PinnedLucy Kerrigan·May 17Famesick — Lena DunhamJust finished reading Famesick by Lena Dunham. Every time Dunham publishes a memoir, it sells like hot cakes and causes a lot of tiresome…
Lucy Kerrigan·Jun 14Enlightenment — Sarah PerryJust finished reading Enlightenment by Sarah Perry. We throw the words ‘life affirming’ around for books with wild abandon, so it’s always…
Lucy Kerrigan·May 26The Things We Never Say — Elizabeth StroutJust finished reading The Things We Never Say by Elizabeth Strout. I’ll be the first to say that Strout is one of our best living writers…
Lucy Kerrigan·Apr 12All We Shall Know — Donal Ryan.Just finished reading All We Shall Know by Donal Ryan. There is little I like more than a quiet, person centred novel. One that nestles…
Lucy Kerrigan·Feb 3Hamnet — Maggie O’FarrellJust finished reading Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell. I dared to be indifferent to my first O’Farrell novel — The Marriage Portrait — and was…
Lucy Kerrigan·Dec 15, 2025The Secret Scripture — Sebastian BarryJust finished reading The Secret Scripture by Sebastian Barry. It was this time last year I read Barry and completely fell in love. Now…
Lucy Kerrigan·Oct 21, 2025The Essex Serpent — Sarah PerryJust finished reading The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry. The Essex Serpent is a book that is firing on all cylinders and hardly ever misses…
Lucy Kerrigan·Sep 18, 2025All Fours — Miranda JulyJust finished reading All Fours by Miranda July. Nothing is more frustrating than the word ‘hysterical’. I resent the idea that women are…
Lucy Kerrigan·May 30, 2024Luminaries — Eleanor CattonJust finished reading the Luminaries by Eleanor Catton. Finishing this tome feels like stepping off from a rollercoaster: one that starts…
Lucy Kerrigan·Mar 20, 2022Middle England — Jonathan CoeJust finished reading Middle England by Jonathan Coe. This is actually the third in a series by Jonathan Coe where he follows a middle…
