Fiction
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Book Review- A Shout in the Ruins
Title: A Shout in the Ruins Author: Kevin Powers Published: 15th May 2018 Pages: 272 Genre: Fiction, Historical Rating: 4/5 stars “A masterpiece. Powers has written a novel that includes all the ferocity, complexity, and racial violence of the American South” — Philipp Meyer, author of American Rust Set in Virginia during the Civil War and a century beyond, this novel by the award-winning author of The Yellow Birds explores the brutal legacy of violence and exploitation in American society. Spanning over one hundred years, from the antebellum era to the 1980’s, A Shout in the Ruins examines the fates of the inhabitants of Beauvais Plantation outside of Richmond, Virginia. When war arrives, the…
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Book Review- American War
Title: American War Author: Omar El Akkad Published: 4th April 2017 Pages: 333 Genre: Fiction, Sci-Fi Rating: 4.5/5 Sarat Chestnut, born in Louisiana, is only six when the Second American Civil War breaks out in 2074. But even she knows that oil is outlawed, that Louisiana is half underwater, that unmanned drones fill the sky. And when her father is killed and her family is forced into Camp Patience for displaced persons, she quickly begins to be shaped by her particular time and place until, finally, through the influence of a mysterious functionary, she is turned into a deadly instrument of war. Telling her story is her nephew, Benjamin Chestnut,…
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The Gravity of Love Blog Tour | Book Review
Thanks so much to Lina and Black & White Publishing for letting me be a part of this blog tour! Title: The Gravity of Love Author: Noelle Harrison Published: 24th May 2018 Pages: 396 Genre: Fiction, Rating: 4/5 stars Blurb: Could Joy have been a different kind of girl, another woman, if her mother hadn’t given her up? “From the arid desert of eighties Arizona to swinging sixties London, Noëlle Harrison connects her beautifully drawn characters and weaves them into a story that entangled, enchanted and entranced this reader.”LIZ NUGENT, author of Lying in Wait“So rich in love, loss, blame, misunderstanding, secrets and betrayals this book has everything.”SINÉAD MORIARTY,…
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The Accidental Recluse Blog Tour | Review
Thanks so much to Ceris and Sandstone Press for letting me be a part of this blog tour! Title: Sandstone Press Author: Tom McCulloch Published: 15th March 2018 Pages: 340 Genre: Fiction Rating: 4/5 stars Blurb: Johnny Jackson used to be a famous film director, but his brother Duke was a hero. Just turned 75, JJ is heading home from exile in Japan for one last blockbuster and a civic honouring. But home is where the ghosts of his past reside, some darker than his dead brother’s shadow. His sins may be about to come to light. Review: This is a very interesting novel, the blurb doesn’t give much of…
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Book Review- The Wisdom of Sally Red Shoes
Title: The Wisdom of Sally Red Shoes Author: Ruth Hogan Published: 3rd May 2018 Pages: 293 Genre: Fiction, Contemporary Rating: 5/5 Masha is drowning.Once a spirited, independent woman with a rebellious streak, her life has been forever changed by a tragic event twelve years ago.Unable to let go of her grief, she finds solace in the silent company of the souls of her local Victorian cemetery and at the town’s lido, where she seeks refuge underwater – safe from the noise and the pain.But a chance encounter with two extraordinary women – the fabulous and wise Kitty Muriel, a convent girl-turned-magician’s wife-turned-seventy-something-roller-disco-fanatic, and the mysterious Sally Red Shoes, a bag…