Go Tell the Bees That I’m Gone, Diana Gabaldon
This is the latest book of Diana Gabaldon’s Outlander series. It came out last autumn. It was in my possession the week before Christmas...
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Margo De Weerdt
- May 26, 2021
Americanah, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
This book was recommended by a dear friend, my fellow bookworm. And it did not disappoint the praise with which it fell into my hands...
Margo De Weerdt
- May 19, 2021
Winter, Ali Smith
If you have read my post about the first book in this series, Autumn, you will know that an equal vague post is coming when you continue...
Margo De Weerdt
- May 12, 2021
Autumn, Ali Smith
This book is the first of Ali Smith’s series ‘Seasonal’. When you start this book, leave every expectation you have of what a story...
Margo De Weerdt
- Apr 28, 2021
Good Omens, Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman
This is possibly the funniest fantasy book I have read to date. To quote one of the praises on the first page: “The Apocalypse has never...
Margo De Weerdt
- Apr 21, 2021
Wuthering Heights, Emily Brontë
Once upon a time as a teenager I started in this book but for some reason never finished it. (That is rare for me.) ...
Margo De Weerdt
- Apr 17, 2021
The Children of Ash & Elm: A History of the Vikings, Neil Price
For all the people who are *slightly* obsessed with history and archaeology, yes, I am one of those, this is a wonderful book about ...
Margo De Weerdt
- Apr 14, 2021
Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold, Stephen Fry
If you have ever listened to any of the podcasts or audiobooks from Stephen Fry, you will hear him tell these myths in his warm, ...
Margo De Weerdt
- Apr 10, 2021
A Little Life, Hanya Yanagihara
A dear friend of mine recommended this book to me in 2019. (Do you remember that time before the entire CIVID-19 hassle?) She lent me her...
Margo De Weerdt
- Apr 7, 2021
Eva Luna, Isabel Allende
This book gives me a double feeling. I had high hopes when I started, I always hear quite good reviews of the books of Isabelle Allende...
Margo De Weerdt
- Mar 29, 2021
How to be a woman, Caitlin Moran
I’m probably one of the last people to discover this book... I’m aware, I’m late to the party. (Nothing new, I usually am with things...
Margo De Weerdt
- Mar 29, 2021
Educated, Tara Westover
I discovered this book via the podcast ‘How to fail’ from Elizabeth Day. The author, Tara Westover was a guest on season 2, episode 7...
Margo De Weerdt
- Mar 29, 2021
Barracoon: The story of the last slave, Zora Neale Hurston
I’ve had my eye on this book for a while before I bought it. It’s the kind of book that you encounter multiple times in ...