Before I went into teaching, I studied zoology and conservation, and even though it’s not a field I’m working in, conservation will always be a huge passion of mine, so I love to pick up the occasional non-fiction read about animals, illegal wildlife trade, conservation or just wildlife in general. When I saw The Great… Read More The Great Soul of Siberia (Sooyong Park)
While my go-to genre choices are usually sci fi and fantasy, I do like to throw in the occasional contemporary/crime/thriller, and I always find myself drawn to authors like Liane Moriarty or Jodi Picoult, who have shades-of-grey characters, a little bit of a mystery, and ethical dilemmas you aren’t quite sure which side to come… Read More The People at Number 9 (Felicity Everett)
I knew as soon as I read the blurb that I wanted to read A Song Below Water, but I foolishly didn’t pre-order and then struggled to get hold of a copy, so I was thrilled to get an audio ARC via Libro.fm. I can honestly say that it is one of the most important… Read More A Song Below Water (Bethany C. Morris)
Our Endless Numbered Days was a Waterstones book Club title all the way back in January 2016, and one I read back in my bookselling days. I even then wrote a review but apparently never got around to formatting and publishing it, so here’s a very late review! I absolutely flew through Our Endless Numbered… Read More Our Endless Numbered Days (Claire Fuller)
Plot: ★★★★★ Characters: ★★★★ Readability: ★★★★★ I often say I’m not much of a contemporary reader, but I knew I wanted to read I Am Thunder as soon as I heard about it. I grew up in a city with a huge, diverse, multi-cultural population. If you were asked to think of a city with… Read More I Am Thunder (Muhammad Khan)
