Category: Recommendations

Another month with some excellent reading. I was also pleased to see that the Booker longlist included some titles which look interesting, and even more pleased to see that I had already read one of the books – Universality by Natasha Brown which I much enjoyed. Most Compelling Literary Thriller  …

June was a month in which I was really pleased to see that two of my favourite recent books won awards: the Women’s Prize for Fiction was given to Safekeep, and  Greer’s Annie Bot won the Arthur C Clarke Award. Next month we have the Booker longlist. Even though I …

I have had another good month for reading, and am looking forward to seeing who wins the Women’s Prize for Fiction (12th June), and the Carnegie Awards for children’s and YA books (19th June). Best Speculative Novel  I loved Ali Smith’s Gliff, a dystopian novel set in the near future. Two children have to cope when they find …

Looking at the five books I have most enjoyed reading in April, I am interested to see that four of them are set in the past: one in ancient Greece, and three in the twentieth century. First, however, let’s look at a novella which plays with time.  Most Intriguing Speculative …

In recent weeks we have seen the announcement of many longlists and shortlists. I am always interested to see what gets chosen, and the ones which have most grabbed my attention are: the Women’s Prizes (for fiction, and for non-fiction), the Carol Shields Prize (North American women’s fiction), the Nebula …

I have read a particularly good selection of books this month, and found it hard to choose the best ones. Most Entertaining Novel The Housekeepers by Alex Hay. In this novel, set in 1901, a group of women carry out the audacious plan of stealing the contents of a London …