Tag: Doubleday Books

• Book Review – Lonely Castle in the Mirror by Mizuki Tsujimura

  

  Lonely Castle in the Mirror by Mizuki Tsujimura is a magical but ultimately profound tale that weaves Japanese culture and tradition, fantasy and Western fairytales with a meditation on the complexities and pressures of adolescence.  Kokoro has been staying home from school, following a traumatic incident, as she weighs up the option of transferring to…

  RestingWillow

  August 14, 2022

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  20 Books of Summer 22, book blog, book blogger, book review, Doubleday Books, Japanese authors, Japanese fiction, literature in translation, Lonely Castle in the Mirror, Mizuki Tsujimura, reading challenge, women in translation, women in translation month

• Book Review – The Queen of Dirt Island by Donal Ryan

  

  The Queen of Dirt Island by Donal Ryan is a tender and poignant multigenerational story about the Aylward women from a small, rural village in Co. Tipperary, Ireland. These are women who have known heartbreak, tragedy and judgement, and yet they love so fiercely, fight on in life, and hold each other up; and it’s…

  RestingWillow

  August 12, 2022

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  book blog, book blogger, book review, Donal Ryan, Doubleday Books, Irish author, Irish fiction, Penguin Books, The Queen of Dirt Island