Category: UK author

The Long Take – Robin Robertson

Posted on October 6, 2018 by

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READ FOR BOOKERTHON A war veteran tries to assimilate back into every day American life post war. ➽ “I was completely consumed by The Long Take and while the storyline and themes were far from uplifting I felt captivated by the events that were occurring. “Initially…

Category: Booker Prize, Contemporary fiction, Goldsmith Prize, Poetry, UK author

Everything Under – Daisy Johnston

Posted on September 30, 2018 by

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READ FOR BOOKERTHON A reunited mother and daughter delve into their troubled past. ➽ “First things first: this book has a beautiful cover. All publishers should put in this much effort! “Everything Under is a debut novel by a 27-year-old Brit. Knowing this and…

Category: Booker Prize, Contemporary fiction, UK author

The Paying Guests – Sarah Waters

Posted on August 21, 2018 by

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READ FOR BOOKCLUB Chosen by Jo A love affair and a crime amongst landladies and their tenants, set in post-war Britain. ➽ SPOILER ALERT “Sarah Waters wonderfully sets the scene with her detailed and easy-to-absorb descriptions of the physical and social environment. I really felt as if…

Category: Historical Fiction, LGBT, UK author

Elmet – Fiona Mozley

Posted on October 5, 2017 by

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READ FOR BOOKERTHON A man, who lives in an isolated community with his son and daughter, uses bare-fist fighting as his currency.  ◉ “I was about three-quarters of the way through Elmet when I thought to myself, ‘there have only been about two things…

Category: Booker Prize, Contemporary fiction, Literary fiction, UK author

Autumn – Ali Smith

Posted on September 12, 2017 by

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READ FOR BOOKERTHON A young girl forges an unlikely – but life long –friendship with her elderly neighbour in post-Brexit England. ◉ “It is hard to describe this novel. It is a study of time and of place, as well as ageing and art…

Category: Literary fiction, UK author

How To Be Both – Ali Smith

Posted on October 6, 2014 by

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READ FOR BOOKERTHON Written in two parts, both titled ONE, this is a book about art’s versatility, told by a renaissance painter of the 1460s and a child of the 1960s. ✎ “Written in poetry-like prose we discover the two main characters are inexplicably…

Category: Booker Prize, Literary fiction, UK author

Howards End – E M Forster

Posted on May 20, 2014 by

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READ FOR BOOKCLUB Chosen by Sophia The disregard of a dying woman’s bequest, an impulsive girl’s attempt to help an impoverished clerk, and the marriage between an idealist and a materialist all intersect at an estate called Howards End. ✎ “Love E M Forster…

Category: Classic literature, UK author

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