Everyone has heard of Ernest Hemingway. Irregardless of whether you’re familiar with his work or not, there’s a high chance you’ve heard his name crop up when literary greats are…
Historical Fiction
Lunacy in Literature (The Bell Jar, The Yellow Wallpaper and More)
As part of my Extended English Project, I chose to write about ‘lunacy in literature’ for my dissertation. This meant spending my summer scouring the internet for novels and articles…
Book Review: Wilde in Love (Blog Tour)
Thanks to Little, Brown for sending me a copy of the first book in Eloisa James’ new series, Wilde in Love, and for inviting me to be a part of…
Book Review: The Little Stranger
The Little Stranger follows the strange adventures of Dr. Faraday, the son of a maid, who has built a life of quiet respectability as a country doctor. One dusty post-war…
Book Review: Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier
Rebecca has been on my reading list for quite some time after I saw it mentioned in the comments of one of Paloma Faith’s music videos, Picking Up The Pieces,…
Book Review: 11.22.63
To read something by Stephen King has been a goal of mine for years. Postponed by a busy exam-filled life and sheer intimidation of the length of some of his…
Book Review: Death at the Seaside
Thank you to the team at Hachette/Little Brown Book Group for sending me a copy of Frances Brody’s Death at the Seaside in exchange for a review and for inviting…
I Did It! I Finished War and Peace!
Wisdom teeth woes aside, something historical happened this week. I finished War and Peace. That’s right. I have completed my lengthy and often tedious battle with Tolstoy’s thousand page novel….
Top 5 Books I Read In 2015
Happy New Year! I hope you’ve all recovered from the festivities and that 2016 has gotten off to a good start for you. 2015 was a pretty eventful year for…