Book Review – Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi

Transcendent Kingdom was one of my first requests on NetGalley this year and I’m thankful to both them and Penguin Random House for letting me access a review copy. I was blown away by Yaa Gyasi’s Homegoing – the writing… View Post

Book Review: Melmoth by Sarah Perry

I’m always attracted to ghost stories in the winter so Melmoth by Sarah Perry was one of my first choices for January.  I’d heard glimmers of mixed reviews on Bookstagram but I decided not to read them, preferring to be… View Post

Book Review : Ghost Wall by Sarah Moss

I’ve seen many good things about Sarah Moss’s writing over the past year so when I spotted Ghost Wall on our bookshop travels, I had to add it to our collection.  To be honest, I wasn’t entirely sure what to… View Post

Book Review: Tin Man by Sarah Winman

It begins with a painting won in a raffle: fifteen sunflowers, hung on the wall by a woman who believes that men and boys are capable of beautiful things. I expected love, jealousy and nostalgia from Tin Man. And I… View Post