July 2020 Round Up

Another month, another list of books…It’s that time again where I look back at everything I’ve read (and watched) over the last 30 days. More in depth reviews of the books will be up over the next few weeks, so keep an eye out for those.

The Five People you meet in Heaven

• Author: Mitch Albom
• Publisher: 23rd September 2003, Hyperion
• Summary: War veteran Eddie dies on his 83rd birthday in a tragic accident while trying a say a little girl. He wakes up in the afterlife to be individually greeted by five people who had an impact on his life and explain to him the meaning behind his life.
• Rating: 4/5

Loveless

• Author: Alice Oseman
• Publisher: 20th July 2020, HarperCollins Children’s Books
• Summary: Georgia starts university with her two best friends in a town on the other side of the country. She went looking for romance but instead finds questions of sexuality and identity.
• Rating: 4/5

Exciting Times

• Author: Naoise Dolan
• Publisher: 2020, Weidenfeld and Nicolson
• Summary: Ava is a poorly paid Irish TEFL teacher in Hong Kong when she meets Julian. Julian is a wealthy English banker who likes to spend money on her and lets her stay in his guest room. Then Julian goes back to London and Ava meets Edith who actually listens to her and openly cares. But what will happen when Julian announces he’ll be returning to Hong Kong?
• Rating: 3/5

Before the Coffee gets Cold

• Author: Toshikazu Kawaguchi
• Publisher: December, 2015, Pan Macmillan
• Summary: There’s a small cafe in Tokyo that offers its customers the chance to travel to the past. However, they cannot leave their seat and they have to finish their coffee before it gets cold.
• Rating: 4/5

Difficult Women

• Author: Roxane Gay
• Publisher: 2017, Corsair
• Summary: A collection of short stories exploring the nuanced and varied experiences of being a woman.
• Rating: 5/5

The Vanishing Half

• Author: Brit Bennet
• Publisher: 2020, Dialogue Books
• Summary: Twin sisters who were once inseparable grow up and choose to live in two different worlds; one black, one white.
• Rating: 5/5

Unorthodox (Netflix Original)

• Network: Netflix
• Based On: Unorthodox: The Scandalous Rejection of my Hasidic Roots by Deborah Feldman
• Summary: An orthodox Jewish woman flees her aranged marriage in Brooklyn to start a new life in Berlin.
• Rating: 5/5