We’ve gone a little fantasy for this week’s Weekend Read — and trust us, it’s worth it.
It’s been a while since we’ve come across a book as exquisitely edited
The Age of Magic by Ben Okri isn’t a book you simply read. It’s one you experience. Luminous, haunting, and utterly hypnotic, it lingers long after you turn the last
AI bots are getting writing jobs. Cars don’t need drivers anymore. And our phones eerily seem to know what we’re thinking…
Maybe robots will be taking over soon –
Candy Girl: A Year in the Life of an Unlikely Stripper by Diablo Cody is my instant recommendation if someone wants a funny book.
Any time I see a copy of Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld, I have this strong compulsion to buy it. Even though I already own it. Because this book is just
This week’s Weekend Read is Monster Love by Carol Topolski where a man and a woman meet, fall in love, and get married.
The provocatively titled How to Murder Your Life by Cat Marnell is so devastatingly entertaining I never wanted it to end.
Oh, Sofie Laguna. Why would you leave my heart trampled on the ground like this? Laguna’s stunning novel Infinite Splendours is very, very sad.
Donna Mazza’s Fauna (another excellent secondhand find!) is about a regular Australian family with a very unusual pregnancy.
If there’s one thing I love, it’s a book other people would describe as WEIRD. I love a subversive story, an unusual plot, and if it’s written by a woman
Stephen King fascinates me for a lot of reasons. His endless well of ideas. His prolific rate of publication. And the fact that as a famed horror writer, I think
Me last year: “All I want for Christmas is … Ann Patchett’s Tom Lake.”
I am a massive Patchett fan. Her novels State of Wonder (about a mysterious research project
Trigger warning: This review contains mentions of eating disorders and mental illness. If you would prefer not to read about these topics, please scroll on. Take care of you.
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Do you have a book that you spend your life recommending to people? For me that book is Too Close to the Falls by Catherine Gildiner. I’ve lost count of
What would you do if you kept dreaming about a woman urging you to board a bus made of rice paper? And then one day (in real life) she walked
Chloe Hooper is one of those writers who only produces solid gold. Fiction, true crime, memoir – she does it all.
I first came across her when I read her
“Even in death the boys were trouble.”
Some books are propelled forward by an incredible story. Others are notable for beautiful writing. If you’re lucky, you find a book
This short read is an emotional punch to the gut, but it’s also very beautiful.
When I Forgot by Elina Hirvonen is about Anna, whose parents are urging her to
It’s a glorious feeling when you realise…
A. Ann Patchett exists!
B. You can safely pick up any book with “Ann Patchett” printed on the cover knowing it’s going to
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
You’ve probably heard of The Road.
It not only snagged the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for fiction, it was adapted into a fantastic movie. It also
Halloween is officially here, and this weekend’s read has it all. Haunted house? Check. Witchcraft? Check. Mysterious family secrets? Double check!
We Have Always Lived in the Castle (epic title)
We’re well into October and what better way to get in the spooky spirit than with a creepy read?
Currently I’m devouring Patricia Cornwell’s Portrait of a Killer: Jack the
Max Landsberg offers a refreshingly practical guide for those of us who could use a bit of structure in talking ourselves off the ledge and onto the path of progress.
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