Now She is Witch by Kirsty Logan

I received a beautiful proof copy of Now She is Witch from @VintageBooks in a giveaway. At no point was I asked to write a review. Lux doesn’t have much in the world. She used to live with her mother in a run down house selling potions to local families who never really trusted them....

Burning Questions by Margaret Atwood

Burning Questions by Margaret Atwood is a collection of essays and occasional pieces from 2004 to 2021. Some of these I had already read, or read snippets of, with others being completely new to me. The book is long, and well worth the full price for the hardback version for the variety of pieces to...

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood

The Handmaid's Tale is an account of a woman whose name has been stripped away from her and reassigned as Offred (belonging to Fred). In her world there have been issues with fertility; Those who can bear healthy children are valued and used as handmaids for the husbands and wives who struggle to conceive. Women...

Black Chalk by Christopher J Yates

Black Chalk starts with a regretful man who has been hiding for years. Fourteen years previously he was involved in a game and now it's time to finally finish it. The book follows his retelling of the game and how it started. The innocent fun of 6 students soon turns dark and the consequences of...