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Review :: The Familiars : Stacey Hall
I love a gorgeous cover so it probably goes without saying that I was thrilled to find a copy of Stacey Halls’ The Familiars in the March Bookish Escape Crate (those bronze foil details!). The subject of the novel sits pretty firmly inside my wheelhouse too – I’m always fascinated by stories about traditional or folk medicine, and the ‘wise’ women who practised it, as well as their persecution during ‘witch’ trials. Here’s a bit about the book (from Goodreads)… Young Fleetwood Shuttleworth, a noblewoman, is with child again. None of her previous pregnancies have borne fruit, and her husband, Richard, is anxious for an heir. Then Fleetwood discovers a…
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Sunday Stack :: Holiday Reads
If you’re anything like me, reading material might be the first thing you pack when preparing for a holiday – I generally pull out a few books I think I might like to take and add or take away from the pile for a week or so before we head off. Of course, I always pack more than I can actually read in the time we a re away – especially since I tend to bring along a few craft project too! We’re currently staying with my parents for the Easter break, and I thought I’d share the little stack that came with me on this trip. I feel like…
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Review :: A Spark of Light :: Jodi Picoult
Today I’m revisiting another review I wrote for the Bookish Escape Crate blog on Jodi Picoult’s A Spark of Light, which was the book included in the October crate. *** I have bookish confession this month: October’s Bookish Escape Crate book – A Spark of Light – is the first book I have read by Jodi Picoult! I used to read mostly fantasy books, and if I was reading something contemporary it was probably young adult. Then I had my daughter and was too scared of my feelings to read about the kinds of issues Jodi often covers in her books. Having now read this one, I’m still not…
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Review :: Washington Black :: Esi Edugyan
Today I’m revisiting another review I wrote for the Bookish Escape Crate blog on Esi Edugyan’s Washington Black, which was the book included in the September crate. I loved this one, and it has remained one of my favourite books this year. *** I knew pretty much nothing about the September Bookish Escape Crate book – Esi Edugyan’s Washington Black – when I first picked it up, except that it was on the 2018 Man Booker longlist (and has since been shortlisted), and the cover is divine (I adore a foil detailed cover!) This is one of my favourite things about a subscription book like this – that it often…
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Review :: Inappropriation :: Lexi Freiman
The past three months I’ve had so much fun working with The Bookish Escape Crate, writing reviews for their blog of the books they include in the box each month. This week I’m sharing my reviews for those first three books, starting with Lexi Freiman’s Inappropriation, which was included in the August box. *** I was thrilled when I found out that Lexi Freiman’s Inappropriation was the book being included in the August box – I’d heard a bit of buzz about it and that cover caught my eye every time I saw it in a book shop. What I didn’t know was how hard it would be to write…
