Christine Murphy, Notes on Surviving The Fire. Sarah is trying to finish her PhD in religious studies at a university in southern California, considering the threefold nature of Buddhist justifications for violence. Her fellow student and best friend Nathan has spent time in a Catholic monastery in the Dolomites and been celibate for over a … Continue reading Reading Diary, September 12th to 23rd, 2025| Laura Tisdall
Graeme Macrae Burnet, His Bloody Project. This Booker-shortlisted novel purports to be a collection of papers concerning a (fictional) notorious murder case; in 1869, a seventeen-year-old crofter c…| Laura Tisdall
NB. I’m still working on my post about three standout novels I read earlier this month – not to say these ones were bad! Andrew McMillan, Pity. This Barnsley-set novella traces both hom…| Laura Tisdall
It’s time for another top ten books of the year list! (You can find my 2023 post here, my 2022 post here, my 2021 post here, my 2020 post here, my 2019 post here, my 2018 post here, my 2017 post he…| Laura Tisdall
The Reformatory by Tananarive Due: This is a full-blown old-fashioned horror novel, but in the very best way. Like Colson Whitehead’s The Nickel Boys, Due draws on the real-life atrocities committe…| Laura Tisdall
