The Swimmers by Julie Otsuka
The most stunning surprise of a book that we’ve read in ages. Slim in size and both beautifully written and gorgeously crafted, this novel, about a group of swimmers at a local..
Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty
BOOKS I WOULD SAVE IN A FIRE BEFORE…..(ok don’t answer that) The ultimate coffee table book though let’s be honest not everyone is allowed to touch this...
Hush by Kate Maxwell
We are utterly thrilled to have the brilliant @_harrywalker1 as our guest today. A prolific journalist, she is the esteemed fashion editor at @thetimes whilst also being a mum
Mona by Pola Oloixarao
JOINT REVIEW~MONA Mona is a book that made it into my suitcase for this trip mainly because Chaya told me she’d heard great things — and if there’s one booklover I listen to,
When We Were Orphans by Kazuo Ishiguro
Holiday essentials. A book and the perfect bag to fit said book into at all times. Oh and sunnies + cream, obvs. I love Kazuo Ishiguro. And by love, I mean real earth-shattering...
Pure Colour by Sheila Heti
I cant do justice to the feeling this provoked. Published in February, this book will undoubtably spawn many academic papers, with myriad interpretations...
How To Be Perfect by Michael Schur
Don’t read this book around anyone asleep, you may wake them with your laughter (sorry about that kids) The study of classical and contemporary philosophy has...
Swing Time by Zadie Smith
I love absolutely everything about Sarah’s grid. She regularly celebrates peak and pit moments — the good and the bad, always keeping it completely real.
Acts Of Desperation by Megan Nolan
A compulsive, caustic, darkly funny debut novel I have just inhaled is controversially going to be an IMMEDIATE Friday Fave because I loved it so ardently.
Lily’s Promise by Lily Ebert
98 year old Lily & great grandson Dov are the authors of Lily’s Promise, a Sunday Times bestseller & @waterstones book of the year, out in paperback tomorrow...
‘She Said’ by Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey & ‘Gallant’ by V.E. Schawb
It’s a double review kind of morning folks because I recently consumed these two very different books and need to talk about them immediately.
Maps Of Our Spectacular Bodies by Maddie Mortimer
Wow. What an utterly moving and mind-blowing achievement of a book. Somehow, this feels much more than a book to be read...