Tag: literary
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Review – Jaded – Ela Lee
Jade has everything she’s wanted and worked hard for, but a work encounter threatens to uproot all of that. A dark but brilliantly written read, I couldn’t put it down.
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Review – Yellowface – Rebecca F. Kuang
June Hayward stole Athena Liu’s manuscript after her shock death and is publishing it herself, she finally feels like she’s getting everything she wanted.. until people start asking questions. A brilliant book to spark conversation, it is literary genius.
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Disabled Representation Recommendations
This blog was wrote as an accompaniment for my 2025 reading challenge: Read nine books from nine prompts over the first six months of the year and be entered into a draw to win a bundle of bookish goodies.
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Review – No Small Thing – Orlaine McDonald
This is a tale of the hardships of motherhood and the pains of today’s world. A brilliant debut and one I know a lot of people need to read.
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Review – The Things That We Lost – Jyoti Patel
When losses in the family are hidden under the rug, cracks form and secrets start to spill. This is a literary fiction you need on your shelves.
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Review: All That We’ve Got – Jendella Benson
An unlikely friendship forms after to women get caught up interconnected issues. This is a coming of age novel with some serious bite! I cannot recommend enough!
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Review: All the Truths Between Us – Liz Amos
Inseparable friends re-evaluate what life looks like apart from one another. A heartfelt literary novel that will set up camp in your heart. Get this on your TBR!
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Fever Dream Literary Fictions
I hope that with this title you know exactly what I’m talking about; the book that begins with mayhem and continues all the way through. Each chapter adds more chaos to the mix and crescendos into a dramatic finish. The pacing is high but the havoc is higher.
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Review: This Motherless Land Nikki May
A modern day retelling of Mansfield Park, set between the UK and Lagos, guaranteed to pull on your heartstrings. The perfect Summer read.
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Favourite of 2023 Reads – Literary
Literary is one of those genres that can really make you feel. You can be following a story similar to yours or one that couldn’t be more different, but you’ll follow those characters and laugh and cry with them.
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