just read
ghost driver, nell osborne
becky lent me this thanks becky!! excellent read, sppppooookkkyyy
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mrs palfrey at the claremont, elizabeth taylor
a customer at work lent me this book , found it kind of uncomfortableeee idk didnt rlly like it
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the wall, Marlen Haushofer
this was also part of my drunk world of books order, it was excellent !
>in the middle it was a bit of a slog in a way but the afterword gave me interesting context....
parade, rachel cusk
enjoyed this, but not as much as as kudos
!i might have to read again, i wanted to know how it would end so i rushed the final bit so left feeling a bit unfullfilled i cant speed read rachel cusk i have to dial in a bit
carol, patricia highsmith
i loved this
another fabulous recommendation lent to me by niamh.. saw the film a few years ago but the book is way better... an inner world/ tension that can only be captured in writing ! a review i saw said it has the pacing of a thriller and imagery of a romance and that is true
medieval horizons, ian mortimer
fun and chill read, i enjoyeed but also i thought some of his opinions were lukewarm ... like ok...
... lolllolol ll this guy has serious beef with the guy who wrote sapiens .... fight ! fight ! fight ! get her jade !
the carrier bag theory of fiction, Ursula K. Le Guin
borrowed a copy of this from the library of amber hynam .... i thought it was brilliant but like duh obviously dont have any unique takes other then - yeah : true!
visions of suburbia, Roger Silverstone 01/02/26
finally got round to finishing this ...
the essay on the suburban weekend: interesting and fun // the essay on tupperware (Alison J Clarke, "Tupperware: Suburbia, Sociality and Mass Consumption"): electrifying, fantastic, wow, omg, loved it, you should read it // the rest of it .... eh ...
study for obedience, Sara Bernstein 06/02/26
i enjoyed this
ok so this book reminded me a little bit of the feeling when i had no mates as a teenager and i had nothing to do so i'd walk around the town and fields and i thought i was too cool for a coat so it was freezing and i also always wore the wrong shoes so my nice trainers got muddy... in a good way !
Lost Lambs, Madeline Cash
Towards the end i was like huh ....
niamh gave me her proof copy of this so at first it felt extra special... thanks niamh... also i was laughing cos the book was funny , it was dealing with a lot of complex relationships in a sharp, witty way ... but then it felt like the author was like oh shit fine let me throw in a story line and then this happens and then this happens and then it feels like all of a sudden when i was writing stories as a child and would get overwhelmed end it with: and then i woke up .... it was all a dream 😍
currently reading
the five untold lives of the women killed by jack the ripper, hallie rubenhold
so far i'm enjoying !
i was at a bar with emily and she reccomended this to me and said its amazing so i drunk ordered it from world of books....
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wifedom, anna funder
about Eileen O'Shaughness ( Orwell's wife )
update : i have begun and its ok .... idk why im cringing slightly it just feels like a bit obvious tbh ... eek i need to free myself from the tyranny of cringe tho cos like
heard about this from a podcast i was listening to ... looking forward to reading but god, why is it that the books i want to read at the library always seem to only be available as gigantic huge hardbacks its not even big font or a long book its just the hardback reinforced steel cover and to be honest its so embarassing carrying it... i can't get it out discretely in a relaxed and chill way on the bus, it makes me feel like an ipad baby even though its a book... it wouldnt fit in my bag on the way home so i had to carry it round like a clutch in a very : look at me! look at me! kind of way... the picture doesnt capture how big it is its like two and a half hands ... will begin reading this when i get over the shame of it being tombstone, ipad pro sized
(podcast was , The Spanish Civil War: Fighting Facism With Hemingway and Orwell : https://www.everand.com/listen/podcast/977705500 )
the stopping places, damian le bas
okkk the reading of this book is currently paused because i cant find it ... and its a library book .... eek ...
im loving this, he goes to all these old encampment sites tthat his family had stopped at for generations but its not like idylic fields and stuff so far its like laybys and mud and things
diego garcia, natasha soobramanien & luke williams
i am enjoying so far, remind me of rachel cusk in a way .........
biography of x, catherine lacey
I HATE THIS BOOK
i am TRYINGGG... 3/4 of the way through fighting for my life omg dragging myself kicking and screaming to finish this book but i dont wanna i hate it im sorry
ok i like the alternate history / american civil war thing thats what interested me about this book but i feel like she gives up on it ... i truly am trying to see why everyone told me it was good ... the main character is sooo annoying and unlikeable but everyone in the book thinks they are soo cool and smart and its like guys all of you are annoying .... i get annoyed every time i pick it up again... am i the problem ? maybe this book will go to the book graveyard
Perfume, Patrick Süskind
halfway through and struggling to stay interested .............
been stuck reading this one for ages ... got stuck at an incredibly boring part, where hes just like inside his mind for ages.. dont care... but people have told me im gonna gag at the twist so i have to push through, maybe i will skip the boring bit - is that allowed? i have to hurry up cos i wanna watch the movie with my friends womp womp