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
12 Classic Novels in 12 Months
Way back in January I laid out some personal goals for 2019; one of them was to read 12 classic nove...
‘The Midnight Library’ Book Review
Nora Seed has hit an all-time low. After losing her cat, her job, and is full of regret, she takes h...
An Autumn Reading List
As a literature student, autumn reading means heading back to university and ploughing through stack...
‘Boy Parts’ by Eliza Clark Book Review
The Book
Dirty, funny, messy, wild, I tore through this bold and brutal debut in a delirious 24 h...
