Poor Things by Alasdair Gray If someone were to ask me about this read, I would automatically shout out SCREWY IN THE BEST POSSIBLE WAY!...

The Ground On Which I Stand Perfectly bold and fiery whilst remaining respectful and mannerly. For anyone, who has ever felt (or actually...

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak Approached in a similar fashion to Roberto Benigni’s La Vita e Bella; this is the story of one girl’s life...

There is this memory of small clasped hands and earnest whispering into the void. Please feed those without food, give a home to those...

I’m coming to this distinguished author rather late, but perhaps it is best this way. At times W. Somerset Maugham is not easy to read or...

An unusual read for me, but glad I decided on it. This book could have gone all the cliched way that books on marriage and infidelity,...

The Courage Of Hopelessness by Slavoj Zizek is a necessary read. Tackling our troubled times from the point of view of hopelessness.The...

Turn history on its head? Now there’s a sobering eye opening potentially game changing exercise for all! And it’s exactly what Bernardine...

This, the first read of the New Year proves that everything doesn’t have to be at the speed of light in order to have presence and worth....

Where can you find Paolo Sarpi and Mick Jagger, the earliest book peddlers and Nazi’s, comfort reads and medieval marginalia, bouqinistes...

I read Haroun and the Sea of Stories recently (the book however is 30 years old) and it smacks of right now even after all this time. The...

During the past five months of change, I have turned to books and movies for their cerebral sustenance and the comforting familiar ritual...

We are just now dipping our toes into fall, and already there is the frisson of Christmas in the air. Briskness of breezes and warm cozy...

If you loved Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt, then prepare yourself for Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart. Douglas Stuart’s mastery of...

Triage of reads that, in my opinion, work well together When you are in the mood for some deep introspection Romanticism, yearning,...

I just finished reading, almost in one breath, The Rules of Civility by Amor Towles. Interesting to the book, after the formidable...

My sister first introduced me to Anne Perry and her historical (Victorian era) detective fiction. Her two most popular series are The...

They Both Die At The End by Adam Silvera For those of you that read the last page of a book and then begin the actual story…this time the...

Certain authors have a certain heft about them; so much so, that at times, reading their work seems daunting. When you read a quote such...

“yum” is international Whilst in Italy I picked up the above cookbook, by Jaimie Oliver, in the translated Italian version. It is one of...