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Book Review: Touch
Touch by Graham Mort.My rating: 4 of 5 stars. Touch is a collection of twenty-one short stories by Graham Mort. The book opens with two beautiful examples, A Walk in the Snow, and Annik and Serge. Daniel was also beautiful, but sad. There are some dark themes in the collection, such as animal cruelty (Ducklings)…
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Yes, I Still Shave My Head
I’ve already written about the experience of buzzing my hair and shaving my head for the first time, but that was almost a year ago, so I thought it was about time I wrote a follow-up post. To Recap… Just before the UK went into lockdown last year, I buzzed all my hair off for…
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Buried
Buried is a short story I wrote at the end of 2020. It was first published in March 2021 by CafeLitMagazine. The opening paragraphs are below, and you can visit the CafeLitMagazine website to read the full story. *** Some people have happy memories of school, forever wishing they could return to those carefree times.…
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Book Review: High Fidelity
High Fidelity by Nick Hornby. My rating: 5 of 5 stars. Nick Hornby’s debut novel, High Fidelity, is the story of Rob Fleming, the thirty-something owner of North London record shop Championship Vinyl, who is going through the breakup of a long-term relationship. We join him as he tries to work out where he has…
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Top Three Novels of 2020
I’ve read lots of fiction this year, including a mix of great novels and short stories. I’ve been keeping track of everything through Goodreads, and I thought it would be a good idea to try to pick out the top three books I’ve read in 2020. One of my favourite authors at the moment is…
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Book Review: Luke and Jon
Luke and Jon by Robert Williams. My rating: 5 of 5 stars. Luke and Jon is a debut novel by Robert Williams, first published in 2010. Luke and his father, struggling after the death of Luke’s mother, move to a remote run-down cottage on the fell overlooking the northern town of Duerdale. They soon meet…
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Book Review: Pine
Pine by Francine Toon. My rating: 4 of 5 stars. Pine, Francine Toon’s debut novel, is the story of Niall and his daughter Lauren, who are both trying to come to terms with the disappearance of Lauren’s mother. The novel is set in winter, in a small village in the Highlands of Scotland. The cover…
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Book Review: Starve Acre
Starve Acre by Andrew Michael Hurley. My rating: 5 of 5 stars. Starve Acre is the story of Richard and Juliette who moved into Richard’s family home to bring up their young son, Ewan, only for him to die suddenly at the age of five. The novel begins after Ewan’s death, when Juliette is still…
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