A Man Called Ove is the first novel by Swedish blogger and author Fredrik Backman, and what a great uplifting read it is! Ove is a 59-year old grumpy, lonely man who thrives on routine and principles, and who gets extremely bent out of shape when he encounters people who don’t. Needless to say, he… View more
If you are on the lookout for a quick and entertaining, yet well-written summer read, I’ve found one for you in The Rosie Project. The Rosie Project is the debut novel of Australian author-cum-IT consultant, Graeme Simsion. It focuses on routine-laden genetics professor, Don Tillman, who has decided he is ready for marriage. He hopes… View more
Do you know who Meghan Daum is? If you do, you are one step ahead of me. She wrote a previous collection of essays titled ‘My Misspent Youth’ and if I had seen that title I guarantee I would have pulled it off the shelf based on curiosity alone. As it is, the title I… View more
Let me start by saying this is one of those books that I thought I should read. It had been on my goodread’s “want to read” list because everyone I knew loved it, but the subject matter – family drama – isn’t my usual fare. We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves is a novel about… View more