by lauralizbuckley | 17 Sep, 2021 | Book Reviews
Anxious People plot summary Seven strangers are caught up in a hostage situation. Trapped in an apartment with a gun-wielding bank robber, while a father-and-son police duo try to negotiate their release. But is a bank robber a bank robber if they couldn’t actually...
by lauralizbuckley | 11 May, 2021 | Book Reviews
It’s national Mental Health Awareness week. Because of that, I wanted to take a look at some of the books I’ve read in the not-too-distant past that centre mental health, or characters who are dealing with mental health issues. Some of these books I enjoyed more than...
by lauralizbuckley | 3 Apr, 2021 | Book Reviews
Darius the Great is Not Okay plot summary Darius feels like a constant outsider. At school, where being half Persian marks him as different. With his mum and sister, who are able to talk Farsi fluently while he only understands fragments. With his dad who, despite...
by lauralizbuckley | 6 Mar, 2021 | Book Reviews
Pizza Girl plot summary Pizza Girl is eighteen, she’s pregnant, and she’s struggling. When she meets Jenny over an unexpected order, something about the middle-aged mum really captures her imagination. And she needs a distraction right now. While her boyfriend and mum...
by lauralizbuckley | 2 Jan, 2021 | Book Reviews
Plot summary: The Midnight Library Nora is surrounded by regrets. Weighed down by mistakes she’s made, roads she hasn’t taken and people she’s let down, she finds herself in the Midnight Library. Here, she can pick up any book and fall into a life she would be leading...
