Review – Daisy Johnson – Everything Under

by fojl 1st March 2019

I like to try a book that’s been shortlisted for the Booker Prize – in 2018 in this case. Without giving too much away this is an updated version of a classic Greek tragedy. It manages to conjure a way of life on the rivers…

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Review: Rachel Kushner The Mars Room

by fojl 22nd February 2019

Rachel Kushner’s novel The Mars Room focuses primarily on a young mother named Romy Hall who is serving a life sentence in jail. Romy’s experiences are rendered in unflinching detail, tacking between the circumstances that led to her criminal conviction and the reality of life…

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Review your Jesmond library book!

by fojl 22nd February 2019

We are starting a new thread featuring short reviews of books in Jesmond Library. If you would like your review to be featured please email it to events@jesmondlibrary.org and we can post it on the website. We could also post a picture of you or…

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New Books at Jesmond Library

by fojl 30th November 2018

We have added fifty new books to Jesmond Library this week, including some lovely Junior books on a Christmas theme, and a range of new fiction, biographies, cookery and general non-fiction. Titles include: Michelle Obama’s autobiography “Becoming”, Stephen Hawking’s final book “Brief Answers to Big…

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Review – Daisy Johnson – Everything Under

Review: Rachel Kushner The Mars Room

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