and women are the bystanders, people to whom things happen, rather than people who make things happen. The Power turns this on its head and imagines a world in which women have a force within them with which they can dominate men. As I like to write novels with women front and centre,...
Although the museum’s little book does not rise to the level of art, its self-reflective textual/visual puns are a hallmark of much book art. In it, the museum staff selects an ink scroll depiction of donkeys by Huang Chou for “Ass-embly”, François Pompon’sPolar Bearfor “Bear M...
So I did not expect to be able to come up with a top 10, but I actually did so quite easily; apparently I managed to read quite a few bangers before I became illiterate partway through the year. So let’s get straight into it… 10. Broken Harbor by Tana French I only started re...
There is plenty of the deep ordinariness of middle-class Norwegian life that I found compelling in My Struggle (cabins to close for the season, impromptu dinner parties to arrange, elderly parents to look after, marriages to keep on life-support). But there’s also a lot of weird stuff: ...
I also recently listened to The Wych Elm by Tana French, and found the narrator Paul Nugent perfect for this novel so it really enhanced the reading experience for me. The Blue Bench by Paul Marriner (narrated by Colleen MacMahon) was a brilliant listen for me so I recommend that one ...
Io and Mercury behind the letters I and O and their claim to being the first letters and also the tale of Apollo’s accidental murder of Hyacinth explaining the letters A and Y and their similar claim. Two works in the Collection built on alphabet origin stories are Francisca Prieto’sPrint...
18. In the Woods by Tana French Buy on Amazon Add to library In the Woods is the first book in French’s Dublin Murder Squad series (which is even darker than it sounds, if that’s possible). This installment revolves around Detective Rob Ryan: a survivor of a strange, inexplicable inc...
11. In The Woods – Tana French More than twenty years ago, twelve-year-old Adam and his two friends spent an afternoon playing in the dense woods near their housing estate. But when the children failed to return, the police were sent out in search of the missing kids. ...
"If you love the intricate, character-driven mysteries written by Tana French and Kate Atkinson, then chances are good that you'll enjoy the ones by Robert Galbraith. . . . Robert Galbraith knows how to tell a story every bit as deftly as does J.K. Rowling. Cormoran Strike, who lost ...
Translation: The Girl On the Train lives up to the hype. If you've already gobbled up The Girl On the Train, you're probably hungry for something similar to read that hits lots of the same notes. You want a page-turner that'll keep you guessing, and a fast-paced mys...