Source: Review copy from the publisher, Transworld – thank you. It’s about time that I actually wrote some reviews, but this is a good place to start because, wow! I loved this book. It’s a comic novel about a dysfunctional but quirky family, yet manages to explore family dynamics and sibling rivalry seriously underneath, throwing Read More
Tag: Daughters
Two in Translation: One from Romania, one from Germany…
Sword by Bogdan Teodorescu Translated by Marina Sofia Firstly, yes, this novel is translated by the wonderful Marina of the blog Finding Time to Write, and is one of the lead titles from Corylus Books, which was founded last year to bring gems of current European crime fiction to English reading audiences. Secondly, I hope Read More
Norton proves he can write…
I haven’t yet read Norton’s first novel, Holding, but having now read his second, I would definitely like to go back and read the other. A Keeper falls into commercial fiction territory, but there’s nothing wrong with that. In A Keeper, Norton proves that he can create great characters, who set into a twisty plot, Read More
First person plural…
This post was edited and republished into my blog’s original timeline from my lost posts archive. The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides Two things prompted me to promote this novel, which had been in my bedside TBR bookcase for ages, to the top of the pile. Firstly, although not written for teens, I cited it Read More
