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Writer's pictureEilish Toohey

So, What’s On the Shelf?

Updated: Mar 2, 2023

A quick look at what's to come...

In my previous post, I mentioned that the majority of my first reviews would consist of books that I currently own and have put off reading until now. To say that I've built up a bit of a backlog would be putting it mildly.


So, for the overly curious, I present the various books you can expect to be reviewed in the near future (though not necessarily in this exact order).


  • A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan

  • Seconds by Bryan Lee O’Malley

  • The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco

  • Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett

  • Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree

  • The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon

  • Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao

  • Light Boxes by Shane Jones

  • In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado

  • The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter

  • Through the Woods by Emily Carroll

  • Lullabies for Little Criminals by Heather O’Neill

  • Sputnik’s Children by Terri Favo

  • The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein

  • Bridge of Clay by Markus Zusak

  • We Set the Dark On Fire by Tehlor Kay Mejia

  • The Road by Cormac McCarthy

  • The Beirut Hellfire Society by Rawi Hage

  • Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz

  • I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

  • Hunger by Roxanne Gay

  • The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon by Stephen King

  • Native Tongue by Suzette Haden Elgin

  • Invisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk

  • The Book of Hidden Things by Francesco Dimitri

  • Orlando by Virginia Woolf

  • Half-Blood Blues by Esi Edugyan

  • The Last Picture Show by Larry McMurtry

  • NW by Zadie Smith

  • How to Get Along With Women by Elisabeth de Mariaffi

  • The Girl in Red by Christina Henry

  • Landline by Rainbow Rowell

  • Black Bread, White Beer by Niven Govinden

  • Aftermath by Kelley Armstrong

  • The Girl With All The Gifts by M. R. Carey

  • Let the Right One In by John Ajvide Lindqvist

  • House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski

  • Cockroach by Rawi Hage

  • What Goes Around by Ruth Clarke

  • The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold

  • Everything Everything by Nicola Yoon

  • Ink by Alice Broadway

  • The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides

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Catherine Walker
Catherine Walker
03 feb 2023

You are most welcome to purge my own collection of tomes and paperbacks of the thick blanket of dust that has accumulated on our living room bookcase inhabitants for your reviewing. ;) <3 Mum


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Eilish Toohey
Eilish Toohey
03 feb 2023
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Thank you!

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Anna DGM
Anna DGM
03 feb 2023

Oooh this is an interesting list! A few books stand out to me, and I look forward to reading your thoughts on them.

  1. I just used the book The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime in one of my English classes (I am a teacher). It's a book that a lot of the kids enjoyed reading. I hope you enjoy it too!

  2. I really enjoyed reading The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak. I look forward to hearing how Bridge of Clay compares.

  3. I've heard good things about Half-Blood Blues, and it's also something on my reading list. I'm excited to read about a new point of view on it.

Although I'm sure the reviews of all of these…

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Eilish Toohey
Eilish Toohey
03 feb 2023
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Half-Blood Blues will likely be my next review, as I thought it would be appropriate for February, seeing as it's Black History Month. So, you'll hopefully get to hear my thoughts on it before the month is out.

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