Literature

Where the Forest Meets the Stars, Review: Book club spark

Where the Forest Meets the Stars, Review: Book club spark

Where the Forest Meets the Stars is sure to spark book club debate. Glendy Vanderah’s novel is an immersive read and creative take on challenging subject matter. Read on for our full review. * Not to be confused with the wonderful…

In This Ground by Beth Castrodale, Book Review & Giveaway

In This Ground by Beth Castrodale, Book Review & Giveaway

We had the pleasure of reading Beth Castrodale’s In This Ground and can now offer an ebook copy for worldwide giveaway. In This Ground Synopsis: Just as his indie-rock band was poised to make it big, Ben Dirjery traded it all…

All My Friends Are Superheroes by Andrew Kaufman: Charming

All My Friends Are Superheroes by Andrew Kaufman: Charming

Andrew Kaufman’s debut novella All My Friends Are Superheroes was originally published in 1999. All My Friends Are Superheroes Synopsis All Tom’s friends really are superheroes. Tom even married a superhero, the Perfectionist. But at their wedding the Perfectionist is hypnotized…

A Perfect Square, Isobel Blackthorn’s inspiration

A Perfect Square, Isobel Blackthorn’s inspiration

Today author Isobel Blackthorn shares with us the inspiration for her novel A Perfect Square. PLUS, to celebrate the re-release of this novel we have 2 ebook copies for worldwide giveaway. Inspired By My Daughter The inspiration for A Perfect Square came directly…

Bridge of Clay, Review: Markus Zusak’s beguiling narrative

Bridge of Clay, Review: Markus Zusak’s beguiling narrative

Bridge of Clay by Markus Zusak is masterful in its capacity to move readers. An epic tale of normal people swimming against the flood of life. Read my full review. Bridge of Clay Synopsis Long-listed for Indie Book Awards Fiction 2019 Let…

The Butcherbird Stories by A S Patric, Review: Unsettling & moving

The Butcherbird Stories by A S Patric, Review: Unsettling & moving

Eleven short fictions feature in Miles Franklin award-winning author A S Patric’s latest collection The Butcherbird Stories. The Butcherbird Stories Synopsis: Eleven stories. Each like a matchstick struck to illuminate the darkness. Evocations of place ranging from a Bangla jungle to the…

AT DUSK by Hwang Sok-yong, Book Review

AT DUSK by Hwang Sok-yong, Book Review

At Dusk won Hwang Sok-yong the Emile Guimet Prize for Asian Literature. At Dusk Synopsis: In the evening of his life, a wealthy man begins to wonder if he might have missed the point. Park Minwoo is, by every measure, a…

Early Riser by Jasper Fforde, Review: Topical dystopian flair

Early Riser by Jasper Fforde, Review: Topical dystopian flair

Early Riser, Jasper Fforde’s latest standalone novel, is a clever zany adventure. But it took me a while to find my reading groove in the first-person narrative and Fforde’s peculiar alternate world. Early Riser Synopsis Imagine a world where all humans must…

LITERATURE ® by Guillermo Stitch, Book Review

LITERATURE ® by Guillermo Stitch, Book Review

Literature ® is the fiction debut of Guillermo Stitch. Literature Synopsis: We don’t know exactly when Literature ® takes place and we don’t know exactly where. All we know is that Philip Marlowe would fit right in. We don’t get Marlowe though. We…

The Plotters by Un-su Kim, Review: Dark humour & contradiction

The Plotters by Un-su Kim, Review: Dark humour & contradiction

The Plotters Review: Un-su Kim’s absurdly humorous, evocative novel keeps readers on their toes, captivated by its kaleidoscopic contradictions. A rising star of Korean literature. The Plotters Synopsis Translated by Sora Kim-Russell The important thing is not who pulls the trigger but…