Sharing literary gems from around the world
We all love getting lost in a big book, but recently I’ve come to appreciate the power of a shorter read. I think it takes a lot of skill to tell a good story in so few pages. So I’m always happy when an author manages to leave an impression on me with books you…
Thank you, Granta, for sending me an early copy of Earthlings by Sayaka Murata, tr. Ginny Tapley Takemori. I absolutely loved Convenience Store Woman in 2018, and I’m so excited to review this exciting upcoming translated title! The Book Natsuki has always suspected she’s different. She has a wand and a magic mirror, and she…
I’ve only had two encounters with Romanian fiction, both of which my friend Madalina from Instagram facilitated. The first one was The Land of Green Plums by Herta Müller, tr. Michael Hoffman. According to my review from 2018, I enjoyed it but spent a lot of the book confused because my knowledge of Romanian history…
Welcome to my June wrap up! June was a fantastic reading month for me in terms of quality. With Pride Month and the heightened emphasis on prioritising more BIPOC authors, I ended up reading some truly incredible books thanks to recommendations from various bookstagrammers. It’s been great to see white bookstagrammers change up their TBRs…
June was a very productive audiobook month for me! Which is good for you, because it means I have more audiobook recommendations for you! I’m now an affiliate with LibroFM (exciting!) so I was able to listen to the following audiobooks for free. This has not affected my opinions in any way. If you like…
As I’m now a LibroFM affiliate, I thought I’d start bringing you some lists of LibroFM audiobook recommendations! Audiobooks & Me I’m very new to audiobooks. I don’t drive. I used to commute via train and read physical books. I’d do chores in tedious silence. To be honest, I think I’d always kind of assumed…
Welcome to my May wrap up! I’m pleased with my reading quality overall this month. I finally tackled some chunky books that had been languishing on my TBR stacks, including The Golem and the Djinni and the first four books in Ursula K. Le Guin’s Earthsea Cycle! It felt wonderful to escape into fantasy worlds…
Thank you to the team at the International Booker Prize for gifting me the longlist to review, including The Adventures of China Iron! This has not affected my opinion in any way. The Adventures of China Iron just proved to me that Charco Press are out here publishing the most cutting edge books in the…
Thank you to the team at the International Booker Prize for sending me the longlist to review, including Tyll! This has not affected my opinions in any way. Daniel Kehlmann is the first man on the longlist to not disappoint me. A welcome relief! I had no idea what to expect from Tyll, as it…
Thank you to FitzCarraldo Editions for sending me a free ARC of Hurricane Season by Fernanda Melchor to read and review! This has not affected my opinion in any way. Hurricane Season is exactly the kind of book I love: dark, gritty, and disturbing. Fernanda Melchor does not hold back. The International Booker shortlist is…
