My Top 14 Books for 2015
This year I read 104 novel, 4 of which I didn’t finish. My two favourite novels of the year – that is two books you should read immediately if you haven’t already, were: A Brief History of Seven Killings by...
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The Hysterical Hamster
And the shortlists for the Costa Book Award – Best Novel and Best First Novel – have been announced…
… and there’s at least one surprise. Here are the nominees: Best Novel Kate Atkinson: A God in Ruins (Doubleday) Anne Enright: The Green Road (Jonathan Cape) Patrick Gale: A Place Called Winter (Tinder Press)...
Read MoreAnd the winner of the James Herbert Prize is…
… The Troop by Nick Cutter. Most definitely not the book I would have chosen to take home the biscuits, but I’m not going to piss on Nick Cutter’s (or Craig Davidson’s) parade by having a crack at the...
Read MoreWho should win the inaugural James Herbert Award?
Here is a chilling reminder of the finalists (and a link to my frightening reviews): M.R. Carey, The Girl with All the Gifts (Orbit) Nick Cutter, The Troop (Headline) Frances Hardinge, Cuckoo Song (Macmillan) Andrew Michael...
Read MoreThe Loney by Andrew Michael Hurley
What’s It About Set mostly in 1976, congregants from Saint Jude’s Church in London are heading to the Loney, a small village on the Lancashire coast, for Easter pilgrimage. Among them are two brothers, Smith and his mute...
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