Shiny New Books

What to Read Next and Why

  • About
  • Editorial & Review
  • Privacy
  • Fiction Review Index

Tag: Reviewer: Devine H

May 24, 2022

Tell Me an Ending by Jo Harkin

Reviewed by Harriet ‘What if you didn’t have to live with your worst memories?’, asks the cover of this debut novel. Anyone who’s seen…

May 19, 2022

Dear Little Corpses by Nicola Upson

Reviewed by Harriet It’s the first of September 1939. Hitler has invaded Poland, and though Britain is not yet at war with Germany, there…

May 3, 2022

These Days by Lucy Caldwell

Reviewed by Harriet ‘two sisters, four nights, one city’ is the subtitle of this riveting new novel by Lucy Caldwell. I don’t think I’ve…

April 26, 2022

Strange Journey by Maud Cairnes

Reviewed by Harriet This is a body-swap novel – one of the first ever to be published. It’s very entertaining but also quite thought…

April 14, 2022

The Lives of the Saints by Sebastian Barry

Reviewed by Harriet Anyone who knows me or reads my reviews will know that I’m a great admirer of Sebastian Barry. I’ve reviewed three…

April 5, 2022

Truly Madly by Stephen Galloway

Reviewed by Harriet ‘Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier and the Romance of the Century’ is the subtitle of this joint biography by Stephen Galloway. The…

March 31, 2022

French Braid by Anne Tyler

Reviewed by Harriet ‘That’s how families work. You think you’re free of them, but you’re never really free; the ripples are crimped in forever’….

March 24, 2022

Latchkey Ladies by Marjorie Grant

Reviewed by Harriet These girls, buffeting with the world as they did war-work, or any work that would support them, were apt to have…

March 17, 2022

Nine Lives by Peter Swanson

Reviewed by Harriet Peter Swanson is a prolific author, averaging one book a year since his debut, The Girl with a Clock for a…

February 24, 2022

Great Literary Friendships by Janet Phillips

Reviewed by Harriet When you see the title of this book, you may think, as I did initially, that it was going to be…

February 10, 2022

Jane’s Country Year by Malcolm Saville

Reviewed by Harriet Jane woke slowly. For a long minute she lay drowsing with her eyes shut, wondering why the bed felt so different….

January 27, 2022

The Village of Eight Graves by Seishi Yokomizo

Translated by Bryan Karetnyk Reviewed by Harriet Seishi Yozomizo (1902-1991), whose works are hugely celebrated in Japan, has been described as ‘the Japanese Agatha…

December 14, 2021

Sally on the Rocks by Winifred Boggs

Reviewed by Harriet This delightful novel is part of the latest batch of the British Library Women Writers series. I’ve reviewed a few of…

December 2, 2021

Lily: A Tale of Revenge by Rose Tremain

Reviewed by Harriet From the first moment that we meet Lily Mortimer, we know her secret. We know it because she dreams of her…

November 25, 2021

These Precious Days by Ann Patchett

Reviewed by Harriet I’m a great admirer of Ann Patchett’s novels. I read Bel Canto when it first came out and have loved her…

November 16, 2021

Adam O’Riordan answers questions on The Falling Thread

Interview by Harriet As an already successful poet and short-story writer, what made you turn to the novel? Was it a sudden decision or…

November 16, 2021

The Falling Thread by Adam O’Riordan

Reviewed by Harriet Unlike some of my fellow reviewers, I tend not to seize upon debut novels. Call me a fuddy-duddy, but I usually…

November 11, 2021

Which Way by Theodora Benson (Blog Tour)

Reviewed by Harriet Published in 1931 and newly reissued in the British Library Women Writers Series, this is a fascinating book in a number…

November 2, 2021

Oh William! by Elizabeth Strout

Reviewed by Harriet I first encountered Elizabeth Strout back in February 2017 – according to my review at the time [here] I’d spotted My…

October 19, 2021

April in Spain by John Banville

Reviewed by Harriet Almost exactly a year ago, I reviewed John Banville’s Snow [here], an immensely enjoyable country house murder mystery. I particularly liked…

October 14, 2021

Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead

Reviewed by Harriet ‘Carney was only slightly bent when it came to being crooked’. So we are introduced to the leading character in Colson…

October 5, 2021

The Story of the Country House by Clive Aslet

Reviewed by Harriet My definition of the country house is this: a work of domestic architecture in a rural location, surrounded by its own…

September 23, 2021

Mary Magdalene by Adriana Valerio

Translated by Wendy Wheatley Reviewed by Harriet Adriana Valerio is an Italian historian and theologian. One of the first women in Italy to be…

September 16, 2021

The Country of Others by Leïla Slimani

Translated by Sam Taylor Reviewed by Harriet Back in 2018 I read and reviewed Leïla Slimani’s best-selling, Goncourt-Prize-winning novel Lullaby [here]. Soon afterwards I…

August 19, 2021

The Oxford Illustrated History of Witchcraft and Magic, edited by Owen Davies

Reviewed by Harriet If there’s one thing that this impressively learned and wide-ranging volume amply demonstrates, it’s that an interest in magic and witchcraft…

Posts navigation

1 2 … 12 Next

Categories

Subscribe to receive posts via email

Loading

Top Posts & Pages

  • New Grub Street by George Gissing
  • The Theoretical Foot by M. F. K. Fisher
  • Tell Me an Ending by Jo Harkin
  • Dearly by Margaret Atwood & other poetry highlights of 2020
  • Slow Horses by Mick Herron
  • The Palace Papers by Tina Brown
  • Mischief Acts by Zoe Gilbert
  • Sword of Bone by Anthony Rhodes
  • The Nakano Thrift Shop by Hiromi Kawakami
  • The Face on the Cutting-Room Floor by Cameron McCabe

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

  • The Palace Papers by Tina Brown – Shiny New Books on Queen of Our Times: The Life of Elizabeth II, by Robert Hardman
  • Icewineanne on The Face on the Cutting-Room Floor by Cameron McCabe
  • Icewineanne on The Theoretical Foot by M. F. K. Fisher
  • The Methods of Sergeant Cluff by Gil North – Shiny New Books on Sergeant Cluff Stands Firm by Gil North
  • Dear Little Corpses by Nicola Upson – Shiny New Books on Q&A with Nicola Upson

Recent Posts

  • Tell Me an Ending by Jo Harkin
  • The Palace Papers by Tina Brown
  • Dear Little Corpses by Nicola Upson
  • America Over the Water by Shirley Collins
  • Traitor in the Ice by K.J. Maitland
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

  • 598,242 hits

Meta

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

© 2014-2021, Shiny New Books and its Contributors

Archives

  • 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
  • August 2016
  • July 2016
  • June 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