Originally posted on Beverley Has Read:
Hello and welcome to another instalment of Desert Island Books! This is a monthly feature where…
Category: Literary fiction
Book review: Actress by Anne Enright
Actress is a novel in the guise of a biography or perhaps a memoir. It is the story of Katherine … More
Book review: Late in the Day by Tessa Hadley
Late in the Day has the feel of some of my favourite mid-to-late 20th-century novels by writers like Nina Bawden … More
Book review: Dear Edward by Ann Napolitano
Twelve-year-old Edward Adler and his clever, unconventional, loving family are flying from Newark to Los Angeles to begin a new … More
Book review: Luck Is Just the Beginning by Celeste León
In Luck Is Just the Beginning, Celeste León draws on the true story of her father. Ramón León is a … More
Book review: The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
Ann Patchett at her best takes an ordinary world and makes it unfamiliar, odd and intriguing. That’s how The Dutch … More
My books of the year 2019 — crime and literary fiction
When I chose my favourite books of 2018, I wrote separate posts for crime and literary fiction. I’m combining them … More
Book review: Anglo-Saxon Attitudes by Angus Wilson
I was surprised when I looked at a few review sites and saw that Anglo-Saxon Attitudes wasn’t particularly popular among … More
Guest post: Celeste León, author of Luck Is Just the Beginning
Fiction writers are often told to test their characters by making bad things happen to them. However good luck presents … More
Audiobook review: The Spire by William Golding, narrated by Benedict Cumberbatch
It’s an odd feeling when you both really like and really struggle with a book but that’s how I feel … More
