The young man who wrote this book was a neurosurgeon who tragically died aged just 36 of lung cancer. (Like my dear friend and book group buddy, Arlene who recently passed away of lung cancer despite never having been a smoker or lived around smokers.) The first half of the book follows his early lifeContinue reading “When Breath Becomes Air – Paul Kalanithi – 30.08.25”
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The Space Between Worlds – Micaiah Johnson – 28.08.25
This book has an interesting premise – a dystopian future has a two class society and they discover how to jump between parallel dimensions. In order to survive the jump, your counterpart in the new world must not exist (ie to already be dead). Since the people from the poor lower class are much moreContinue reading “The Space Between Worlds – Micaiah Johnson – 28.08.25”
Tales from the Stranger Times, Volume 1 – C.K. McDonnell (Audiobook) Narrated by: Brendan McDonald – 27.08.25
After being a bit bored by the long Stephen King book I had just listened to, this was such a welcome change! I’m not usually a fan of short stories, but I am a huge fan of C.K. McDonnell’s Stranger Times books and I LOVED this collection. My personal favourites were ‘The Raven’ in whichContinue reading “Tales from the Stranger Times, Volume 1 – C.K. McDonnell (Audiobook) Narrated by: Brendan McDonald – 27.08.25”
Dreamcatcher – Stephen King, (Audiobook) Narrated by: Jeffrey DeMunn – 22.08.25
I’m a big fan of Stephen King, and it pains me to say it, but I didn’t love this one! It is quite long and at times confusing and at times a bit gross with endless talking about farts (even thought they were, I guess, relevant to the plot). Four men who were fast childhoodContinue reading “Dreamcatcher – Stephen King, (Audiobook) Narrated by: Jeffrey DeMunn – 22.08.25”
All the Colours of the Dark – Chris Whitaker – 17.08.25
Oh my goodness! I was so enthralled by and engrossed in this book that I had several very late nights when I kept reading instead of going to sleep! Patch and Saint are best friends from the poor end of town, and although Saint has feelings for Patch, he has a secret crush on richContinue reading “All the Colours of the Dark – Chris Whitaker – 17.08.25”
Elsewhere – Gabrielle Zevin – 13.08.25
This was a sweet readable book offering a novel suggestion for the afterlife – the recently deceased wake on a type of cruise ship headed for Elsewhere where they might meet friends and relatives who predeceased them. In Elsewhere you arrive the age you were when you died, and then age backward – ie. getContinue reading “Elsewhere – Gabrielle Zevin – 13.08.25”
A Cast of Falcons – Sarah Yarwood-Lovett – 10.08.25
I liked the first book in this series, about Dr Nell Ward, the expert in bats who stumbled across a crime scene and was implicated in a murder, because it was quirky and I enjoyed the bat ecology facts. This second book is more like murder at Downton Abbey, as Nell (who also happens toContinue reading “A Cast of Falcons – Sarah Yarwood-Lovett – 10.08.25”
Like a Bullet: The Paperback Sleuths, Book 3 – Andrew Cartmel (Audiobook) Narrated by: Olivia Dowd – 07.08.25
After not really liking the first book in the paperback sleuth series, I find for me at least that it has found its feet a bit and books two and three are pretty fun. I still prefer the vinyl detective series, but I quite like how Eric Make Loud and Tinkler appeared in this book.Continue reading “Like a Bullet: The Paperback Sleuths, Book 3 – Andrew Cartmel (Audiobook) Narrated by: Olivia Dowd – 07.08.25”
The Forty Rules of Love – Elif Shafak – 06.08.25
I found this book interesting and strangely compelling. It follows dual stories – modern day American, Ella, who has been a relatively happy homemaker, wife and mother, even knowing that her husband regularly cheats on her with other women, until her children are grown and her daughter announces her engagement and she strongly advises herContinue reading “The Forty Rules of Love – Elif Shafak – 06.08.25”
The Pull of the Stars – Emma Donoghue (Audiobook) Narrated by: Emma Lowe – 03.08.25
From the writer of Room this is a very different (although, now that I think about it, similarly claustrophobic) novel. It’s historical fiction set in Dublin during WWI when a deadly flu epidemic ravages the city and people die within hours of contracting it. The novel takes place over just two days and mostly inContinue reading “The Pull of the Stars – Emma Donoghue (Audiobook) Narrated by: Emma Lowe – 03.08.25”
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