“The Favour” by Laura Vaughan
I was lucky enough to be given the chance to listen to the advance copy of the audiobook narrated by Helen Keeley, and I have to admit that I absolutely adored this story. “This is not my place, these are not my people”. Quite a catchy mantra to illustrate the core of this beautiful book: …
ALL THE LONELY PEOPLE by Mike Gayle
“Apparently, loneliness is a bigger killer than cancer, can you imagine that?” What an incredible and uplifting book. Mike Gayle’s writing is flawless and made me fall in love with all the characters. I could not get enough of it and did not want it to end. I cried, I laughed, I loved, I was …
“DREAMLAND” by Rosa Rankin – Gee
In a dystopian “near” future, the inequalities are reaching their paroxysm. Paid to “relocate” to a desolated version of Margate, Chance and her family settle there as best as they could. Amid a life of drugs, abuse and theft, Chance finally meets a girl her own age from London: Francesca aka Franky. Falling under her …
“WE ARE BELLINGCAT – An intelligence agency for the People” by Eliot Higgins
Happy Publication Day !! Synopsis: « We Are Bellingcat tells the story of how a school dropout created a whole new category of information-gathering and galvanised citizen journalists to solve some of the biggest stories of our time, using just their computer screens. It charts the tools that have developed for analysing data since the 1990s, …
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“WE ARE ALL BIRDS OF UGANDA” by Hafsa Zayyan
“We were trying to exterminate them for a while [but] you can’t exactly stop birds from flying, can you? […] In a way, I suppose we are all birds of Uganda.” What a beautiful metaphor used by Hafsa Zayyan in her truly accomplished debut novel broaching the subject of migration and its consequences. In today’ …
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THE PROPHETS, by Robert Jones, Jr.
I am in awe… in awe of this incredible and magnificent book by Robert Jones, Jr. His quill is pure poetry and, even though his prose is heartbreaking, it is also breathtaking. I could not put it down. I was transported right there and then, mesmerised by it all. The story takes place in Mississippi, …
TAKING THE PLUNGE
As challenging as 2020 has been for obvious reasons, it has had the benefit to force me to stop and reflect upon my life and my accomplishments. I suddenly realised with dread that having spent the last 15 years evolving in the world of law without stopping, I had somewhat managed to loose myself. Where …
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