
Hello! I am Lizzie, and my main joy in life is reading books and thinking about books! I have so many thoughts about each book I read so wanted a place to record these thoughts, and a place where others who are reading the same book as me can share their thoughts about it too. I’ve tried to write my (often lengthy!) reviews of books so it feels like I am chatting with you as we read the book together, comparing thoughts at the end of a chapter and ideas of where the plot and characters may end up, wondering why the author has written a character or scene in a particular way and what they may be subtly trying to tell us about that character or scene. So enjoy reading along with me, and please get in touch, I’d love to be able to discover more about a favourite book from your thoughts on it.

This is a book chosen for us to read at the bookclub I attend. I’ve not read any other books by this author but this one sounds very interesting, being set in Ireland in the 1950s and with the main character Eilis emigrating to Brooklyn, which seems very courageous of her and courageous of her family too in parting with her, and it will be nice to learn about both Ireland and Brooklyn at that time. Grab your copy and let’s read it together! Read the full review