“Natural Disaster” by Lisa Owens: Motherhood At Its Realest (BOOK REVIEW)
Confession time: I work at a nursery in London. Every week children grow up in real time around me while I also observe the adults that pick them up. Some parents run in late from work, exhausted. Some mothers hold two children at once, push a stroller and talk on the phone at the same time […]
“Kitten” by Stacey Yu: The Purrfection of Living Uncertainly (BOOK REVIEW)
I have been following Stacey Yu online since before she announced her upcoming novel, Kitten, that was given to me in advance by NetGalley and Hodder & Stoughton (Sceptre). So reading Kitten was sort of personal to me. This is the first time I have watched a bookish creator I followed shift from reviewing novels to writing one of their own and sharing pieces of the publishing journey […]
“Main Characters” by Bobby Palmer: Fall In Love With Falling In Love (BOOK REVIEW)
In 2026, I cried because of a man. That man is called Bobby Palmer. I rarely pick up a book because of its blurb, but Main Charactersby Bobby Palmer was the exception: “This is a love story, told by everyone but the main characters. Clara and Seb are about to fall in love. They don’t know it yet. But everybody else does.” .[…]
“The Running Man” by Stephen King: Leaving a Corrupted World Behind (BOOK REVIEW)
I’ve been closely following the upcoming The Running Man movie adaptation by Paramount, directed by Edgar Wright and starring Glen Powell. I made a promise to a special someone that I will read and review the book before the movie premieres later this month, so here I am. […]
“Shy Girl” by Mia Ballard: The Less Human, The More In Control (BOOK REVIEW)
I received an early copy of Shy Girl by Mia Ballard through NetGalley, and honestly, I wasn’t ready. Like many others, what first caught my attention was the cover – a soft, pastel design with an innocent-looking dog wearing a pink bow, giving off peak cottagecore serenity. Then you flip to page one and read the author’s note: proceed with caution. Boy, was she not kidding […]