Home Feed
Home
Search
Search
Add Review, Blurb, Quote
Add
Activity
Activity
Profile
Profile
coxy

coxy

Joined July 2018

review
coxy
Pickpick

This was intriguing and made me want to read more of her books. Original story and darkly funny. The ending was odd though.

review
coxy
Mehso-so

Average, unmemorable but easy enough to read.

review
coxy
Rivers of London | Ben Aaronovitch
Bailedbailed

I feel bad for bailing on this, I think I could have enjoyed it but just a bit silly.

review
coxy
Pickpick

Perfect for lying on a beach, easy to read.

review
coxy
Pickpick

Chosen for me at book club, this was a new genre for me. Memoir of a brain surgeon but told really well through stories of patients. Really enjoyed it and would recommend.

review
coxy
The Power | Naomi Alderman
Pickpick

Really original story and hard to put down. Only rating this as 4/5 because the ending didn‘t hold up to the rest of the book.

review
coxy
A Little Life: A Novel | Hanya Yanagihara
Pickpick

Loved it. Hard going because it‘s so sad and the text in the paper copy is TINY! But just so good.

review
coxy
Pickpick

One of my favourite books of the year. Beautiful writing and personal stories tell the story of war so well. I will read this again. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

review
coxy
Instructions for a Heatwave | Maggie O'Farrell
Mehso-so

I liked this but the ending was a damp squib. Title doesn‘t bear any resemblance to what the story is about really.

review
coxy
Panpan

Another book club read. Hard to like the writer so this was tough going.

review
coxy
Good Omens | Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett
Mehso-so

If fantasy is your thing, this is very good. I read this for book club and was pleasantly surprised but still not my thing.

review
coxy
Bailedbailed

I think this had the potential to be good from a story perspective but I hated the way it was written and bailed before the end.

review
coxy
The Power and the Glory | Graham Greene
Bailedbailed

Chosen at our book club because it‘s ‘a classic‘. Hmmm, not for me.

review
coxy
Pickpick

A treat, not surprised this is on best seller lists.

1 stack add
review
coxy
Bailedbailed

Repetitive, far longer than it needed to be. Gave up at half way.

review
coxy
A Man Called Ove: A Novel | Fredrik Backman
Pickpick

Original, brilliant. Perfect book club choice. Sobbed a lot reading this though.

review
coxy
The Darkest Secret | Alex Marwood
Pickpick

Read in one sitting, a real page-turner, ideal holiday reading. Have recommended this often.

review
coxy
Mehso-so

Beach fodder. Good, but leaves you pining for the days of Malory Towers.

review
coxy
The Casual Vacancy | J.K. Rowling
Pickpick

Brilliant. And oh the ending...

review
coxy
The Cuckoo's Calling | Robert Galbraith
Pickpick

Lengthy but great crime writing and character development.

review
coxy
Pickpick

Easy to read and enjoyable story, if not left wanting a bit more at the end.

review
coxy
Pickpick

It‘s Bridget, what more can I say?

review
coxy
The Girl on the Train | The Girl on the Train
Pickpick

Dark but brilliantly written, 4/5.

review
coxy
It Started With Paris | Cathy Kelly
Mehso-so

My Kindle tells me I‘ve read this. Can‘t have been memorable. A shame, because I‘ve really enjoyed some of her other books.

review
coxy
How to Be a Woman | Caitlin Moran
Pickpick

Funny and poignant. A must read for woman and girls everywhere.

review
coxy
A Thousand Splendid Suns | Khaled Hosseini
Pickpick

Loved it. Beautiful writing, had to put down at one pint because of the emotion of the story. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

review
coxy
As I Lay Dying | William Faulkner
Panpan

First book club choice - tough going, lots written in dialect and difficult to work out what was actually happening in the story.