Early Reviews are Great!
“Mature and nuanced … will be a brilliant classroom text.”
“Highly recommended … an absolute delight.”
“This charming coming-of-age story is perfect”
What I’ve been reading
What have I been reading this year? Here’s a haphazard and incomplete list, leaving out those I didn’t enjoy, or didn’t finish. Life’s too short!
Best Reads 2023
Don’t for a minute assume that this is a list of the best books of 2023. I’m not nearly so well read as to attempt that, and this year I only read about 33 books anyway (plus lots of online longreads, as well as research for various projects). That’s well down on previous years and…
Book Review: Aftershocks by Michelle Tom
Memoirs are too often judged only by the power of the story. Tom’s story is powerful and moving all right, but also as beautifully written as any literary fiction. Aftershocks is Tom’s first book but she began her career as a print journalist, in New Zealand, and it shows – in a good way. Arresting imagery,…