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What had always felt to me like an overabundance of want, too much desire, had not been the problem. It was my fear of having to feel it that hurt me.” I picked up The Pisces knowing very little about it. Having spotted in on sale in my local Waterstones I decided to give it [...]
My father’s house was a strange place once partially deserted; yawn of space, hand held insufficiently over the mouth ….” Never judge a book by its cover - a cliche that every bookworm has ignored at some point. I did with Salt Slow - first I was drawn to it for the beautiful cover, then [...]
Met me there, where the sea meets the sky, lost but finally free.” The Salt Path was a book I had waited a long time to read. Having read the description a couple of years ago I waited for the right time to read it. I can’t be the only one who does things like [...]
You’d better be fearless and confident yourself, old man…” So I begin the next of my sea themed reads with a classic. I devoured this novella is a day - completely swept up in Hemmingway’s tight, impactful and moving prose. This book holds a special place in my heart. Both my dad and my granddad [...]
There is something rising in us, and I am glad. I want to stop for a moment and let it was over me." The first of my “Sea” themed August reads. This time it is The Water Cure by Sophie Mackintosh. I’ll admit that I was so captivated by this read that I almost forgot [...]
My last book of July is Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik. A wintry fairytale which was perfect for cooling down during the heatwave! I recently shared on Instagram that I’m relatively new convert to fantasy fiction. I’d always believed that the sci-fi and fantasy section of the bookshop was just not for me. Having found [...]
I will never leave him. It will be this, always, for as long as he will let me.If I had had words to speak such a thing, I would have. But there were none that seemed big enough for it, to hold that swelling truth." And so my obsession with modern retellings of classics continues. [...]
Woman finds her outside voice. Books were an antidepressant, a powerful SSRI. She’d always been one of those girls with socked feet tucked under her, her mouth slightly open in stunned, almost doped-up concentration. All the written words danced in a chain for her …” Now I hope it’s not just me who can find [...]
Not so far-fetched dysphoria We are called as women to keep silent and to be under obedience.” Once more I am very late to the party on this one with no real excuse because it’s been on my “must read” list for ages, basically since I read The Power by Christina Dalcher. Actually these two [...]
Totally worth all the hype They’ve done a lot of good for each other. Really, she thinks, really. People can really change one another.” So I’ll start by saying that I know I am late to the party with this one - it seems everyone has already read and reviewed this latest offering from Sally [...]
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