Book Reviews

Today would have been Vasily Grossman’s birthday and in honour of the occasion, I am trying to fit in a few chapters…

This is a busy time of year, as noted in my last review, and when reading time is short, I often turn…

Being up to your ears in work is nothing to complain about, unless it cuts into the reading and writing time too…

October is Black History Month in the UK and so there is no better time to continue reading and loving Sam Selvon’s…

The latest club read hosted by Kaggsy’s Bookish Ramblings and Stuck in a Book is for books published in 1976 and happily,…

This Kim Jiyoung Born 1982 review is a little late as I started reading Cho Nam-Joo’s novel as part of 20 Books…

It is rare to find a book where you are completely familiar with its settings and themes from the first page, where…

I realised that although two other recent reviews – The Comrade from Milan and Second-Hand Time – mentioned Maria Stepanova’s family history,…

This The Comrade from Milan review came via a Verso Book Club subscription, which I recommend if you are into discovering new…

I love a good multigenerational family saga with strong women at its heart – perhaps one like Yaa Gyasi’s Homegoing – and…