Swansea, Wales
But I’m Feeling 22
It’s my birthday! Which means it’s time for the annual post reflecting on yet another year on this chaotic planet and of course, I had to use a T-Swift reference as the title. I mean,…
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Book Review: This Is Going to Hurt (…
97-hour weeks. Life and death decisions. A constant tsunami of bodily fluids. And the hospital parking meter earns more than you. Welcome to the life of a junior doctor. Scribbled in secret after endless days,…
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Book Review: The Good Soldier
Wealthy American John Dowell describes in a disarmingly casual, compellingly intimate manner how he and his wife Florence meet an English couple in a German spa resort. They become friends over the years and gradually…
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Book Review: Wide Sargasso Sea
Born into an oppressive colonialist society, Creole heiress Antoinette Cosway meets a young Englishman who is drawn to her innocent sensuality and beauty. After their marriage, disturbing rumours begin to circulate, poisoning her husband against…
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Book Review: Conversations with Friends
Frances is twenty-one years old, cool-headed and observant. A student in Dublin and an aspiring writer, at night she performs spoken word with her best friend Bobbi, who used to be her girlfriend. When they…
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Notting Hill Bookshop, Blenheim Cres, London
Paperback Book Day
On July 30th 1935, Penguin Books published its first paperback books and in honour of what has now been dubbed ‘Paperback Book Day’, I thought I’d throw together a little blog post to celebrate all…
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