For me, a good book really makes me feel something. Sally Rooney’s Normal People was so overwhelmingly tender it made me feel a bit nauseous…like, in a good way though. […]
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Book review: Be Guid tae yer Mammy
I’ve been looking forward to Emma Grae’s Be Guid tae yer Mammy for a long time; I follow Emma on Twitter and watching her publishing journey has been so amazing, […]
Book Review: the Lies She Told
Paula Johnston’s debut novel the Lies she Told is a wild ride – think Love Island but way more conspiriorital and dangerous. Johnston’s split narrative tells the story of orphaned […]
Book review: Daisy on the Outer Line
The unbridled excitement I felt when I found out that my home town of East Kilbride is one of the supporting locations in Ross Sayers Daisy on the Outer Line […]
2021 reading challenge check in
We’re officially half-way done with 2021 – where has it gone? This year I started a new job and, as lockdowns and restrictions are constantly easing and going back into […]
Book Review: the Immortal Soul Salvage Yard
The Immortal Soul Salvage Yard (2021) by Beth May is a collection of deeply vulnerable poems that expose the ugly but intimate aspects of mental health, recovery, and all sorts […]
Book Review: Bitterhall by Helen McClory
Set for early April release, Bitterhall will be the newest instalment in Helen McClory’s bilbliography, which includes Mayhem & Death, On the Edges of Vision and of course, the Goldblum Variations. Bitterhall takes the form of a […]
Book Review: Love and Other Thought Experiments (2020) by Sophie Ward
(My Book 2 of the Year!) Through the lens of philosophical deliberations, Sophie Ward explores one story of many loves in her 2020 novel, Love and Other Thought Experiments. Over […]
Book Review: Expectation (2020) by Anna Hope
Anna Hope’s Expectation explores close female friendships, motherhood and infertility, infidelity and adapting to a life that isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. It follows Hannah, Cate and Lissa, […]
2021 will be lived in books
I read constantly when I was younger. In the summer I’d walk to my local library a few times a week, sat in my friends bedrooms and read with them, […]