07 June 2025

Gliff ~ Ali Smith


 Speculative, dystopian.

Just not sure about it! Thought provoking take on A Brave New World

06 June 2025

King of Ashes ~ S. A. Cosby

Jeeze, maybe I'm hard to pleeze! Read close to 50%

Couldn't care is they all became ashes. Crappy character portraits.
 

05 June 2025

04 June 2025

Isola ~ Allegra Goodman


 Based on a true story.


Took a while leading up to her being marooned and would have liked a similar section after her rescue.

02 June 2025

The Names ~ Florence Knapp

****

A sliding doors story.

A baby, named after his father, Gordon.

A baby, named by his sister, Bear

A baby, named by his mother, Julian

 

01 June 2025

06 May 2025

MAY


 

Fever Beach ~ Carl Hiaasen


 It wasn't as satirically funny as Squeeze Me.  This one was a parody centred around Proud Boys wannabes. It was overlong with too many subplots and jokes worn thin.