Classics and Literary Round-up: April 2021

Classics and Literary Round-up: April 2021

And so the year rolls on, with a third of it gone. Can you believe it? I’m pleased to report, however, that the Challenge in my neck of the woods seems to be going well, with a goodly number of reviews this month. I’m even more pleased that there is a...
Classics and Literary Round-up: March 2021

Classics and Literary Round-up: March 2021

Interesting! March seems like a big reading month for the challenge. In 2019, 2020 and again this year, we had over sixty reviews for literary fiction and classics posted to the challenge, significantly more than the preceding Februarys. Why is this? Is it that autumn...
Non-Fiction (General) Round Up: Dec 2018 – Jan 2019

Non-Fiction (General) Round Up: Dec 2018 – Jan 2019

Welcome to a brand new year of monthly reviews for General Non-Fiction. We’re starting off 2019 with 18 non-fiction reviews, for 11 different books from 14 individual reviewers. A great start! During the week, The Stella Prize announced their 2019 longlist, with...
Sunday Spotlight with Sofie Laguna

Sunday Spotlight with Sofie Laguna

Recently longlisted for The Stella Prize, Sofie Laguna’s The Choke is a brilliant, haunting novel about a child navigating an often dark and uncaring world of male power and violence, in which grown-ups can’t be trusted and comfort can only be found in nature. I...