In-a-Nutshell

Book Reviews

Apr 11, 20224 min

Mean Bunnies

Bunny Mona Awad 2019 289 pages in a nutshell Enrolled at an elite creative writing graduate program, Samantha should be on top of the...

Jan 8, 20223 min

Classics Club reading challenge 2022-2025

Traditionally, the New Year is a time for setting goals and targets. Me being me, I have decided to set myself a (very) long-term reading...

Dec 31, 20219 min

The love that dare speak its name

The Charioteer Mary Renault 1953 432 pages Virago in a nutshell Twenty-three-year-old Laurie, almost fatally wounded in Dunkirk, is in...

Oct 17, 20217 min

Back to Slavery

Kindred Octavia Butler 1979 in a nutshell Dana celebrates her 26th birthday in 1976, in California - she has her husband Kevin, their...

Feb 19, 20215 min

First Impressions (are always wrong)

Ayesha at Last Uzma Jalaluddin 2019 352 pages in a nutshell A thoughtful twenty-six year old spinster, a stubborn young man, silly...

Dec 20, 20206 min

The Age of Women

The Power Naomi Alderman 2016 352 pages 2017 Women's Prize for Fiction Winner (previously known as the Orange Prize for fiction) in a...