“Jane stumbles on the rental opportunity of a lifetime: the chance to live in a beautiful ultra-minimalist house designed by an enigmatic architect, on the condition she abides by a long list of exacting rules. After moving in, she discovers that a previous tenant, Emma, met a mysterious death there – and starts to wonder if her own story will be are-run of the girl before.” I devoured this book at every opportunity over very few days, it was a narrative I was constantly post […]
What if I’d said NO? #domesticviolenceisnotok
Into the darkest corner is a stunning debut novel that deserves our time and attention – I wish I could summon the emotion this book created with every thriller I read. Upon meeting someone new, Cathy is encouraged to confront the trauma she has suffered, she finds unexpected happiness, with which comes the possibility of normal life. But, is she really ready? is she really safe? and will she ever escape her past? First time author Elizabeth Haynes has chosen to tell Cathy’s story […]
There will be no June 27th this year. . .
Shirley Jackson’s The Lottery is a short story that stretches just a dozen pages, but those twelve pages have helped to define what horror writing should be ever since. First published in the New Yorker in 1948 to unprecedented public reaction, the Lottery has become a classic. A seemingly innocent town square gathering, a tradition that happens each and every year in each and every town across the country. Herd mentality, mob rule, crowd psychology – call it what you will, but blindly following […]
The Circle – delving into a not-so-much-dystopian future?
This one is tricky, I’ve actually read the first six chapters three times and the book in its entirety twice – the first time I tried; I just couldn’t connect, the second; I devoured the text so fast I felt like I missed something and the third time I found myself coming up with alternative theories and twisted plot lines. Eggers protagonist is Mae, a young woman who lands a job at The Circle, one of the world’s most influential internet companies – think Google, […]
Sex Object: A ( ball bustingly honest ) Memoir
Jessica Valenti is one of a select group of Generation X feminist bloggers who have cemented their careers online – She is a force to be reckoned with, after publishing a litany of feminist tomes ( Full Frontal Feminist, He’s a stud she’s a slut ) Sex Object is her brutally honest, darkly funny memoir. By retelling a series of formative events in her life, Valenti describes what toll everyday sexism takes on a young woman’s life. The events that helped shape her confident persona […]
What if the worst thing you did went viral?
Viral centers around two sisters; Leah & Su, and their mother, Ruth. Party girl Leah is only allowed to go on holiday to Magaluf if she takes sensible hard working Su with her. Leah tries to rekindle a lost relationship with Su the only way she knows how by trying to turn Su into a party girl, then things go horribly wrong and a video of Su goes viral. Su feeling humiliated and alone flees in search of the answer to her problems. Viral is […]
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