Bewilderment – Richard Powers

I got the 'this-will-be-amazing' tingles as I started this novel, and so it was - I will forever remember finishing reading Bewilderment in a beautifully sunny Somerset park on our way home from Cornwall, emotionally stunned by the ending and completely unaware of my surroundings and those physically around me. To read a book where …

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May Day – Josie Jaffrey #BBNYA2021

I took part as a Panelist in the 2021 BBNYA competition, and was lucky enough to read the novel which would go on to win. During the process, I read many excellent excerpts and full novels and so I know how high the standard was last year. I wasn't at all surprised when May Day …

The Power of the Dog – Thomas Savage

As with many rediscovered novels which find a new and enthusiastic readership, it's hard to see now why The Power of the Dog hasn't remained in print since its initial publication in 1967. It contains everything a classic American novel needs - taut family tensions heightened by physical isolation, a study of the type of …

Dear Mrs Bird – A. J. Pearce

This is probably one of the most blogged-about books of the past few years, so I finally caved in and treated myself to a copy. I think my reservations were built purely around the fact that everyone already had read it and there was that feeling that I'd missed the boat and there was little …