Lifestyle and Books
Way back in January I laid out some personal goals for 2019; one of them was to read 12 classic novels in 12 months. Despite being an English Literature student, there are plenty of celebrated classics I’m yet to read.
You want to read more? Perfect. So, how exactly do you do it? Make it a habit. As with any habit you wish to pursue, you should schedule time for reading.
The Book “Become a writer. Write about going to the moon.”“I don’t want to write about astronauts going to the moon. I want to be one.”“Write in first-person then.” Adam dreams to be like his heroes – Neil Armstrong, Yuri
The Book In Ghosts by Dolly Alderton, we meet Nina, a successful food writer, on her 32nd birthday and the start of “the strangest” year of her life. What follows is 365 days of ghosts in every metaphorical sense: the
When I was younger, every time I stepped foot into a furniture store, I remember always walking around in awe, talking about how I couldn’t wait to decorate my own home one day. While I’m currently back living with my
The Book One of the surprises of the Booker Prize longlist this year was the number of debut authors. But, after having read Brandon Taylor’s Real Life, C Pam Zhang’s How Much of These Hills Is Gold, and now Shuggie
Before writing this up, I thought I hadn’t read too much this month; I gave up on a couple of books 100-pages in and I was in a slump for a good week of August. Nevertheless, I did discover some
With the number of delayed titles and books vying for Christmas success, the book trade braces for the autumn onslaught of major new titles. In fact, the literary world is publishing almost 600 hardbacks on 3 September alone. Publishers are
