Book Reviews

Last month’s Tokyo Weekender Book Club inspired this The Easy Life in Kamusari review. As well as a good book club choice, …

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 …