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Someone described The Last Romeo as Sex and the City meets Bridget Jones’s Diary.
James is 34 and has just emerged from a 6-year relationship with Adam. He hates his job and his best friend Bella is heading off to Russia – leaving him behind.
And what is there to do when you’re adrift, single and lonely in London? Online dating, of course! Continue reading “Sunday read: The Last Romeo”
I’ve had a few “burning-issues” kind of books land on my desk recently. These are my favourite kinds of books. Stories that weave an intricate narrative with social observation and even commentary are what I gravitate to.
However, I find myself turning to a lighter read every now and then … just to get off the hamster wheel. Sometimes I read just for a good story, a bit of romance and intrigue and to escape the sometimes overwhelming reality of what is going on around me. Continue reading “Sunday read: What Lies Within”
I was eager to begin reading this novel.
Reading is an emotional journey for me. It is about testing my emotions, my empathy, and my understanding. For me, a book is gripping because it appeals to me emotionally, it tests me and it leaves me thinking about what I’ve read for a long time to come. Continue reading “Sunday read: A Kind of Freedom”
I’ve just read the first chapter of Kate Furnivall’s The Betrayal and I can’t wait to get into this one.
The first pages of this novel are tense and image-laden — filled with dripping blood, despair, collusion … and betrayal. Twin sisters, Romy and Florence, share a horrible secret about the murder of their father. Continue reading “Sunday read: The Betrayal”
There’s no better press drop than a book drop in our home. And when it’s a young adult novel, there’s inevitably an argument about who gets to read the book first. The Girl Who Saw Lions by Berlie Doherty landed on my desk last week.
Abela is from a village in Tanzania and has lost everything. She’s forced to flee her home to Britain, where she is an illegal migrant.⠀ Continue reading “Sunday read: The Girl Who Saw Lions”
Ali Land, author of one of the most extraordinary, controversial and explosive literary debuts of 2017, with be launching her book Good Me Bad Me to Cape Town audiences in September. She will be participating in a number of events at the Open Book Festival between September 6 and 10
She will also be at the following venues:
Take a look at my review of Good Me Bad Me earlier this year.
You can also read an extract from the book and a Q&A with Ali Land here.
Origin is said to be Dan Brown’s “most brilliant and entertaining novel to date” and will be available at bookstores in October.
Continue reading “Dan Brown’s Origin will be in stores soon”
For a while now, I have been unable to read a serious, thought-provoking novel.
Hence my last review was a of a Sophie Kinsella novel that I, surprisingly, thoroughly enjoyed. The happy ending was just what I needed to soothe my soul that weekend.
I strongly believe that to truly embrace reading, one must accept that there is a time and place to enjoy different genres – even ones you generally wouldn’t go near.
Continue reading “Review: Read Sophie Hannah if the unexpected doesn’t scare you”
Every now and then it’s okay to live out the box – do something you don’t often do, read something you don’t often read.
I’ve never been much of a “chick lit” fan. But, as I embark on new journeys, I’ve decided to read new genres as well.
Choosing to start with a Sophie Kinsella novel was a great idea. If it’s tongue-in-cheek, witty humour you enjoy then Kinsella’s novel My Not So Perfect Life is a fantastic read.
Twenty years after releasing her bestseller, The God of Small Things, Arundhati Roy returns with The Ministry of Utmost Happiness.
Can’t wait to get my hands on this novel!
