Two more for #NovNov25 : Tawada and Bemelmans

I’ve done well on short books for Novellas in November, hosted by Rebecca and Cathy, reading nine including the Seascraper – the buddy read. Here are short reviews of numbers 7 & 8. The ninth, The Cat, by Georges Simenon, I’ll be reviewing for Shiny soon. The Bridegroom was a Dog by Yoko Tawada, Translated Read More

The Cook, his Wife and the Waitress – Service by Sarah Gilmartin

I won’t be the first to write a tagline reminiscent of the ace 1989 Peter Greenaway film The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover, for this book. They have little in common other than a cook and a wife, but I couldn’t resist, sorry! A more apt comparison would be with Stephanie Danler’s Read More