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Books of 2019: Memoir

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Best Books of 2019: four incredible memoirs I've read this year

Books of 2019: International Edition

8th Dec 20198th Dec 2019Categories Round-UpLeave a Comment on Books of 2019: International Edition

Best Books of 2019: books from around the world

A Dish Best Served Cold

8th Dec 2019Categories Book Review: FictionLeave a Comment on A Dish Best Served Cold

I reviewed this for the December edition of Buzz Magazine in the Book of the Month slot, which you can get for free all over South Wales now. I must admit that I went into reading it a little sceptical - it was like the crime/thriller equivalent of naming a romance novel ‘Love at First…

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The Handmaid's Tale

29th Nov 2019Categories Book Review: FictionLeave a Comment on The Handmaid's Tale

“Nolite te bastardes carborundorum. Don't let the bastards grind you down.”

First In The Fight

29th Nov 2019Categories Book Review: Non-FictionLeave a Comment on First In The Fight

The stories of the twenty women who shaped Manchester.

Palm Sized Press: Volume 1

29th Nov 2019Categories Book Review: FictionLeave a Comment on Palm Sized Press: Volume 1

Palm Sized Press is an independent press and online flash fiction writing community and this is volume one of their flash fiction anthology.

We Should All Be Feminists

17th Nov 2019Categories Book Review: Non-FictionLeave a Comment on We Should All Be Feminists

“We teach girls to shrink themselves, to make themselves smaller. We say to girls, you can have ambition, but not too much. You should aim to be successful, but not too successful. Otherwise, you would threaten the man."

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Have you read A Dish Best Served Cold? I reviewed this for the December edition of Buzz Magazine in the Book of the Month slot, which you can get for free all over South Wales now. I must admit that I went into reading it a little sceptical - it was like the crime/thriller equivalent of naming a romance novel ‘Love at First Sight’. However, this apprehension put me in good stead because it meant I was really pleasantly surprised by the novel and was taught a valuable lesson about being title-judgey. Set in Mynydd Du (the Welsh Black Mountains), it follows the story of a young man thrust somewhat unwillingly into the world of organised crime, betrayal and, of course, scorching revenge. For those looking for a quick but unique crime read, which remarkably has its roots firmly planted in the author’s real life, then pick up a copy of @candyjar_books’ latest publication. Fun fact: this book marked the first time I’ve ever seen the word ‘skulduggery’ used outside the Skulduggery Pleasant series – does that make me a total rookie? #haveyoureadthis #adishbestservedcold #candyjarbooks #welshliterature #crime #chriskinsey #newrelease
Have you read the Handmaid’s Tale? The fact that it has taken me this long to read not just this book but any Margaret Atwood has been a real source of shame in my reading career, so turning the last page was quite exciting. Though admittedly, on turning the last page, I had a frenzied “WHAT” and refused to believe it was finished, genuinely checking the glue to make sure nobody stole the end pages as a dastardly prank. Alas, it was the ending - though fortunately for me, I could launch straight into The Testaments. I don’t know how some of you waited so long. That said, there was something outright iconic about the questions left unanswered - it said, hauntingly, that the answers weren’t the point, the questions were. The story is the first person narration of Offred - a Handmaid in the patriarchal dystopia of Gilead. A government coup results in a world in which the female reproductive system is a national resource and yet those same women have no rights (not even to the child they give birth to). They are not permitted to read or write, talk unless spoken to, disagree, or fight. They can accept or die. The harrowing fact of the matter is that Margaret Atwood has said on multiple occasions that there is nothing - nothing - in The Handmaid’s Tale that she made up. She has pulled every atrocity and act of terrorism against the human soul from some time or religious attitude in history. Though sometimes hard to follow - as is often the case with science/speculative fiction - this book is worth every bit of hype I have spent years hearing about. My review of The Testaments will be up next Friday. Praise be. #thehandmaidstale #margaretatwood #dystopianfiction #speculativefiction #blessedbethefruit #vintage #bookstagram #haindmaid #praisebe #modernclassic

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