Normal People by Sally Rooney
So many people really liked Normal People by Sally Rooney…I’m not so enamoured!
Book Reviews
Verses for the Dead by Preston & Child
Verses for the Dead by Preston & Child is the 17th mystery thriller in the Agent Pendergast series
The Year of the Farmer by Rosalie Ham
The Year of the Farmer is the meatiest of Rosalie Ham’s output to date
And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer by Fredrick Backman
And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer by Fredrick Backman is a beautiful novella. It’s beautiful to look at and it’s beautiful…
Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata
What a strange little book Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata is! How to best describe it? Keiko is 36 years old, and has worked all…
Ladies in Black by Madeleine St John
This 2018 re-release of Ladies in Black by Madeleine St John commences with a gently humorous introduction by Bruce Beresford,
Elevation by Stephen King
Trying to categorise Stephen King’s books is fraught with difficulty — Elevation is a case in point.
Author Review: Robert Van Gulik
True to its mantra, the SMSA Library holds a number of out-of-print works by mystery and crime authors including Robert Van Gulik
Old Bones by Douglas J Preston and Lincoln Child
In theory, Old Bones by Douglas J Preston and Lincoln Child could be considered to be book 20 of the FBI Special Agent AXL Pendergast…
How The Dead Speak by Val McDermid
Insidious Intent, the book immediately preceding How The Dead Speak by Val McDermid which is the latest instalment in the Tony Hill/Carol Jordan series, was…
A Minute to Midnight by David Baldacci
A Minute to Midnight by David Baldacci is the second instalment (in assumedly a series of five) of a new series featuring Atlee Pine, a…
Red Sister by Mark Lawrence
Red Sister by Mark Lawrence compels the reader’s attention from the first few paragraphs.