Bookish Thoughts: January

Welcome to the monthly-round-up, where I yap about books I’ve read recently and what the shiny bits were, whether they came out years ago or last week.

From the archives:

Sarah Manguso (have I mentioned I love her in the last five minutes?) and her book The Guardians is wondrous.

This month’s shiny new reads:

YA fiction reviewed this month in the Irish Times includes novels by Chelsea Pitcher, Karen M McManus, David Owen, Lisa Williamson & Natasha Ngan.Ella Risbridger’s Midnight Chicken is mostly still too complicated for me recipe-wise but I’m trying.

To watch out for:

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[image error] Sophie Kinsella’s I Owe You One is that delicious combination of rom-com and sharp-commentary-on-business that one would expect – another gorgeous read.