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The Rich People Have Gone Away by Regina Porter
New York City, 2020. Darla Jacobson and her husband Theo Harper are about to leave their Brooklyn apartment building to spend the summer...
Mar 133 min read


Dept. of Speculation by Jenny Offill
A young woman falls in love, marries, starts her career, becomes a mother, experiences the joys and challenges of parenthood with her...
Mar 42 min read


Skippy Dies by Paul Murray
I loved The Bee Sting , which I read when it was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 2023, and when my manager at the bookshop in Dublin...
Feb 263 min read


Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar
Martyr! is the debut novel by Iranian-American poet Kaveh Akbar and was one of last year’s buzzier books. I’m always curious about...
Jan 283 min read


Baumgartner by Paul Auster
It has been a good while since I have found the time to sit down and write up my thoughts on a book. So the books I want to review keep...
Jun 6, 20243 min read


Booker Prize 2023: Old God's Time by Sebastian Barry
For nine months now, Tom Kettle has got to enjoy the quiet solitude of retirement after ending his career with the garda. From his rented...
Nov 23, 20232 min read


Booker Prize 2023: All the Little Bird-Hearts by Victoria Lloyd-Barlow
Sunday has quiet day and currently eats only white foods. She cannot drink anything that is not fizzy and feels best burying her hands in...
Nov 22, 20233 min read


Booker Prize 2023: The House of Doors by Tan Twan Eng
Penang, 1921. Lesley and Robert Hamlyn are expecting an important visitor. “Willie” Somerset Maugham, who has been travelling through...
Nov 21, 20232 min read


Booker 2023: Western Lane by Chetna Maroo
Now that Gopi’s mother has died, it is up to her and her sisters to try and keep their father from falling apart. The only thing he still...
Nov 16, 20232 min read


Booker Prize 2023: Pearl by Siân Hughes
For some reason I expected not to enjoy this novel. Based on some blurb or review, I’d saved it in a similar category to Study for...
Nov 14, 20232 min read


Booker Prize 2023: How to Build a Boat by Elaine Feeney
In the fictional town of Emory, Eoin takes a walk with his 13 year old son Jamie who can’t stop talking for a second, filled with...
Nov 13, 20233 min read


Booker Prize 2023 - Study for Obedience by Sarah Bernstein
A young woman moves to an unnamed Northern country to stay with her older brother as a housekeeper. Here she faces not only the strange...
Nov 7, 20232 min read


Booker Prize 2023 - Prophet Song by Paul Lynch
I finished Prophet Song by Paul Lynch a few weeks ago, but I could not sit down and write up my thoughts about this novel right away,...
Nov 6, 20234 min read


So Late in the Day by Claire Keegan
“Elegance is saying just enough. And I do believe that the reader completes the story.” If that is true, Claire Keegan has to be the most...
Oct 30, 20232 min read


Booker Prize 2023 - The Bee Sting by Paul Murray
Rarely do I sit down to type up my review with no idea how to begin. But first things first: I loved The Bee Sting. There is so much...
Oct 17, 20233 min read


Booker Prize 2023 - This Other Eden by Paul Harding
I am sad to report that this was quite a disappointing read for me. Not because it was bad but I had such high expectations and it just...
Oct 12, 20233 min read


Booker Prize 2023 - If I Survive You by Jonathan Escoffery
What are you? That’s the question you are asked by everyone from a young age. Because to a society that is built on a clear hierarchy of...
Sep 28, 20233 min read
Summer by Ali Smith
I didn’t get around to starting the final book in Ali Smith’s quartet, Summer, until that season had almost come to an end. During these...
Sep 5, 20234 min read


Booker Prize 2023 - In Ascension by Martin MacInnes
Leigh grows up in Rotterdam, at 22 feet below sea level, and develops a fascination with the ocean from an early age. When she swims, she...
Aug 23, 20234 min read


Sibir von Sabrina Janesch
English version below 1945. Der zehnjährige Josef Ambacher und seine Familie steigen in einen Zug und treten die Reise in eine ungewisse...
Aug 3, 20233 min read
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