Blurb By reading Style magazine, I was training myself not to want things. It was going quite well. I had already found that I did not want a pair of Yves Saint Laurent mules, a chandelier made from plastic antlers, or a diamond-encrusted necklace in the shape of a pineapple. I was still working on … Continue reading On The Up by Alice O’Keeffe
Tag: motherhood
The School Run by Helen Whitaker
I love it when a book surprises me, and this one really did. I expected something along the lines of Bride Wars, a film which although I liked at the time, I now hate. The way in which two smart women are reduced to such ridiculous and hateful behaviour really grates on me. I expected … Continue reading The School Run by Helen Whitaker
My Name is Monster by Katie Hale
From the off there is a dizzying sense of unease and unfamiliarity with My Name is Monster. I found myself reading and desperately trying to make this world fit within my own, grasping for something known to me - of course, that is the beauty of dystopian fiction. The taking of what we know and … Continue reading My Name is Monster by Katie Hale
Bad Mommy, Stay Mommy by Elisabeth Horan
My thanks to the publisher, Fly on the Wall Poetry Press and Anne Cater for inviting me to take part in this blog tour. I was instantly intrigued by Bad Mommy, Stay Mommy. My experience of motherhood with my firstborn was blighted by postnatal depression, and as a result I am fascinated by prose and … Continue reading Bad Mommy, Stay Mommy by Elisabeth Horan
The Flight of Cornelia Blackwood by Susan Elliot Wright
I have so many enthusiastic adjectives bouncing around my head right now, that I am struggling to pin down the right words to describe how I feel about this book. I've read some really heartbreaking, wonderful stories recently that have moved me to tears - but this is the novel that has run so close … Continue reading The Flight of Cornelia Blackwood by Susan Elliot Wright
Sight by Jessie Greengrass
'Wow' seems to be a wholly inadequate way to express how I feel about Sight, and yet it's pretty much all I had for at least an hour after closing the back cover. The concept is so simple: a woman considering whether or not she wishes to be a mother, revisiting her childhood and her … Continue reading Sight by Jessie Greengrass
The Rival by Charlotte Duckworth
I am absolutely delighted to be a part of The Rival blog tour and I am very excited to be sharing my review today. I am sat here scrambling for the words to describe just how The Rival has made me feel. I've raced through it over the Bank Holiday weekend, become increasingly absorbed with … Continue reading The Rival by Charlotte Duckworth
