books – Everyday Adventures

All the reading in July

I read what felt like a huge amount in the first part of July, and thoroughly enjoyed most of it. Here’s the breakdown.

May, June and July book wraps: finding my Booktuber feet

I’ve been making Booktube-y monthly reading wraps, so here are the videos for May, June and July.

Book Review: The Calculating Stars

I review ‘The Calculating Stars’ by Mary Robinette Kowal, a masterclass in alternative history, characterisation and compelling narrative.

Confessions of a recovering book snob

I consider my journey as a recovering book snob – through phases of reading exclusively and broadly, all the way to reading goodness-knows-what and loving almost all of it.

March reading wrap: six books!

My second month’s worth of book wrap video, together with a log of the books and a link to a review I recently wrote. I’m enjoying the additional medium – can you tell?

Book Review: Americanah

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, one of the stars of the contemporary African writer world, tackles a narrative of love, race and displacement across continents in Americanah (2013).

Book Review: The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry

I can’t work out if this book is a symptom of my heightened interest in Victoriana or one of the causes; I review Sarah Perry’s “The Essex Serpent”.

February book digest

Better late than never, here’s a (video) run-down of all the books I read in February.

Book Review: Susanna Clarke’s Piranesi

Piranesi, Susanna Clarke’s long awaited second book, is a confusing but deft work of literary fiction. This review discusses some of its merits without giving the game away.

Book Review: Ayisha Malik’s This Green and Pleasant Land

This is one of the best books I’ve read in ages. No, that’s not a spoiler for the review, it’s just a fact. I got it as part of my ABoS box, and it was the best of the books in the box. I left it til last, because it was chunky and was physicallyContinue reading “Book Review: Ayisha Malik’s This Green and Pleasant Land”