This week I’m reading: Fingersmith by Sarah Waters
Clocking in at just under a whopping 550 pages, this is no quick read. Continue reading This week I’m reading: Fingersmith by Sarah Waters
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This week I’m listening to: At What Cost? by Surya Sen
This mixtape is genuinely one of the most exciting things I’ve listened to in a while. Continue reading This week I’m listening to: At What Cost? by Surya Sen
Our Endless Numbered Days by Claire Fuller
I am still processing this story; it is lingering in my mind a few days after finishing it, which is an indication of just how rich and striking this book is Continue reading Our Endless Numbered Days by Claire Fuller
The Ashes of London by Andrew Taylor
…it is easy to picture yourself there, walking among the smouldering ruins after the Great Fire has ripped through the heart of the city. Continue reading The Ashes of London by Andrew Taylor
The Confessions of Frannie Langton
Margaret Atwood really sums up this book best when she describes it as “Wide Sargasso Sea meets Beloved meets Alias Grace… deep-diving, elegant” Continue reading The Confessions of Frannie Langton
Eureka by Anthony Quinn: Summertime in 60’s swinging London
This novel feels like an immersive experience as we follow the characters around swinging London; taking acid, smoking weed, drinking and having sex. Continue reading Eureka by Anthony Quinn: Summertime in 60’s swinging London
Agent Sonya: Lover, Mother, Soldier and Spy
She played a part in sharing secrets with the Russians on how to build the atomic bomb and was involved in a plot to assassinate Hitler. What a remarkable life! Continue reading Agent Sonya: Lover, Mother, Soldier and Spy
David Bowie: A Life by Dylan Jones
“I wanted to write about the man, the person himself” not “the metaphor we have come to know as ‘Bowie'” Jones states in the preface. Continue reading David Bowie: A Life by Dylan Jones
MY MASHED UP LIFE 