Chances are if you follow the goings-on of the book world, you’ll have seen Tayari Jones’ An American Marriage everywhere. It was the winner of the Women’s Prize for Fiction 2019 award and is extremely highly praised. I recently received a copy in my Books...
Category: Contemporary Fiction
If you come by here often, you may have recently read a recent Sunday Stories post where I lamented the fact that I dropped my mother’s copy of Circe in the bath. Luckily it lived to tell the tale (hair drier) and thank goodness because...
You know when you read a book and wonder why it took you so long? Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams was one of those for me. I tore through it over a weekend and went through so many different emotions. When I was probably only halfway...
I saw Saltwater by Jessica Andrews cropping up on my feed and was intrigued by the quotes on the cover. Do they ever catch your attention? A bit more digging and I read that Saltwater was recommended for those who liked Normal People and Fleabag...
My Sister, the Serial Killer – Oyinkan Braithwaite
posted by: Megan
June 4, 2020
I’ve been considering what content to post on my blog at the moment, if any, and whether people want to read book reviews now. However, I created Behind Her Books as a way of sharing books that I love and that I think people will...
I came to Emma Glass’ writing in a fairly interesting way. As you may have read in my bio, I’m doing an English Lit & Creative Writing degree part-time. I’m studying with Open University and last year they ran a ‘How to Get Published’ event...
I feel a bit like a broken record at the moment because the books I’ve been drawn to have been pure escapism. Escapism? In a lockdown? Groundbreaking. (All hail Miranda Priestly.) Swan Song by Kelleigh Greenberg-Jephcott fits into this category but I have zero shame...
Do you have a period in history that you feel nostalgic for even though you didn’t even live through it? That’s how I feel about 1940’s New York. It just oozes glamour that I miss despite the fact that really I’m not glamourous in the...
This is one of those book choices that I could easily classify under ‘Instagram made me do it’. Exciting Times by Naoise Dolan has been popping up on my feed left, right and centre so I had to get it. It was meant to be,...
The Interestings – Meg Wolitzer It’s been an intriguing time to join the book blogging world. My feed has filled with reading suggestions for quarantine, and I love the diversity across them. Sometimes you want a light read and sometimes you need something to get...