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• Joan: The Remarkable Life of Joan Leigh Fermor by Simon Fenwick (2017)

  I honestly didn't know much about Joan Leigh Fermor when I asked for this book for Christmas last year, but I knew a little about her travel writer husband... Read more

  Posted on 13 June 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Once We Were Sisters by Sheila Kohler (2017)

  

  Like the last book I read, I found Once We Were Sisters through my GoodReads recommendations. I had never heard of Sheila Kohler but soon discovered that she... Read more

  Posted on 07 June 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Bridesmaid’s Daughter by Nyna Giles (2018)

  I discovered this book through the wonder that is GoodReads recommendations, which are surprisingly good at times. I have found a number of unknown-to-me books... Read more

  Posted on 04 June 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• I’ll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara (2018)

  

  As soon as I heard about this book I wanted to read it. It was published in February 2018, and just two months later its subject, the Golden State Killer, was... Read more

  Posted on 31 May 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Her Hidden Life by V.S. Alexander (2018)

  

  I bought this novel on a whim in the supermarket (something I hardly ever do) because I was just in the mood to buy a book. It happens. Almost all of the... Read more

  Posted on 25 May 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Little Man, What Now? by Hans Fallada (1932)

  As some regular readers may know, I absolutely love Hans Fallada's novel Alone in Berlin, and re-read it in 2017 (post here). For some reason this remained the... Read more

  Posted on 17 May 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Death in Spring by Mercè Rodoreda (1986)

  I adored Rodoreda's novel A Broken Mirror (my review here) and so when I saw that Penguin had brought out a new edition of her novel Death in Spring, I had to... Read more

  Posted on 07 May 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Reuben Sachs by Amy Levy (1888)

  

  I bought this book about three years ago in the lovely Persephone bookshop in London, and for some reason have only now got around to reading it. As a rule I... Read more

  Posted on 30 April 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Things I Think I Could Write a Book About

  I recently tweeted about this - apologies to any of my followers for the repetition here. It's just that I have often, in my life, thought about writing a... Read more

  Posted on 04 March 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• I’m Still Here

  

  I realise it has been a bit quiet around here of late. As per my last post I am still reading The Amazons by Adrienne Mayor, which is taking me longer to read... Read more

  Posted on 03 March 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Things I’m Reading That Aren’t Books

  I read a lot of books, but I also read a lot of other stuff that doesn't require quite so much concentration and/or time. A lot of this is book reviews and... Read more

  Posted on 02 February 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Recent Reads Roundup! Feat. Miss Jane (2016), Mindhunter (1995), and The...

  

  As I wrote about in my last post, I had a bit of a reading slump at the end of 2017 (after a very mixed bag of reading throughout the year), and din't get to... Read more

  Posted on 28 January 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• An Update

  Hello dear readers - as you may have noticed, the blog has been rather quiet of late. I had a total reading slump leading up to Christmas, though I did manage t... Read more

  Posted on 12 January 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• On Being Stuck

  I am in a sort reading quandry, and it's why I haven't posted in a while. If you've looked at my GoodReads recently (though honestly why would you) you'll see... Read more

  Posted on 21 November 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Vintage Didion, by Joan Didion (2004)

  This little book is one of the Vintage Readers that were released in the early 2000s. As pointed out on the back cover, this is a small collection of Joan... Read more

  Posted on 03 October 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Men Explain Things to Me: And Other Essays, by Rebecca Solnit (2014)

  

  Like most people, I am familiar with the term 'mansplaining'. I've also heard a fair bit of excitement about Rebecca Solnit as an interesting writer. Her essay... Read more

  Posted on 28 September 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Re-reading: Alone in Berlin by Hans Fallada (1947)

  I first read Alone in Berlin in 2011 just after I'd left university. I'd read a lot of books about the Second World War for a course at university, and my... Read more

  Posted on 07 September 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Women of the Castle by Jessica Shattuck (2017)

  [A side note: in the US, the title is The Women in the Castle.] I've always been interested in the literature of the Second World War, ever since a course on th... Read more

  Posted on 04 September 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept by Elizabeth Smart (1945)

  This is one of those books that I had heard of vaguely and meant to read for ages - but for some reason didn't. Luckily my reading lists project is getting me t... Read more

  Posted on 27 July 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• A Broken Mirror by Mercè Rodoreda (1962)

  I came upon this book entirely by chance in Waterstone's - it was the cover that made me pick it up, and I am so, so glad I did. A Broken Mirror is described... Read more

  Posted on 12 July 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE