Thanks to Atlantic Books and NetGalley for my ARC!
It impresses upon the reader the role that women play in Korean society, and weaves in an old wives’ tale too. The Best Girls is about three Korean sisters, daughters. However this short story by one of my favourite authors was a great read, and I wanted to share it here. I couldn’t work out whether to include The Best Girls in this round-up because, let’s face it, 20 pages doesn’t constitute a full book. Each chapter immerses you deep into Tabby’s world and Powrie seamlessly lets you into her world with a solid, believable plot and characters, and an inherent determination to capture moments every teenager is familiar with, down to a surprise period which is SO rarely written about. This is a fun, exciting and engaging debut by popular bookish YouTuber and creator of the #ukyachat community, Lucy Powrie. When her parents move and she’s sent to live temporarily with Grandma, she decides to change her own destiny and joins a book club. She’s being bullied by her ex-best friend, she just wants to sit and read her favourite Sylvia Plath book, and she can’t fight the ball of anxiety that lives constantly within her. What can I say? I adore books about books! Tabby Brown doesn’t fit in. I’m not the target market for this novel (although that’s a topic for another day!), and yet I absolutely loved it. I technically read The Paper & Hearts Society at the very tail end of February, but my monthly reviews post went up before I finished it. The Paper & Hearts Society by Lucy Powrie Here they are, reviewed: March Mini Book Reviews With the absence of several of my freelance clients in my schedule (eek!), I found myself zooming through seven books in March.
Then, coronavirus gripped the globe and I found myself with much more spare time than anticipated.
I’d just moved to our new house, there was huge amounts to do, and my books weren’t within easy reach.
Like I mentioned recently, I started March still in a bit of limbo.
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