Dec 19, 2025 | What Am I Reading?
WHAT LIES BETWEEN US (Thomas and Mercer 2020) by John Marrs is an extraordinary, chilling, suspenseful and constantly surprising psychological thriller that almost defies description because of the sheer number of twists and turns in the plot. Almost nothing of the...
Dec 18, 2025 | What Am I Reading?
If you are after a terrifying, edge of your seat thriller that will keep you up at night, look no further than NIGHTWATCHING (Penguin 2024), the debut psychological crime novel by Tracy Sierra. Gripping, atmospheric, challenging and mesmerising, this book is full of...
Dec 17, 2025 | What Am I Reading?
Only an author as skilled as Percival Everett could take a bloody historical event and transpose it not only into a contemporary narrative but a work of funny, quick-witted dialogue and the darkest black comedy imaginable. THE TREES (Graywolf Press 2021) is a sublime,...
Nov 23, 2025 | What Am I Reading?
LIMBERLOST (Text 2022) by Robbie Arnott is a beautifully phrased, evocative love song to Tasmania, and to the struggles and simple joys of life there decades ago. Following the life of Ned, the story swings between his time as a boy living on his family orchard and...
Nov 20, 2025 | Uncategorized, What Am I Reading?
The third and final novella in Rachel Cusk’s trilogy, KUDOS (Faber and Faber Allen and Unwin 2018) is structured in a very different style from the previous two. Written in one long, continuous story, there are no chapters and only the occasional spacing break. This...
Nov 19, 2025 | What Am I Reading?
The second in Rachel Cusk’s trilogy is TRANSIT (Faber and Faber 2016). As with OUTLINE, Cusk delivers sparse yet pinpoint detail prose that explores themes including childhood, loss, moving on, change, moral responsibility, vulnerability and power. The narrator’s...
