Beth's Books (and other bits and bobs)
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Author: Maggie O’Farrell Title: I am I am I am: Seventeen Brushes with Death Press: Tinder Press (Headline) Date of Publication: 2017 Date of Purchase: December 2018 RRP: £8.99 Price of Purchase: I don’t remember but I did it through the evil empire (sorry) Reading Time: 2 days Rating: 8 So a lot of people …
Well, it’s been a whirlwind year for me and until I settled down in September I really didn’t manage to put aside much time for reading. This, as well as my ridiculously short memory, means that this list might feel a little autumn heavy. [Also go follow my instagram for fewer words and prettier pictures …
Author: Celeste Ng Title: Little Fires Everywhere Press: Abacus Date of Publication: 2017 Date of Purchase: December 2018 RRP: £8.99 Price of Purchase: £4 Reading Time: 4 days Rating: 8 Little Fires Everywhere succeeded in transporting me straight to Shaker Heights and bang into Ohio in the nineties. Given I was five at the millennium …
Despite the past two weeks being the busiest of my year so far (six day working weeks: part 14 hour waitressing shift, part an unpaid intern in the city) I have read three books. Despite having deadlines coming out of my ears, conferences to attend and catching up with distant friends I appear to have …
Having just steamed through Daphne du Maurier’s Jamaica Inn I felt it was time to consider what other books have fallen into this category for me. I rabitted on and on about this book the whole time I was reading it (thank you to my patient pal). So I began to wonder, what other books have turned me into a one-woman …
Title: Life of a Banana Author: PP Wong Press: Legend Press Prizes: Longlisted for the Baileys Women's Fiction Prize Date of Publication: 2014 Date of Purchase: November 2018 RRP: £7.99 Price of Purchase: £7.99 Reading Time: 3 days Rating: 8 This novel was a bit of a departure for me for several reasons. 1. it’s commercial fiction …
The Mysterious Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde: Robert Louis Stephenson What’s scarier than a deep look at social ills and inherently corrupt humanity? Literally nothing, this is one of my favourite books and the sp00ky atmosphere of the whole thing is worthy of commendation on any day of the year but especially today. …
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Chamamanda Adichie’s TED Talk on ‘the danger of the single story’ is incredibly powerful and was an excellent introduction for me into the issue of ethnic diversity in publishing. The point: how important it is for people to read themselves in stories but also the power of publishing to reinforce narratives and the moral imperative …
Author: Harriet Tyce Title: Blood Orange Press: Headline Prizes: Date of publication: 2019 Date of purchase: October 2018 RRP: £ -- Price of purchase: £-- Reading time: ½ Week Rating:  6 This novel starts quick and just keeps building. I genuinely could not put it down, ignoring friends on the train and staying up well …
A Tale for the Time Being: Ruth Ozeki High Fidelity: Nick Hornby Blood Orange: Harriet Tyce
Beth's Books (and other bits and bobs) 