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• Wildflower by Drew Barrymore

  

  I'm not usually one for celebrity autobiographies. I think Anjelica Huston's memoir was the first I actually read (that I can remember), and I only read that... Read more

  Posted on 09 November 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson

  I had been wanting to read this for a while and finally got round to it last week... and it was just so brilliant. So weird. So good. Suffice to say, I gave it... Read more

  Posted on 05 November 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Calling All Writers – I Need YOU!

  I have some very exciting news, and I'm going to get right to the point. I am launching a new blog that will be dedicated to the most important things in life... Read more

  Posted on 20 October 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Announcement: Foyles Affiliate Programme

  I am pleased to announce that I am now part of the Foyles Affiliate Programme. You may have heard of the Amazon Affiliate Programme, and this works in the same... Read more

  Posted on 14 October 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Re-reading: Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

  Last year I wrote about wanting to re-read some books that I either loved, or had sort of forgotten but was sure I liked. Jane Eyre wasn't on that list, but... Read more

  Posted on 12 October 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• A New Home for Me and My Books

  

  Just a quick post today - my boyfriend and I moved house at the weekend, from a tiny, dark flat into a light and airy Victorian terraced house. It is... Read more

  Posted on 05 October 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• In Praise Of: Horror!

  Yes, horror. As in the genre, not the feeling in real life. When I think of the horror genre, I think first of movies. I have always been a bit a scaredy-cat... Read more

  Posted on 29 September 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Meeting Persephone Books: Cheerful Weather for the Wedding by Julia Strachey

  I purchased Cheerful Weather for the Wedding while out with other bloggers and book-tubers when we visited the lovely Persephone shop on Lamb's Conduit Street i... Read more

  Posted on 25 September 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Reading Mental Health: Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen

  In my last post I mentioned that I had been away on holiday and therefore hadn't blogged in a while, but promised to be back soon. But then I got food... Read more

  Posted on 20 September 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Summer Roundup!

  

  It is the August bank holiday - and I think summer is over. I shed a tear, but I'm also pleased to be able to wear all my nice jumpers. Plus we're going on... Read more

  Posted on 31 August 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Hangsaman by Shirley Jackson

  I had never read anything by Shirley Jackson before this, and I don't know what it was specifically that made me choose this book, Hangsaman, over her others.... Read more

  Posted on 28 August 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• A Trip Down Memory Lane with Anjelica Huston

  As a rule I rather like reading memoirs, though I must say I am picky about whose I read. I've read mostly literary memoirs or those about an ordinary person wh... Read more

  Posted on 20 August 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Sense of an Elephant by Marco Missiroli (tr. Stephen Twilley)

  

  A rare deviation from me here - I actually read and am actually reviewing an unsolicited review copy! I know, world gone mad. I usually leave these to mould on... Read more

  Posted on 19 August 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Confronting the Classics by Mary Beard

  This is the first of Mary Beard's books that I have read, but I have been meaning to read something of hers for a while - so I had quite high expectations for... Read more

  Posted on 17 August 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Book Blogger/book Tuber Meet-up!

  

  The brilliant Kirsty invited me to a meet-up book bloggers (most people were 'book tubers', I was like the only person without a YouTube channel) in London on... Read more

  Posted on 25 July 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Adventures with Audiobooks: The Smart One by Jennifer Close

  I used to listen to audiobooks as a child, but they haven't really been part of my 'library' as an adult. We listened to A Song of Ice and Fire and Lord of the... Read more

  Posted on 22 July 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• A Little Life is a Little Challenge

  There is a LOT of buzz and hype around , the second novel from American author Hanya Yanagihara, which would usually put me off - but this book genuinely... Read more

  Posted on 14 July 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Nietzsche’s Sister, the Nazis, and Nueva Germania

  I came across Forgotten Fatherland in the Recommendations section of GoodReads (surprisingly good!), and it instantly appealed to me, partly because it just... Read more

  Posted on 12 July 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Where Do I Begin – The Mighty Dead: Why Homer Matters by Adam Nicolson

  Well. This is a review I have been avoiding for a while. I finished reading The Mighty Dead about two weeks ago. I'd made some notes, but it is hard to put... Read more

  Posted on 17 June 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Elusive Ada Lovelace

  I read a biography of Byron when I was about 17 or 18, having been introduced to him by a teacher. I fell in love with his life story, the drama and romance, th... Read more

  Posted on 07 June 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE