Rebecca Doctor

I've loved Dolly Alderton's other works and hadn't read any sort of synopsis and I found myself mildly horrified that this is written from a man's perspective. It turns out I haven't read any book from a man's perspective that wasn't a dual perspective romance novel for a year. I pushed through to find the writing as witty and insightful as ever. I would say it's quite bleak in regards to it's perspective on relationships and the male friendships were beyond belief and had me yelling in frustration. Never before have I been so glad to be a woman.

I listened to the audiobook and it's one of the best performed and produced audiobooks I have heard lately. Some audiobooks (even bestsellers) have editing errors like repeated lines after accidentally left in misspeaks, and narrators who sounds unnatural or is obviously reading. This one however is flawless.

When I'm stressed I like to listen to prissy little girl fiction. It's relaxing. This was a glorious throwback. Anne and Marilla are a delight. Surprisingly it hasn't aged too badly (I was actually shocked by how old it is) and I hope little girls still get to enjoy it like I did and my mum and idk about grandparents/great grandparents actually because this book is Canadian and I don't know when it made the trip over but a lot of little girls have read it and I hope they continue to.

I'll probably listen to Ballet Shoes or Little House on the Prairie or something next.

A evocative tale reflecting on reality vs unreality- culture and mental health, the internal and external worlds. A Native American woman deals with life after leaving her community to live with a white husband who doesn't understand her perspective or her struggle whilst she battles postpartum depression and the loss of her mother. Magical realism meets magic meets reality, honestly I adored this.