#14 The Flatshare book review | a good book and a cup of tea

The Flatshare is a pitch perfect romance for lovers of charming hilarity of Sophie Kinsella and JoJo Moyes I ended January desperate to delve into some reads that were more light-hearted, fun and honestly that I didn't have to think to much about. I got more than I bargained for with The Flatshare. Don't get …

#13 Convenience Store Woman| A good book and a cup of tea

A deadpan, slice-of-life that is unexpectedly moving and brilliantly original. Convenience Store Woman seamlessly finds humour in what is the often times an intimidating reality; a life lived outside of society's expectations. ⭐4.5 Stars⭐ Keiko is 36 years old. Keiko is a convenience store worker. Keiko goes to work every day, with the same people, wearing …

#11 Red Clocks by Leni Zumas | A good book and a cup of a tea

Red Clocks is a hard-hitting, unapologetically feminist novel with the damning question of "What is a woman for?" at its heart.  Before I start this book review, I just want to explain why I've been gone for a LONG bloody time: longer than a whole year. 2018 was not my finest year, I was ill for …

Kate Tempest |Two Mini Reviews!

'She's sleet and granite/ Space rock shattering the planet' - Hold Your Own.  How badass is that quote? I've been away for a long time adulting and I'm going to be honest it's been really, really tough going in May and June. I've decided it was high time to return to my one true love, …

#10 Citizen: An American Lyric | A good book and a cup of tea

Citizen by Claudia Rankine is defiant, affirming and relevant. Read it to understand that oppression has never been as black and white. This is a book that will make you want to be heard and seen. In this collection Rankine assesses microaggressions and oppression-fuelled assassinations of character that follow black people around in America and abroad. …

Indies all over #1 | Bakewell Bookshop

I really do love a good bookish series - here's a new one! I'm actually a secret Londoner (not so secret if you've heard me recount a story to my London mates in a overexcited cockney squeal) and I've noticed that there seems to be some lovely info about indie bookshops down south on the …

March wrap-up (& and bookish rant) | 4 mini book reviews

Hello folks! Right I'm going to be honest, I'm always a little startled when another month is over and I feel like I have to talk about how many books I've read and my malignant thoughts ultimately turn to the books I haven't read yet.Which is ridiculous because life happens! And for me reading is …

#9 Homegoing| A good book and a cup of tea

Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi. Five stars. Heart-breaking. Conversation-starting. This is a book that can only be properly described by compounds. Homegoing is Gyasi's debut novel, it starts with a fire lit by an enslaved woman called Mamee. Little does Mamee know her fire will burn message across the ages long after her own death. Mamee …

#5 The Gracekeepers | A good book a cup of tea

Quietly magical but too subdued in parts. 3.5 stars. As a work of fantasy this is beautiful, Kirsty Logan creates a world spilt into two clans: Damplings who live and work on the sea and Landlockers who are fiercely protective of the small patches of earth they own. The Gracekeepers follows the lives and troubles of …

#4 Saga| A good book and a nice cup of tea

Saga by Brian Vaughan and Fiona Staples is a graphic novel that packs heaps of sexy, subversive, omg-what-is-happening-where-is-that-blood-coming-from?! punch. 5 stars all the way. Not one for the easily freaked-out this graphic novella tells the plight of two future humanoids Alana, a prison guard, from planet Landfall (modern day earth) and her husband Marko, a …