Shiny New Books

What to Read Next and Why

  • About
  • Editorial & Review
  • Privacy
  • Fiction Review Index
  • Non-Fiction Index
    • Architecture, Art & Design, Craft, Home & Garden, Photography
    • Biography, Memoir & Diaries
    • Books about Books, Lit Crit, Publishing, Reading & Writing
    • Ecology & Environment, Natural World
    • Entertainment, Media, Film & Music
    • Mind and Body, Medicine, Psychology

Month: September 2017

Every Word is a Bird We Teach to Sing : Encounters with the Mysteries & Meanings of Language by Daniel Tammet
September 28, 2017

Every Word is a Bird We Teach to Sing : Encounters with the Mysteries & Meanings of Language by Daniel Tammet

Reviewed by Liz Dexter You may remember Tammet from his autism memoir, Born on a Blue Day, and his fascination with words and languages as…

The Squeeze by Lesley Glaister
September 26, 2017

The Squeeze by Lesley Glaister

Reviewed by Anna Hollingsworth Admitted, to say that the world has shrunk into a village has shrunk into a cliché itself. But the cliché…

three daughters of eve elif shafak
September 26, 2017

Three Daughters of Eve by Elif Shafak

Paperback Review by Eric Karl Anderson It’s deeply frightening and upsetting how politically divided society is at the moment. When different factions are so…

Autumn ali smith
September 21, 2017

Autumn by Ali Smith

Paperback review by Clare Rowland Autumn is the first of four books in a planned series of novels by Ali Smith named after the seasons…

S&S Austen OUP
September 21, 2017

Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen

Reviewed by Julie Barham The inevitable question is, do we need a new edition of one of Austen’s books? Well, on the evidence of…

Russian Émigré Short Stories from Bunin to Yanovsky edited Bryan Karetnyk
September 19, 2017

Russian Émigré Short Stories from Bunin to Yanovsky, edited by Bryan Karetnyk

Reviewed by Karen Langley In the anniversary year of the 1917 Russian Revolution a number of books have been issued which look at that…

The Tryst by Monique Roffey
September 19, 2017

The Tryst by Monique Roffey

Reviewed by Harriet This is a remarkable book by any standard. It’s marketed by the publisher, Dodo Ink, as a literary erotic novella, which…

The Easy Way Out by Steven Amsterdam
September 14, 2017

The Easy Way Out by Steven Amsterdam

Paperback reviewed by Susan Osborne This novel is unlikely to appeal to everyone although we should all read it. It’s about assisted suicide, one…

The Brazilian by Rosie Millard
September 14, 2017

The Brazilian by Rosie Millard

Reviewed by Laura Marriott The Brazilian opens in a London beauty salon where the middle class and nearly middle aged (although she would be furious…

Testimony by Scott Turow
September 12, 2017

Testimony by Scott Turow

Reviewed by Basil Ransome Davies The ‘international theme’ – Old World/New World – was a foreground concern of Henry James. It typically featured the…

The Ready Made Thief by Augustus Rose
September 12, 2017

The Ready Made Thief by Augustus Rose

Reviewed by Harriet ‘A kickass debut from start to finish’ screams the cover of this highly readable, somewhat bizarre, debut novel. It’s a book…

elmet fiona mozley
September 7, 2017

Elmet by Fiona Mozley

Reviewed by David Hebblethwaite When the 2017 Man Booker Prize longlist was announced last month, it included a number of familiar names (including Jon…

The Strange Case of the Alchemist’s Daughter, by Theodora Goss
September 7, 2017

The Strange Case of the Alchemist’s Daughter, by Theodora Goss

Reviewed by Helen Parry I’m very fond of Theodora Goss’s short stories, so when I saw that she was publishing a novel I was…

Admissions henry marsh
September 5, 2017

Admissions by Henry Marsh

Reviewed by Rebecca Foster Brain surgeon Henry Marsh’s first book, Do No Harm, was one of my favorite reads of 2015 [reviewed by Annabel here]. In short,…

bedlam-stacks
September 5, 2017

The Bedlam Stacks by Natasha Pulley

Reviewed by Annabel Natasha Pulley’s debut novel, The Watchmaker of Filigree Street (which I reviewed here in 2015), was a wonderful discovery. A period…

