Book review: Kingdomtide by Rye Curtis

Kingdomtide tells the story of two women, one who is lost in wilderness following a plane crash, the other a … More

Book review: The End of Men by Christina Sweeney-Baird

The End of Men is the story of a near-future pandemic in which there is a flu-like virus which is … More

Lately I’ve found myself wanting to read books which are humorous and light but with a literary feel too. When … More

In Brood, an unnamed woman narrator tells the story of the chickens she keeps in her yard – their laying … More

At a time when we’re unable to go very far, I’ve been enjoying travelling through fiction. So I was interested … More

In The Truth and Other Hidden Things, Bells Walker learns she is pregnant on the same day her husband, Harry, … More

In Where the Edge Is, disaster befalls a small town in Cork when a bus falls into a sinkhole in … More

Of course, mothers are everywhere, in life and in fiction. There aren’t many novels that don’t have a mother in … More

Vera Kelly is posing as a Canadian student in Buenos Aires in 1966, but she is actually working for the … More

This is one of my occasional series where I share my thoughts on the whole of a book, so if … More