Recent Acquisitions…

Yesterday I splurged a little and bought one book I have been wanting to read for some time; another that it a previous Man Booker winner and a title that my friend raves about; and a third Pulitzer-winning novel that was marked down by 75%! Each in a different bookshop. I visited the Persephone shop [...]

The Chapel at the Edge of the World

Waterstone’s kindly sent me a proof copy of The Chapel at the Edge of the World by Kirsten McKenzie to review. A competent debut, the literary premise is entirely original, albeit inspired by true events in Orkney, on the tiny island of Lamb Holm. During World War II a young Italian couple, Emilio and Rosa, [...]

What I Was

I wanted to say Jesus, Finn, didn’t anyone ever talk to you? But I could imagine that no one had. People around her didn’t wait waste words; language was a tool, not a treat. You didn’t roll it around on your tongue, revel in it.I sighed. And yet … how was it that Finn’s silences [...]

Miss Julie

I seldom read drama anymore, not so much out of choice but impetus. I have a huge collection of plays however and love the work of so many playwrights including David Mamet, Marina Carr, Martin McDonagh, Brian Friel, Ann Marie di Mambro, Shakespeare… The last play I read (and the only one reviewed) was Cat [...]

Teaser Tuesdays

Quote a couple of spoiler-free sentences from the book you’re reading to tempt others. “[H]ow was it that Finn’s silences turned my words into dust? No matter how heartfelt my thoughts, the noises I made when I was with him took on the quality of monkeys jabbering in trees. While his silence had the power [...]

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