A Little Bookshop Tour of Europe

In November I arrived home after two months of travelling and I thought I’d share some of the bookshops I found myself in along the way. Some are tiny hidden gems, others are enormous and well-known, but all are irresistible in their own way.  Bookshops are my favourite places to hide in. To bury myself in a book or a piece of work, or to shelter from the rain, surrounded by the particular...

Reading Review: November 2019

November. What a month. I arrived home after travelling (mostly) alone for two months, feeling overwhelmed and excited and almost every emotion in-between. I'm now ridiculously ready to cover everything in tinsel. Anyway, where were we? Right - books.  Here's what I thought of what I read this month: The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes 4/5 This is inspired by the real librarians...

12 Anticipated Reads: 2020

Here are some of the books being published in the new year that I am VERY excited to read: The Regrets by Amy Bonnaffons. A love affair between the living and the dead. All I need to know. Bizarre and intriguing.  So We Can Glow by Leesa Cross-Smith. A short story collection about female desire, obsession and bad behaviour. Yes please.  Wow, No Thank You by Samantha Irby....

Should You Break Up With Them?

Hello.  This makes a change from my usual bookish posts, but here goes…  Full disclosure: I’ve ended one long-term relationship and have had a few mutual, almost breakups with a few almost relationships too. Make of that what you will. I'm not an expert. I don't have a name badge or a fancy office. I've just always turned to books and articles for guidance,...

Reading Review: October 2019

Here's what I thought of what I read this month, while travelling through Berlin, Prague, Frankfurt and Luxembourg. It's been busy in the best, bookish way. Let me know if you've read any of these, and what you thought of them!  The Life Diet by Laura Jane Williams (4/5) This was released on the exact day I needed it most, I'm talking the everything going wrong kind of day. It's...

Reading Review: September 2019

Lots of travel this month meant lots of reading time, which I'm very happy about! See below for what I thought of each book: Very Nice by Marcy Dermansky (3/5) A college student sleeps with her professor, who ends up moving into her mother's home during summer break. Essentially, he starts an affair with her mother, and chaos ensues. The plot is extreme and ridiculous, but creates an...

Reading Review: August 2019

Here are the books I read, or finished, this month: Surge by Jay Bernard (2/5). These poems focus on the New Cross Fire of 1981 and Grenfell in 2017. They observe how we remember those lost to tragedies of injustice. I imagine they are incredible spoken aloud, but I struggled to get into the rhythm of them when reading. Disturbing the Beast, an anthology by Boudicca Press (3/5). This...