by lauralizbuckley | 23 Nov, 2019 | Book Reviews
Miles Halter, or ‘Pudge’ as he comes to be known, is headed to boarding school. Culver Creek, the school his father attended before him, is where Miles hopes to find… something. He isn’t entirely sure what. What he ends up finding, or who he ends up finding, is Alaska...
by lauralizbuckley | 16 Nov, 2019 | Book Reviews
The Stone Sky is the third book in N. K. Jemisin’s breathtaking Broken Earth trilogy, and while I’ll do my best to keep them to a minimum there will be some spoilers for book one (The Fifth Season) and book two (The Obelisk Gate). If you haven’t read those books...
by lauralizbuckley | 9 Nov, 2019 | Book Reviews
‘Oh no!’ wailed the Trunk. ‘Oh no!’ It was full of Elephant thoughts, Elephant hopes, Elephant dreams, Elephant plans. Every moment, with every breath it took, it felt more and more Elephant. And the idea of creeping about without an Elephant head or body or legs was...
by lauralizbuckley | 2 Nov, 2019 | Book Reviews
Doctor Jean McClellan is stunned when the decision is made: women will no longer be allowed to speak more than 100 words per day. It’s just a small part of a broader movement, of course. Women are no longer to have jobs, girls at school are no longer taught to read or...
by lauralizbuckley | 26 Oct, 2019 | Book Reviews
Jenny has her life together. She’s a successful professional, living in a great apartment—what’s not to be proud of? But Jenny has a secret, in the form of a second apartment full of things she can’t bear to get rid of. Jenny is a hoarder and, as she embarks upon a...
by lauralizbuckley | 19 Oct, 2019 | Book Reviews
Fleetwood Shuttleworth is seventeen years old and the mistress of Gawthorpe Hall. After three devastating stillbirths, while pregnant for the fourth time, she comes across a letter which reveals that she isn’t expected to survive another pregnancy. It seems like fate...
