2018
Behind Me—dips Eternity— Before Me—Immortality— Myself—the Term between— – Emily Dickinson My 2018 was a thunderstorm. I began to learn more about myself and pushed through anxieties to make last year the best it year could have been. I feel as though I can say that 2018 was one of the best years […]
Spooky Autumn Reads
It’s been over a month since I last posted some bookish things. I’ve been busy working, reading, socialising, you know – all those student things. This academic year is the final one of my undergraduate degree and because of that, I’m hoping I can post on here at least once a month. However, it’s not […]
A Note on I Am Legend by Richard Matherson
I have been so excited to read some Matherson, even more so after I read Stephen King’s afterword in my edition of I Am Legend, it was one of the most interesting horror/science fiction novels I’ve read. And just like King said in the afterword, I didn’t want I Am Legend to end. Although Mathersons’ original novel has a film […]
Notes On A Nervous Planet by Matt Haig
To read my review of his previous mental health book, Reasons To Stay Alive, click here. In the opening chapter of this wonderful, insightful book, Matt Haig summarises his masterpiece perfectly: “I had already written about my mental health in Reasons To Stay Alive. But the question this time was a broader one: how can we live in a mad […]
The Humans by Matt Haig
“Let us consider this: what if there actually is a meaning to human life?” Haig’s main character, a Vendorian (an alien), considers a statement by one of Earth’s most famous (my favourite) poets, Emily Dickinson “I dwell in possibility”. With no answers of why we’re really here, our race, us puny humans fabricate reasons for existence, and superior beings […]
IT by Stephen King
Finishing IT is probably one of my proudest literary achievements. Its such a fantastic book packed with interesting themes explored in great depth. I listened to a total of 45 hrs of an audiobook over the course of a year, on-and-off, gradually picking up speed over the past few months. Over 1000 pages of words […]
Misogynation by Laura Bates
After reading Everyday Sexism by Laura Bates I was super interested in reading more about what Laura Bates had to say, and when I saw that she had recently come out with a new book, Misogynation, I had to pick it up. This was not an easy read for a number of reasons. Partly because so many of […]
Dear Ijeawele: A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions by C. N. Adichie
Two books in a row that I’ve thoroughly enjoyed. Again, one of the best I’ve read this year. The introduction to Dear Ijeawele: A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions by C. N. Adichie says: ‘a friend of mine from childhood […] asked me to tell her how to raise her baby girl a feminist […] In […]
The Island of Doctor Moreau by H.G. Wells
Along with The Nix and Mythos, The Island of Doctor Moreau by H.G. Wells is one of the best books I’ve read this year. This my second H.G. Wells text; after reading The War of The Worlds a few years ago, reading The Island of Doctor Moreau reminded me of how much I love Wells’ writing style. A contemporary review from Manchester Guardian […]
