

Review: The Murders of Molly Southbourne by Tade Thompson (Spoiler-Free)
'With each failure, each insult, each wound to the psyche, we are created anew.' - Theophilus Roshodan This was fun enough to read, but...
★★★-3
Jul 16, 2025


Review: The Promised Neverland, Vol. 1 by Kaiu Shirai
Unfortunately, I always feel like manga reads like a plot outline rather than a fully fleshed-out story, so I don't think i'm intrigued...
★★★-3
Jul 12, 2025


Review: Simple Passion by Annie Ernaux, Translated by Tanya Leslie
When I went to the kitchen to get some ice, I would look up at the clock hanging above the door: 'only two more hours,' 'only one more...
★★★★★-5
Jul 6, 2025


Review: The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown
And he came to understand how those almost mystical bonds of trust and affection, if nurtured correctly, might lift a crew above the...
★★★★★-5
Jul 6, 2025


Review: Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata (Spoiler-Free)
She's far happier thinking her sister is normal, even if she has a lot of problems, than she is having an abnormal sister for whom...
★★★★-4.5
May 26, 2025


Review: Cold Crematorium by József Debreczeni, Translated by Paul Olchváry
I'm always astounded by what the human body and spirit can endure. Debreczeni's account of his Holocaust experience is harrowing, and...
unrated
May 24, 2025


Review: We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson (Spoiler-Free)
I began dressing Helen Clarke in my mind, putting her in a bathing suit on a snow bank, setting her high in the hard branches of a tree...
★★★★-4
May 6, 2025


Review: Mr Salary by Sally Rooney (Spoiler-Free)
My immediate reaction to finishing this short story: ummmmm yeah need more of that. I don't know how Sally Rooney does it. Her...
★★★★-4.5
May 6, 2025


Review: Going Postal by Terry Pratchett (Spoiler-Free)
Money is not a thing, it is not even a process. It is a kind of shared dream. Netflix's Klaus in book form. What a delight! This is my...
★★★★-4
Apr 20, 2025


Review: Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins (Spoiler-Free)
But the walls of a person's heart are not impregnable. Not if they've ever known love. What could I possibly say that hasn't already been...
★★★★-4.5
Apr 20, 2025
























