‘Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and his Years of Pilgrimage’ – Haruki Murakami 2013
Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage by Haruki Murakami My rating: 5 of 5 stars I really loved this book. It was strange, in typical Murakami st...
‘Strange Weather in Tokyo’ – Hiromi Kawakami 2001
Strange Weather in Tokyo by Hiromi Kawakami My rating: 4 of 5 stars Beautiful and poignant, this little story stole my heart. The layers of the friendship and l...
Neverwhere Read-along – Prologue Discussion
It has begun! We started off with an easy section, the prologue, which is just a couple of pages long. Below are my thoughts on this section, some discussion qu...
Neverwhere – Neil Gaiman – Read-along Introduction
#BabblingBooksRA Welcome to the first ever Babbling Books Read-along! This October we will be reading Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman together. Neverwhere is one of t...
‘Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe’ – Benjamin Alire Saenz 2012
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz My rating: 4.5 of 5 stars This book swelled my heart with hope and happiness un...
‘Looking for Alibrandi’ – Melina Marchetta 1992
Looking for Alibrandi by Melina Marchetta My rating: 4 of 5 stars Required reading for young teens, Looking for Alabrandi is a beautifully realised tale of grow...
‘I’ll Give you the Sun’ – Jandy Nelson 2014
I’ll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson My rating: 5 of 5 stars This book broke my heart. Smashed it into little pieces. Then, little by little, it put it b...
‘The Secret History’ – Donna Tartt 1992
This book drew me in from the very first few sentences of the prologue. Perhaps because it outlines the terrible crime of the protagonists in such distant manne...
‘The Painted Veil’ – William Somerset Maugham 1925
‘The Painted Veil’ is both a critical social commentary and deeply personal tale of self realisation. Somerset Maugham’s novel was deeply cont...
‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ – Margaret Atwood 1985.
‘The Handmaid’s Tale‘ was a bit of a disappointment for me. I came across the title in a list of the best dystopian novels and I thought the p...