Source: Review copy from the publisher, Picador – Thank you! One of the highlights of my reading year in 2023 was my discovery of Gwendoline Riley via her novel My Phantoms. It chronicles a toxic mother-daughter relationship as seen through the eyes of the youngest daughter, Bridget. It’s a toxic relationship for sure, but there Read More
Tag: Office politics
Six Degrees of Separation: Sorrow and Bliss
First Saturday of the month, and it’s time for the super monthly tag Six Degrees of Separation, which is hosted by Kate at Booksaremyfavouriteandbest, Six Degrees of Separation #6degrees picks a starting book for participants to go wherever it takes them in six more steps. Links to my reviews are in the titles of the books. Our Read More
A Japanese Nightmare
Republished into its original place in my blog’s timeline from my lost posts archive Fear and Trembling by Amélie Nothumb Translated by Adriana Hunter This unsettling novella has an apt title. When I looked it up to see where it might have come from, I found a bible quote (also the source for a work Read More
