Lifestyle and Books
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
The Book Dirty, funny, messy, wild, I tore through this bold and brutal debut in a delirious 24 hours, and it was brilliant. Irina obsessively takes explicit photographs of the average-looking men she persuades to model for her, scouted from
The Book A Traveller at the Gates of Wisdom isn’t so much of a book as it is an experience, an experience that spans 2000 years, 47 countries, and legions of historical events. The story begins in Palestine in A.D.
With an endorsement from Bernardine Evaristo and a mention on The High Low podcast — the ultimate source of literary recommendations — it would have been wrong of me not to have read ‘The Vanishing Half.’ Stella and Desiree Vignes
On the simplest level, ‘The Dutch House‘ by Ann Patchett tells the story of a Gatsbyesque mansion and, across five decades, captures the indelible bond between brother and sister. In a rags-to-riches move into a glorious, neo-classical home, it should
With the upcoming release of Normal People on BBC Three, I finally caved and read the story everyone has fallen in love with. Now, I’m sitting here wondering why it took me so long to do so: it is just
The 8 Best New Book Releases of September 2020
With the number of delayed titles and books vying for Christmas success, the book trade braces for...
The Books I Read in August 2020
Before writing this up, I thought I hadn't read too much this month; I gave up on a couple of books...
‘Shuggie Bain’ by Douglas Stuart Book Review
The Book
One of the surprises of the Booker Prize longlist this year was the number of debut...
