Faiza Guene

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Summer Reads Extras 2022

Posted by Isabel Costello ⋅ July 12, 2022 ⋅ Leave a comment

Welcome to the second instalment of my 2022 Summer Reads – shorter than the original selection but right up there on quality with the bonus of two titles translated from French. I was delighted by the enthusiastic response to the recommendations I shared in June and hope you find yet more inspiration for your TBR … Continue reading →

French Fiction Special Edition

Posted by Isabel Costello ⋅ September 14, 2021 ⋅ Leave a comment

In a normal year about a quarter of my reading is in French but due to the toxic combination of Covid and Brexit, I didn’t read a single French novel in 2020 and really missed it, along with everything else I love about France. That changed when I read All Men Want to Know by … Continue reading →

Summer Reads Extras 2021

Posted by Isabel Costello ⋅ July 19, 2021 ⋅ 2 Comments

There’s a heatwave on, I’ve got my reading mojo back and it’s time to share the follow-up to my main Summer Reads selection which met with a great response last month. Here are five more novels worth shouting about before the blog goes quiet for August: 1.Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi (Penguin) As a child … Continue reading →