This novel was warmly recommended to me by a fellow 'bookstagrammer'. And then the author was very kind to send me a finished copy! And I am very happy he did, because Twelve Nights turned out to be a unique read. So here is the blurb from Penguin Uk website, my review follows. Kay's father … Continue reading Twelve Nights, by Andrew Zurcher
I had heard such rave reviews about this novel by the Nobel Prize winner, that I had to try it myself. Here is the blurb, my review follows. "Here is Kazuo Ishiguro’s profoundly compelling portrait of Stevens, the perfect butler, and of his fading, insular world in post-World War II England. Stevens, at the end … Continue reading The Remains of the Day, by Kazuo Ishiguro
Opening a new Hardinge is like coming home. Not that the different worlds she conjures up in each novel look much alike - quite the contrary, her glorious, seemingly boundless imagination allows her to weave unique, striking universes each time. But reading her always means basking in lush prose and bonding with fierce brave heroines. … Continue reading A Skinful of Shadows, by Frances Hardinge
This book had been on my wish list like forever when I stumbled across Penguin UK's Instagram giveaway. I immediately got in and then forgot about it. How delighted I was when I learnt that I had won an ARC! So did The Toymakers live up to my expectations? Let's find out! Here is the … Continue reading The Toymakers, by Robert Dinsdale
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