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This week I’m listening to: At What Cost? by Surya Sen

May 4, 2022 My Mashed Up Life

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

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Our Endless Numbered Days by Claire Fuller

February 1, 2022 My Mashed Up Life

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

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The Ashes of London by Andrew Taylor

January 8, 2022January 29, 2022 My Mashed Up Life

…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

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The Confessions of Frannie Langton

October 29, 2021October 29, 2021 My Mashed Up Life

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

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Eureka by Anthony Quinn: Summertime in 60’s swinging London

September 13, 2021 My Mashed Up Life

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

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Agent Sonya: Lover, Mother, Soldier and Spy

August 17, 2021August 19, 2021 My Mashed Up Life

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

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David Bowie: A Life by Dylan Jones

August 10, 2021 My Mashed Up Life

“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

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Life As A Unicorn by Amrou Al-Kadhi

August 8, 2021August 8, 2021 My Mashed Up Life

Amrou Al-Kadhi’s experiences growing up gay as an Iraqi-immigrant in the UK and as the son of strict Muslim parents. Continue reading Life As A Unicorn by Amrou Al-Kadhi

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