Book Blurb: He is a twelve-year-old outsider; bullied at school, dreaming about his absentee father, bored with life on a dreary housing estate. One evening he meets a mysterious girl. As friendship blossoms between...
Fay Weldon was, at the age of fifteen (ish – it may have been fourteen), my first introduction to feminist writing. I read many of her books in rapid succession at the time, starting with this...
Another N.K Jemisin book because I seriously can’t get enough of this woman’s writing style. Book Blurb: The Seasons of endings grows darker as civilization fades into the long, cold night. Essun has found...
Argh! I really want to love Neil Gaiman’s work. I really do. He sounds like someone I should enjoy reading, but I just find him okay. I’m watching the series based on the novel,...
Book Blurb: Belinda knows how to follow the rules. She has learnt the right way to polish water glasses, to wash and fold a hundred handkerchiefs, and to keep a tight lid on memories...
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