Letting reading lead the way
A warm, quietly layered novel about journeys, memory, and what we choose to carry. This is historical fiction doing exactly what it should. Taking a small, curious fact and building something immersive and genuinely moving around it. “It …
A community reflection on a murder
Two women swap bags and briefly end up living inside each other’s lives.
Beautiful Ugly is a twist-heavy thriller built around an unlikeable, unreliable narrator, executed with confidence and pace. It’s absorbing and often clever, but its pleasures depend on how willing you are to accept a healthy dose of melodrama. …