I could not stop thinking about this. There SO is a reason Pomare is called the king of twist!! It’s true, gosh I was never sure what I thought! I absolutely loved seeing New Zealand featured, I loved the podcast angle, the wrongful imprisonment…everything about it! This was such a page turner and I do […]
I don’t know how I missed this Barbara Kingsolver but I am so grateful to bookclub for reminding me I had it to read! I’m SO glad I made time for it and reading it in 2024 goodness; post covid, in the midst of Trump’s campaign this just gave me SO much to think about.
This memoir was making a huge splash when I first started at Dymocks, that beautifully yellow tactile cover just called to me from the shelves. I bought myself a copy and it had sat beautifully on my bedside table for the right moment.. When I did pick it up gosh I wish they had had
This is just the most saddest thriller-est book I can’t stop recommending! It is a sad one though; it looks at what families go through when someone goes missing; the victims family yes but also the accused. One I started this one I just sat and read the day away, I felt a sense that
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Historical fiction is my jam! Kirsten Hannah is an absolute master at it and so when I got to read an ARC of The Women you had better believe I was beside myself! I had no idea what I was in for and wouldn’t have had it any other way! I remember worrying my expectations
I recently got to speak with Diane Armstrong about The Wild Date Palm and so this is all so fresh in my head! What a page turner. This really was completely engrossing. ‘Moonless nights, white sheets and puffs of smoke’ this really is the ultimate story of espionage! I was so captivated by Shoshanna’s story.
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.I completely loved this story about a maid, a rat and a spoon. It was so nice spending more time with Molly the Maid of the bran muffin. I absolutely loved just spending more time with her and loved getting to know her back story. It was so nice to see her celebrated rather than
This is one of the best novels I have ever read. It completely was a romp to read. It had all of the fun, glamour, fashion and fashion you expect from a Natasha Lester novel. But it also completely has so much social commentary here. Why is it that most designers are men? Why are
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This has got to be Sally Hepworth’s darkest novel yet. I completely give it all the stars. This is such a worthy novel. It’s everything you expect in a Sally Hepworth; it’s fast, it’s dark, there are twists in the twists..but this is also about fostering, childhood, sisters and luck. It just gave me so much
What a story! There is not one thing I didn’t love. I love the 80s storyline; ‘the fingerless lace gloves and long strands of fake pearls’, the very 2017-ness of the 2017 storyline. The setting and descriptions the ‘cluster of people in matching black puffer jackets, all carrying paper cones of steaming fish and chips
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