I requested to read via Netgalley, my thanks go to the publishers who granted access. This review forms my honest opinion. Blurb Two young people meet at a pub in South East London. Both are Black British, both won scholarships to private schools where they struggled to belong, both are now artists - he a … Continue reading Open Water by Caleb Azumah Nelson
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The Coffer Dams by Kamala Markandaya
My thanks to Anne Cater for the invitation to take part in this blog tour. The decision to take part was my own, and my review is my honest opinion. Blurb Clinton, founder and head of a firm of international engineers, arrives in India to build a dam, bringing with him his young wife, Helen, … Continue reading The Coffer Dams by Kamala Markandaya
All The Lonely People by Mike Gayle
My thanks to Jenny Platt at Hodder & Stoughton for inviting me to take part in this blog tour. The decision to take part in my own and this review forms my honest opinion. Blurb Hubert Bird is not alone in being alone.He just needs to realise it. In weekly phone calls to his daughter … Continue reading All The Lonely People by Mike Gayle
Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams
NOTE: AS I've come online to schedule this, I've just heard that Queenie has won, not only the Debut Book of the Year at the 2020 British Book Awards (Nibbies!), but also the overall Book of the Year! Huge and well deserved congratulations! Blurb Meet Queenie. She just can't cut a break. Well, apart from … Continue reading Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams