the book is even opened. Set in an idyllic Cornish home – from which the novel gets its name – in Black Rabbit Hall nothing...
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