by VerveBooksBlog | May 11, 2026 | Uncategorised
The ephemeral nature of an Instagram story means I can’t recall the exact wording of what lured me in to my book group. All I remember is that an online friend was looking to start a book group in Glasgow that would meet once a month, in a different restaurant...
by VerveBooksBlog | Mar 8, 2026 | Uncategorised
Happy International Women’s Day! Today, we’re bringing you fiction that features ‘difficult’ women. What does this mean? It means we’re shouting out books that feature women who are deemed – either by characters in the novel itself...
by VerveBooksBlog | Feb 24, 2026 | Uncategorised
The End of Romance is very loosely based on Isaac Bashevis Singer’s novel Enemies, A Love Story, which came out in Yiddish in 1966 and English in 1972. I read it in 2019, at which point I had been immersing myself in American Jewish literature for a decade, but it was...
by VerveBooksBlog | Feb 11, 2026 | Uncategorised
Happy LGBTQ+ History Month! We’re bringing you queer historical fiction recs that you simply must five into! Knowing your queer history is important, so try to pick up a book with great queer representation to enjoy throughout the year! Ellie’s pick:...
by VerveBooksBlog | Jan 28, 2026 | Uncategorised
In December 2016, roughly a month after Trump snatched power for the first time, I traveled to London to visit one of my very best friends. While there, almost every UK resident I met asked me a version of the question: How could you let this happen? At the time, I...
