Books Rare Birds: Olive, Again These 13 short stories about loneliness, ageing and mortality are all connected by a very interesting, quirky protagonist.
Books Rare Birds: The Foundling This book raised some interesting questions about the environment a child grows up in and also shed a light on mental illness.
Books The Nickel Boys This well written book, based on real life events, follows two black teenage boys in an abusive segregated reform school.
Books Rare Birds: The Island of Sea Women A very powerful read that taught me a lot about Jeju's haenyeo culture and the brutal history of the island.
Books The Glass Castle An astounding memoir about being raised in poverty by two very dysfunctional parents.
Books Hamnet Hamnet is not just a retelling of the untimely death of Shakespeare's son, it also beautifully describes a family in grief.
Books Lit In this fascinating memoir the author is brutally honest about her struggle with alcoholism, her marriage and her trouble finding faith.
Food Restaurante Oslo This vegetarian restaurant has a lot of different types of dishes on its menu, and some of them are pretty original.
Books Rare Birds: A Thousand Ships A very entertaining retelling of the Trojan War, now from a female perspective.