currently reading ‘The Bewitching of Aveline Jones’ by Phil Hickes
currently reading ‘The Bewitching of Aveline Jones’ by Phil Hickes
Julian Fuks. Charco Press. (150p) ISBN 9781916277878 I think this may have been one of the books I’ve tried to read the most over the second lockdown, I may have started this six or seven times. This is not a statement of the quality of the book apart from that the book deserves your full …
Sarah Moss. Pan Macmillan. (208p) ISBN 9781529035476 I tried to read this during the middle of the biggest reading slump I’ve ever had and just couldn’t, and after reading it in two sittings this time I really should have tried harder. A brilliantly realised character study of several families and their motivations during a summer …
Kazuo Ishiguro. Faber & Faber. (304p) ISBN 9780571258093 Melancholic. This is about the only word that can be used to describe Never Let Me Go, it is there from the start to the end. Always on the verge of crying. This is such a well-crafted elegy to the dead or those about to die. Nothing …
Ernest Hemingway. Vintage. (112p) ISBN 9780099273967 I realised a while back that I had never read any Ernest Hemingway, along with a raft of other classics and felt it was time to start filling that gap in my reading. The Old Man and the Sea always fascinated me as I had a vague recollection of …
Ronan Hession. Bluemoose Books. (180p) ISBN 9781910422670 After such a great debut I was really looking forward to reading Rónán’s follow up and was lucky enough to get sent a copy from Bluemoose Books to read and review. During a year where we are all just feeling raw, as though our nerve endings feel exposed …
Edward Carey. Gallic Books. (176p) ISBN 9781913547035 Whilst on Furlough 1.0™ I kept seeing this bandied about Twitter and was fascinated by the concept, but the main draw was the stunning cover I kept seeing flashed up on screen. Imagine my delight when I returned to work for that month holiday from lockdown to find …
Margarita Garcia Robayo. Charco Press. (160p) ISBN 9781999368449 I had previously read Fish Soup by Margarita Garcia Robayo and thought it was absolutely stunning so was really looking forward to reading this and wasn’t disappointed at all. This sounds simple, and in a way it is but Margarita takes this simplicity and shines it to …
Ronan Hession. Bluemoose Books. (245p) ISBN 9781910422441 Amazingly I’ve had a copy of Leonard and Hungry Paul sat on my bookshelf for ages, I’ve always loved the premise of it, but for one reason or another I never quite made it past chapter one though I loved the voice in it. I picked it up …