Glimpsing Gembles

Books read 2016

Disabling Characters – Book Review

I highly recommend this book, written by Patricia A. Dunn, to everyone – it is useful for writers, readers, teachers, and anyone who is part of today’s society! It looks at a range of books (YA novels and short stories), and analyses them in regard to their representation of disability. It is comprehensive, highly educational, […] Read more…

The Gracekeepers – A BOOK REVIEW

The Gracekeepers, by Kirsty Logan, is a beautifully lyrical book that is set in a time when the world has been changed by the rising of the oceans. Lands have disappeared, and society is divided into people who live on the mainland (“landlockers”) and those who live on the water (“damplings”). The Gracekeeper, Callanish, has […] Read more…

“The Tidal Zone” – Book Review

The Tidal Zone by Sarah Moss was published on the 7th of July 2016, and due to raving reviews on booktube (mostly by Jen Campbell at https://www.youtube.com/user/jenvcampbell), I made sure I downloaded the audiobook from Audible as soon as possible. I finished this in three days, and today, only five days after its release, I […] Read more…

“The Recipient” – book review

*spoiler free* Dean Mayes’ new book (which I received as an Advanced Reader’s Copy) is an extraordinary psychological thriller that eases you in at a well-paced speed, and then smacks you with every emotion possible on an epic whirlwind of suspense and mystery. And the twists, boy, will the twists claw at your insides! I […] Read more…