katycsmith1988Feb 6, 20223 min readRichard Osman’s ‘The Thursday Murder Club’ - A Murder Mystery Tale Packed with Charm and Wit‘The Thursday Murder Club’, published in September 2020, is the debut novel from producer and television presenter Richard Osman. Set in...
katycsmith1988Jan 2, 20224 min read'The Song of Achilles': A Beautifully Crafted Story of Love, Humanity, and RedemptionMadeline Miller’s debut novel, ‘The Song of Achilles’, was published in 2011, and is an account of the events described in Homer’s ‘The...
katycsmith1988Nov 2, 20213 min readMaggie O'Farrell's 'Hamnet': A Profound, Poignant Exploration of Grief and the Power of Human BondsMaggie O’Farrell’s eighth novel, published in 2020, is a fictional account of William Shakespeare’s family, and the events leading up to...
katycsmith1988Aug 23, 20213 min readThomas Hardy's 'Tess of the d'Urbervilles' - A Classic Worth Waiting ForThomas Hardy’s ‘Tess of the d’Urbervilles’ is a novel that I have put off reading for a long time, and I think a large part of the reason...
katycsmith1988Aug 4, 20213 min readMy 2021 Reading List‘The Spy of Venice’ by Benet Brandreth The debut novel from barrister and rhetoric expert Benet Brandreth features none other than...
katycsmith1988Jul 24, 20213 min read‘Where the Crawdads Sing’: A Rich, Immersive Ode to Nature, Love, and Human Resilience‘Where the Crawdads Sing’, published in 2018, is the powerful debut novel by American author Delia Owens. The novel is set in the...
