‘Madam Bovary’ – Gustav Flaubert 1856
My rating: 4 of 5 stars Madame Bovary takes its place next to Jane Eyre in my collection of favourite ‘romantic’ novels that are considered classics...
Neverwhere Read-along – Chapters 6 – 10
We are well into Richard, our hapless hero’s adventures in London Below. Chapter 10 ended on a bit of a cliffhanger so I’m keen to hear your thought...
‘Soft Apocalypse’ Will McIntosh 2011
My rating: 3.5 of 5 stars A slow burning novel about the end of the world. I didn’t think I was going to like this book. I thought it was going to be slow and d...
Neverwhere Read-along – Chapters 1 – 5
It might have been less than 100 pages but chapters 1 through 5 had a LOT of story to absorb! Below are my thoughts on this section, some discussion questions f...
‘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...
‘The Natural Way of Things’ – Charlotte Wood 2015
The Natural Way of Things by Charlotte Wood My rating: 3.5 stars In a word: unsettling. The Natural Way of Things is an unusual book, so far removed from my rea...
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...
Banned Books Week
It’s Banned Books week this week. And while I couldn’t count the number of times a book was removed from my clutching hands as a child because I was reading at ...
‘The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender’ – Leslye Walton 2014
My rating: 5 of 5 stars How can you summarize all the things a sunset makes you feel? There is hope for the future, anticipation of darkness, sadness and fondne...
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...