Categories

Subscribe to receive posts via email

Loading

Top Posts & Pages

  • A Spectre, Haunting: On The Communist Manifesto by China Miéville
  • About
  • Heirloom Knitting by Sharon Miller
  • The Nutmeg’s Curse: Parables for a Planet in Crisis by Amitav Ghosh
  • Five Fascinating Facts About… Daphne du Maurier
  • Let Me Tell You What I Mean by Joan Didion
  • 'Sensational Books' at the Bodleian
  • The Light of Day by Eric Ambler
  • Slow Horses by Mick Herron
  • A History of Children’s Books in 100 Books by Roderick Cave and Sarah Ayad

Our Affiliate LInk to Blackwell’s – When you click through and purchase, it earns us a small commission to help pay for this site’s upkeep. Thank you.

www.blackwells.co.uk
My Tweets

Recent Comments

  • One Day I Shall Astonish the World by Nina Stibbe – Shiny New Books on Man at the Helm by Nina Stibbe
  • Liz Dexter on A Spectre, Haunting: On The Communist Manifesto by China Miéville
  • Six Degrees of Separation: Wintering – Annabookbel on Funny Girl by Nick Hornby
  • State of the TBR – July 2022 | Adventures in reading, running and working from home on Snow Widows: Scott’s Fatal Antarctic Expedition Through the Eyes of the Women They Left Behind by Katherine MacInnes
  • State of the TBR – July 2022 | Adventures in reading, running and working from home on 100 Voices: 100 Women Share their Stories of Achievement, ed. Miranda Roszkowski

Recent Posts

  • A Spectre, Haunting: On The Communist Manifesto by China Miéville
  • The Facemaker: One Surgeon’s Battle to Mend the Disfigured Soldiers of World War I, by Lindsey Fitzharris
  • I Used to Live Here Once by Miranda Seymour
  • One Day I Shall Astonish the World by Nina Stibbe
  • Letters to Gwen John by Celia Paul
Privacy & Cookies: This site uses cookies. By continuing to use this website, you agree to their use.
To find out more, including how to control cookies, see here: Cookie Policy

Shiny on Facebook

Shiny on Facebook

Blog Stats

  • 604,475 hits

Meta

  • Log in
  • Entries feed
  • Comments feed
  • WordPress.org

© 2014-2021, Shiny New Books and its Contributors

Archives

  • June 2022
  • May 2022
  • April 2022
  • March 2022
  • February 2022
  • January 2022
  • December 2021
  • November 2021
  • October 2021
  • September 2021
  • August 2021
  • July 2021
  • June 2021
  • May 2021
  • April 2021
  • March 2021
  • February 2021
  • January 2021
  • December 2020
  • November 2020
  • October 2020
  • September 2020
  • August 2020
  • July 2020
  • June 2020
  • May 2020
  • April 2020
  • March 2020
  • February 2020
  • January 2020
  • December 2019
  • November 2019
  • October 2019
  • September 2019
  • August 2019
  • July 2019
  • June 2019
  • May 2019
  • April 2019
  • March 2019
  • February 2019
  • January 2019
  • December 2018
  • November 2018
  • October 2018
  • September 2018
  • August 2018
  • July 2018
  • June 2018
  • May 2018
  • April 2018
  • March 2018
  • February 2018
  • January 2018
  • December 2017
  • November 2017
  • October 2017
  • September 2017
  • August 2017
  • July 2017
  • June 2017
  • May 2017
  • April 2017
  • March 2017
  • February 2017
  • December 2016
  • November 2016
  • October 2016
  • September 2016
  • August 2016
  • July 2016
  • June 2016
  • May 2016
  • April 2016
  • January 2016
  • December 2015
  • October 2015
  • August 2015
  • July 2015
  • June 2015
  • April 2015
  • January 2015
  • December 2014
  • October 2014
  • September 2014
  • July 2014
  • April 2014
Copyright Shiny New Books. All rights reserved. | Theme by SuperbThemes