Mythos by Stephen Fry
Looking back on that time when we lived through the height of lockdown makes me shudder. I remember, clearly, the feeling...
Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen
Before there was Chalamet and Styles, before Bridgerton and Anthony falling in the lake, there was Firth in a billowing shirt.
Stoneblind by Natalie Haynes
Todays the day folks so make way to your local purveyor of books because if you are a reader of classical retellings Stoneblind is now unleashed into the world...
Beloved by Toni Morrison
“All the parts of her that were precious and fine and beautiful, & carried, pushed, dragged them through the veil...
Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman
The world of myths is one that I only really came into contact for the first time during the pandemic; I read Silence of the Girls, then later on...
Elizabeth York, The Last White Rose by Alison Weir
In the world of Tudor fiction and non-fiction, Alison Weir is a literary titan. Historian and author of 33 books which have sold many millions of copies...
Elektra by Jennifer Saint
From bestselling author of Ariadne, newly published Elektra is a stand alone slice of brilliance. Let’s be honest, in this glorious literary age there are now many...
Modern Classics by Toni Morrison
Writers in recent history, renowned for titles such as Sula, Songs of Solomen, Beloved and The Bluest Eye, which irrevocably changed the American literary landscape.
The Bell Jar by Syliva Plath
FRIDAY FAVE~THE BELL JAR Here’s the thing. The Bell Jar, an almost mythical, revered American classic, featuring on countless best novel of all time lists, has been a favourite o
The Odyssey, Homer
FRIDAY FAVE~GREEK MYTHS EDITION In Lockdown #325 last year Sophie posted on FB asking for a book recommendation. I suggested all time fave Song of Achilles, now with mill
I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
FRIDAY FAVE There are books you enjoy and books you love. Then there are books that so deeply impact your very soul you are a different person to the one that started reading the i
Farenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
FARENHEIT 451 A book about book burning, that’s this in a nutshell. Of course, that isn’t it at all. This dystopian classic will literally speak to you on *so* many levels. It