Luster by Raven Leilani
Luster by @raven_leilani is brutal, raw, uncomfortable and yet also beautiful. Recently longlisted for the @womensprize, it has been hugely hyped for all the right r
The Wife by Meg Wolitzer
Do you ever open a book and just *know*? A couple of weeks ago, a lovely friend of mine, whose son is in the same class as my daughter, inquired as to whether I’d read any books
Crime And Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
FRIDAY FAVOURITE UNIVERSITY EDITION In one of my first lectures on Criminal Law, I became rather embroiled in a heated discussion on the many reasons people are driven to murder. T
The Silence Of The Girls by Pat Barker
F R I D A Y F A V O U R I T E I call this book my floodgate because it literally opened up an entire world to me. Recommended by the wonder that is @debratammerafter I posted
No One Is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood
WOMENS PRIZE LONG LIST I guarantee you have read nothing like this. A clever exploration of the addictive damage the Internet can do, uniquely styled like a stream of consciousness
On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong
FRIDAY FAVOURITE I read this book in one go, it felt like I didn’t breath from the first to last page. I then went back a few months later to reread (which is a sure sign that th
Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
F R I D A Y F A V O U R I T E ‘Never judge a book by its cover’, or so the maxim goes. I have to say, when it came to Pachinko, I most definitely made a judgement call ba
Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
B I B L I O R E C C S We are so fortunate to have bonded with the incredible Charlie aka @thebookboy ~ his exceptionally beautiful account will make you want to immediate
The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai
F R I D A Y F A V O U R I T E I’m assuming you’re here because you like reading so I do hope you don’t mind if we touch on TV for a brief moment. A few weeks ago I watched (r
A Prayer For Owen Meany by John Irving
F R I D A Y F A V O U R I T E Some books change you. It’s a feeling hard to explain but if you’ve experienced it, you’ll know what I mean. I read this book in 2006, after a r
The Forty Rules Of Love by Elif Shafak
If you want to be transported to another world, another place and another time (and let’s face it, don’t we all want that at the moment?!), then @shafakelif is the au
The Prophets by Robert Jones, Jr.
A monumental book befitting yesterday’s monumental day across the pond. The Prophets is the story of Samuel and Isaiah, slaves and soulmates on the Halifax Plantation in Mississi