Top 10 Isolation Books
So, you're doing the responsible thing and staying indoors for three to twelve weeks. Great!
Reading
Laura Maria Grierson
- Sep 19, 2019
- 4 min
Book Review: 'The Handmaid's Tale' by Margaret Atwood
Reading The Handmaid's Tale has started to feel something of essential. I don't hold with "the canon", those must-read books that...
Laura Maria Grierson
- Sep 3, 2019
- 4 min
Book Review: 'Into the Fire' by Edric Kennedy-Macfoy
"Here we were, heading into the fire, ascending to the hottest and most dangerous part of the tower. In the extreme heat and with poor...
Laura Maria Grierson
- Aug 24, 2019
- 3 min
Book Review: 'You' by Caroline Kepnes
It's easy to recognise Netflix's Joe in the TV series You as a construct, but does it work as well when presenting him as the narrator in...
Laura Maria Grierson
- Feb 3, 2019
- 2 min
Book Review: 'Snap' by Belinda Bauer
When their car breaks down, a heavily-pregnant mother leaves her three children in the car at the hard shoulder to find an emergency...
Laura Maria Grierson
- Jan 28, 2019
- 3 min
Which Book Means the Most To You?
If you had to pick one book from your shelf that you'd never give up, even if that particular copy was worth thousands, which would you...
Laura Maria Grierson
- Jan 11, 2019
- 2 min
Book Review: 'The Visitors' by Catherine Burns
Despised by her neighbours and with no particular aspirations of her own, Marion lives in a six-bedroom ageing and neglected house,...
Laura Maria Grierson
- Nov 24, 2018
- 1 min
Book Review: 'Every Breath You Take' by Mary Higgins Clark and Alafair Burke
It's not a book I would have picked up -- one of my best friends got it for me for my birthday, quite probably recognising that of the...
Laura Maria Grierson
- Nov 5, 2018
- 2 min
Book Review: 'Rosemary's Baby' by Ira Levin
With Halloween just fading over the horizon, it's unlikely you've gone through a "classic" horror film list that hasn't mentioned...
Laura Maria Grierson
- Feb 9, 2018
- 3 min
Book Review: 'Open Pen Anthology' edited by Sean Preston
I've never reviewed an anthology before (or read that many, to be honest) but now that we will soon be announcing our winners for...
Laura Maria Grierson
- Feb 5, 2018
- 2 min
Book Review: 'La Belle Sauvage' by Philip Pullman
It's difficult to review a sequel to His Dark Materials, one of the most evocative trilogies in English literature -- and particularly...
Laura Maria Grierson
- Jan 26, 2018
- 5 min
Book Review: 'Thirteen Reasons Why' by Jay Asher
I absolutely love the TV series 13 Reasons Why. If it hadn't been for that, I probably would have passed this book over, but after...
Laura Maria Grierson
- Jan 23, 2018
- 1 min
Seeking Independently Published Books to Review
It's kind of embarrassing (but I still defend it!) that my local bookshop is Tesco. It's open til late, it's where I get my snacks, and...
Laura Maria Grierson
- Jan 20, 2018
- 3 min
Book Review: 'The Couple Next Door' by Shari Lapena
The baby's been grouchy all day, and the woman next door doesn't like kids. Anne doesn't really want to go to the dinner party, but her...
Laura Maria Grierson
- Jan 13, 2018
- 3 min
Book Review: 'After The Hole' by Guy Burt
After the Hole is a short novel, one you could read in a couple of hours, and then spend another mulling it over. It's a simple story,...
Laura Maria Grierson
- Dec 28, 2017
- 5 min
Book Review: 'The Ritual' by Adam Nevill
Reader, tread carefully: beyond here may be spoilers. I mean, there may be better ways of opening up a horror novel, but a flayed animal...
Laura Maria Grierson
- Dec 19, 2017
- 4 min
Book Review: 'After the Fire' by Will Hill
I'm late to the game with Will Hill's 'After the Fire', a YA that has made the Zoella Book Club 2017 list and has been majorly hyped over...