This is everything it promises to be; a memoir of secrets, lies and family love written in such an honest, open, captivating and truly moving way. Continue reading This week I’m reading: A Dutiful Boy by Mohsin Zaidi
Endorsed by Amnesty International, Windrush Child is part of the Voices series, which aims to provide “gripping adventures that reflect the authentic, unsung stories of our past”. Continue reading This week I’m reading: Windrush Child by Benjamin Zephaniah
The cool cover caught my eye; flashes of lightning over a circus tent. Continue reading This week I’m reading: Revival by Stephen King
This coming-of-age YA novel packs an emotional punch. Continue reading Birthday by Meredith Russo
These books covered everything from time travel to racism, from patriarchy to murder and all kinds of other wonderful stuff… Continue reading Reading for Pleasure in 2022: April’s books
Fiction so good that you’ll think this is a memoir. Continue reading The Cat’s Table by Michael Ondaatje
a real page-turner which took me just a few days to finish Continue reading Dangerous Crossing by Rachel Rhys
It’s the first in the Deathless trilogy, and is being made into a film. Forna is a screenwriter as well as an author, so it only seems natural that she would also write the screenplay. Continue reading The Gilded Ones: cinematic YA fantasy
MY MASHED UP LIFE 