Book Review: Seven Signs of Life – Aoife Abbey
An absorbing and fascinating insight to the working life of an intensive care doctor.
Read MoreTag: Memoir
Book Review: The Wolf of Baghdad – Carol Isaacs
A powerful wordless graphic memoir, exploring the 1940s old Jewish Quarter in Baghdad.
Read MoreBook Review: Breaking and Mending – Joanna Cannon
A beautiful, powerful, and moving memoir from Joanna Cannon about her years as a junior doctor.
Read MoreBook Review: Once More We Saw Stars – Jayson Greene
A powerful memoir about grief and losing a child.
Read MoreBook Review: The Trauma Cleaner – Sarah Krasnostein
A book that is brutal, beautiful, and over-wrought with emotion. You’ll never forget The Trauma Cleaner.
Read MoreFavourite Non-Fiction Books of 2018
Welcome back! Recently I revealed my top middle-grade books of 2018 and now I’m going to reveal my non-fiction reads. I had a pretty quiet non-fiction year but, for the most part, what I did read was excellent. Some of these books were released before 2018 but I read them this year. I am determined […]
Read MoreSunday Blog: My NetGalley Shelf – July 2018
A round-up of some of the NetGalley books that are on my TBR list.
Read MoreBook Review: I am, I am, I am – Maggie O’Farrell
Apologies for the dodgy photo, my library uses super shiny covers! Synopsis I took a deep breath and listened to the old brag of my heart. I am, I am, I am. Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar Maggie O’Farrell’s memoir I am, I am, I am depicts her seventeen (yes, seventeen) brushes with death. Review O’Farrell’s memoir is […]
Read MoreBook Review: Lightness – Catherine Meurisse
Fly far, far away from this baneful miasma And purify yourself in the celestial air, Drink the ethereal fire of those limpid regions As you would the purest of heavenly nectars. Baudelaire – The Flowers of Evil, Elevation Review Lightness is a translation of Catherine Meurisse’s ‘La légèreté’. Originally published in French, this graphic memoir is […]
Read MoreBooks of the Month: June 2018
I can’t believe we’re into July already! It’s very hot where I am and Summer is well and truly upon us. I’m currently studying part-time as well as working, so I didn’t get a lot of reading done in June. But most of what I did read was great, so I’ve just listed my favourites […]
Read More