THE PLOT: Anne Boleyn: A King’s Obsession is the second book in the ‘Six Tudor Queens’ series by Alison Weir. Starting with Anne’s early life at Hever, it follows her move to Burgundy to serve Margaret of Austria and then … Continue reading Review: Anne Boleyn
THE PLOT: 10 Minutes 38 Seconds by Elif Shafak is a novel which starts with the death of a prostitute. Leila is sitting in an industrial trashcan in Istanbul. Her life has ended but her mind is still at work. … Continue reading Review: 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange World
THE PLOT: Katherine of Aragon: The True Queen is the first book in the ‘Six Tudor Queens’ series by Alison Weir. Starting with Katherine’s journey to England to marry Prince Arthur, it goes on to detail her life and, ultimately, her … Continue reading Review: Katherine of Aragon
THE PLOT: A Room Called Earth by Madeleine Ryan is about a young woman on the autism spectrum. Set in Melbourne, Australia, the whole novel takes places in one night as the (unnamed) main character goes to a party. From ritualistic … Continue reading Review: A Room Called Earth
THE PLOT: The Scents of Marie-Claire by Habib Selmi is a love story between a Tunisian man and a French woman set in Paris. A short novel, it was translated from Arabic by Fadwa Al Qasem and shortlisted for the … Continue reading Review: The Scents of Marie-Claire
THE PLOT: Love In Colour by Bolu Babalola is a collection of short stories based on ancient myths from different cultures. From Thisbe and Pyramus (Mesopotamia) to Psyche and Eros (Ancient Greece), each story centres the female character and places … Continue reading Review: Love In Colour
THE PLOT: We Are Displaced by Malala Yousafzai is a collection of real stories from refugee girls around the world. From Yemen, Myanmar, Syria, Iraq, Colombia and more, this book gives an insight into the global conflicts tearing communities apart. … Continue reading Review: We Are Displaced
THE PLOT: Set in Nigeria in the 1990’s, An Ordinary Wonder by Buki Papillon is about an intersex twin who is forced to live life as a boy, despite knowing he is meant to be a girl. Since Otolorin’s birth, … Continue reading Review: An Ordinary Wonder
THE PLOT: Open Water by Caleb Azumah Nelson is a novel about two Black-British South-Londoners who fall in love. He is a photographer who is coping with the death of his grandparents and anxiety. She is a dancer who is … Continue reading Review: Open Water
THE PLOT: The Cost of Knowing by Brittney Morris is a YA novel about a teenage boy who can see the future. Alex hasn’t been able to get rid of these “visions” since the accident which killed his parents. It’s … Continue reading Review: The Cost of Knowing
