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The Three Lives of Cate Kay: A Unique LGBTQ+ Romance
Genre: Romance / LGBTQ+ Pages: 301 First published: 2025 Original language: English The plot: Cate Kay is the author of a best-selling book trilogy that is about to be adapted into a film. She exists in the shadows: she never grants interviews, has never attended any book events, and writes under a pseudonym. Her true Continue reading
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5 Books to Inspire Your Travel Bucket List
This fortnight, our reading prompt at Book and a Brew (https://www.instagram.com/book_anda_brew) is A Book Set Somewhere You’ve Always Wanted To Visit. That means we’re dusting off our travel bucket lists and heading off on holiday! (In our minds, that is) To give you some inspiration, here are 5 books with a setting worthy of your Continue reading
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Anita de Monte Laughs Last by Xochitle Gonzalez
Genre : Mystery / Fiction Pages: 352 First published: 2024 Original language: English The plot: In 1985, artist Anita de Monte dies in suspicious circumstances. Her death is on everyone’s lips, but her life and work are quickly forgotten. Meanwhile, the career of her husband, the artist Jack Martin (thought to be responsible for her Continue reading
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Exploring Maya Angelou’s Early Adult Life in ‘Singin’ and Swingin’ and Getting Merry Like Christmas
Genre: Memoir / History Pages: 322 First published: 1976 Original language: English The plot: The third volume of Maya Angelou’s celebrated memoir series details her early adult life, where music, showbusiness and motherhood are her focus. She tell us of her first marriage, her experiences as an accomplished singer and dancer, and her time touring Continue reading
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The Cliffs: A Historical Fiction Journey in Maine
Genre: Drama / Historical Fiction Pages: 367 First published: 2024 Original language: English The plot: On a secluded cliff in Maine sits a house loaded with several lifetime’s worth of secrets. When Jane Flanagan discovers the house as a refuge from her complex home life, it has long since been abandoned. Twenty years later, now Continue reading
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Stop Reading What You Don’t Enjoy: Tips for Avid Readers
A few years ago, I made it my mission to tackle every book on the Rory Gilmore Reading List. For those who aren’t familiar with Rory Gilmore, she’s one of the lead characters in the TV series Gilmore Girls, which ran for seven seasons from 2000 – 2007 (with a short revival in 2016). Rory Continue reading
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The Power of Deya: A Review of A Woman Is No Man
The best novel I have read this year. Genre: Fiction / Drama Pages: 352 First published: 2019 Original language: English The plot: Three generations of Palestinian-American women in Brooklyn deal with expectations of family, generational change and the harsh realities of arranged marriage. The youngest, 18 year old Deya, is meeting with suitors, but doesn’t Continue reading
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Rediscovering Love: Second Chances in Rowell’s Slow Dance
Second chance love in Nebraska by the author of Eleanor and Park. Genre: Romance Pages: 412 First published: 2024 Original language: English The plot: Shiloh and Cary meet as teenagers and begin a life-long friendship, that both knows has the potential to blossom into something more, but neither quite gets around to pursuing. When a Continue reading
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The Camomile Lawn by Mary Wesley
Upper class partner swapping in wartime London. Genre: Family drama / Fiction Pages: 336 First published: 1984 Original language: English The plot: Mary Wesley’s landmark 1984 novel begins on the aforementioned Camomile Lawn, in the south of Cornwall, the summer before World War II breaks out. There, five cousins gather at their aunt’s house for Continue reading
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The Great Debate : Print Books vs Ebooks
I love my Kindle. Let’s start with that. It’s light, it holds thousands of books, and is far more convenient that storing the same amount of books in my home. But recently I’ve been struggling with sleep and my mental health. In an effort to combat this, I’ve been taking steps to reduce my exposure Continue reading
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