Monthly Archives: July 2023

Blue Hotel by Chad Taylor – 2022

Posted on July 5, 2023 by alysonebaker

If you want to cruise through a tale of classic noir, Blue Hotel is the book for you. The late 1980s, a busted up “old fashioned reporter”, an underbelly of sex-traps and blackmail, characters being hidden away in a mysterious … Continue reading →

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The Words for Her by Thomasin Sleigh – 2023

Posted on July 1, 2023 by alysonebaker

The words are pouring out of Jodie Pascoe, she is desperate to get them down, to tell her story. She needs to describe her daughter Jade. The words are for her blind father, who always wanted her to “to tell … Continue reading →

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