The ThursddayAddams Book Club: The Bones of You by Debbie Howells

Rating: 6/10 "What you don’t know is that in the longest, blackest night, there is always a light. That the wind is myriad souls singing, passing from one world to the next, as they begin their journey to the stars." If I had to sum up this novel in a sentence, it would be one …

The ThursddayAddams Book Club: The Secret Life of Cows by Rosamund Young

Rating: 6/10 "W. H. Hudson said, ‘Bear in mind … that … animals are only unhappy when made so by man.’" Rosamund Young's The Secret Life of Cows was a 99p bargain I secured from the Kindle Store, and a book I read to end yet another sleepless night. Whilst it doesn't possess the literary prowess I'd …

Michelle Paver’s ‘Thin Air’: A Book Review

Michelle Paver's Thin Air has been a book that I've read in just three sittings, which speaks volumes for how fantastic it is as a novel. Following the narrative of five English men ascending Mount Kangchenjunga in Darjeeling in 1935, this ghost story will have you questioning the reliability of all involved as the climb quickly, yet …