Clare reviewed Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop by Hwang Bo-reum
Review of 'Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
lovely read. Cosy, feel-good, comforting
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Clare reviewed To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf by Virginia Woolf
This novel is an extraordinarily poignant evocation of a lost happiness that lives on in …
Review of 'To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
No one writes like Virginia Woolf. Her prose is one of a kind, and it's breathtaking. Part 2 of this novel (Time Passes), is one of the best pieces of writing I've ever had the pleasure of reading.
Clare rated The Turn of the Screw (Penguin Popular Classics): 4 stars
The Turn of the Screw (Penguin Popular Classics) by Henry James
A very young woman's first job: governess for two weirdly beautiful, strangely distant, oddly silent children, Miles and Flora, at …
Clare rated Howards End: 4 stars
Howards End by E. M. Forster
Howards End is a novel by E. M. Forster, first published in 1910, about social conventions, codes of conduct and …
Dune by Frank Herbert
Set on the desert planet Arrakis, Dune is the story of the boy Paul Atreides, heir to a noble family …
Clare rated Playing To the Gallery: 5 stars
Clare rated Inhabiting the Negative Space: 5 stars
Inhabiting the Negative Space by Jenny Odell
A hopeful meditation on how periods of inactivity become reimagined as fertile spaces for design and how we might use …
Daddy Boy by Emerson Whitney
After a decade-long relationship with a dominatrix he called Daddy, Emerson Whitney had begun to crave something besides submission. It …
Clare rated The Sirens of Titan: 4 stars
The Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut
The Sirens of Titan is an outrageous romp through space, time, and morality. The richest, most depraved man on Earth, …
Evelyn Waugh: Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder (1982)
Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder by Evelyn Waugh
Brideshead Revisited, The Sacred & Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder is a novel by English writer Evelyn Waugh, first …
Clare rated Sense and sensibility: 4 stars
Sense and sensibility by Jane Austen (Penguin classics)
When Mr. Dashwood dies, he must leave the bulk of his estate to the son by his first marriage, which …
Clare reviewed Bored Gay Werewolf by Tony Santorella
'Like a hairier Buffy The Vampire Slayer, a a big-hearted novel about finding your "pack" …
Review of 'Bored Gay Werewolf' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
Really enjoyed it, however the last chapter was such a genre shift that it lost me. Totally eye-rolling after such a fun, relevant novel about toxic masculinity.
Clare rated In the Dream House: 5 stars
In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado
For years Carmen Maria Machado has struggled to articulate her experiences in an abusive same-sex relationship. In this extraordinarily candid …
Clare reviewed Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
An audacious, darkly glittering novel set in the eerie days following civilization’s collapse, Station Eleven …
Review of 'Station Eleven' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
Wish it was longer! I'm so curious about this world that Mandel has created. I want to know more! I loved the interconnection between all the characters, and the mundane aspects of survival. Just people being people. Loving, remembering, fighting, surviving.
Clare reviewed Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan
Shortlisted for the 2022 Booker Prize
"A hypnotic and electrifying Irish tale that transcends country, …
Review of 'Small Things Like These' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
A bit too sickly sweet for my liking, but not a bad book by any means. Maybe if it was longer and delved a bit deeper into its themes I would've liked it more.