Slouching Towards Bethlehem by Joan Didion
Joan Didion — where do I even start? To say I feel entirely unqualified is an understatement as when it comes to writing, Joan’s talent is quite simply, unsurpassable. I came t
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
Girl A by Abigail Dean
Girl A, must be one of *the* most talked about novels right now. Normally, we tend to feel quite averse to hugely hyped books but this one, we were desperate to read — so a huge
Lore by Alexandra Bracken
F A N T A S Y P A P E R B A C K As punishment for a past rebellion, every seven years nine Greek gods are transformed into human form, hunted by warriors from ancient bloodli
Open Water by Caleb Azumah Nelson
This book spoke to me on so many levels and considering it’s length this is truly an exceptional achievement. I kept on pausing to savour each word and look at my favourite paint
Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari
How to condense a book about a subject as huge as, oh you know, the history of HUMANKIND into a brief insta-review?! Firstly, let me tell you this, the writing itself is superb and
The Shape Of Darkness by Laura Purcell
NEW RELEASE Laura Purcell’s The Shape of Darkness is a gothic ghost story set in Victorian Bath. I loved the setting; Bath felt so real, so bleak, I could vividly picture the cha
Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White
C H I L D R E N ‘ S B O O K S I cannot *begin* to list the ways in which my parenting has been a shoddy mess over the past few weeks. Actually, make that the past year. I’ve tr
A Net For Small Fishes by Lucy Jago
NEW RELEASE One of us tends to avoid historical fiction — she blames her History degree as it leaves her questioning what actually happened and what, in fact, did not — whilst
Such A Fun Age by Kiley Reid
Such a Fun Age has at its helm two female protagonists — Emira, a young black woman in her mid-twenties and part-time babysitter and Alix, her white employer in her mid-thirties,
The Seven Husbands Of Evelyn Hugo by Evelyn Hugo
THIS. BOOK. Since joining #bookstagram we kept on seeing Evelyn Hugo feted as a must read and we decided to check out the hype. We were a tad trepidatious but BOY did&nbs
Homeland Elegies by Ayad Akhtar
It’s the 1st of January which means it’s our first @thebibliofilles official book selection. For both of us, the last few weeks of choosing and reading books together