Tag Archive: identity

Review: Her Fearful Symmetry- Audrey Niffenegger

Considering how much I loved The Time Traveller’s Wife, I was really looking forward to reading Her Fearful Symmetry. The Time Traveller’s Wife was so touching and beautifully crafted, the love story between… Continue reading

23 years old and only just read I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

  Now that’s pretty shameful, considering I graduated with a degree in English Literature and have been a voracious reader since the moment I could pick up a book. But it was Maya… Continue reading

Review: Life After Life- Kate Atkinson

“What if we had a chance to do it again and again, until we finally did get it right? Wouldn’t that be wonderful?” Fate, second chances and rebirth are just some of the… Continue reading

She reads books..

An extremely true quote from Anne Dillard

Review: The Kitchen God’s Wife- Amy Tan

The Kitchen God’s Wife is a beautiful tale of hope, tragedy and despair, set against the turbulent backdrop of Shanghai in the 1920s. A plot that is woven with secrets from beginning to… Continue reading

Alice in Wonderland: It’s all about the identity.

Woke up in a critical/ intellectual mood. Do not miss writing essays at uni at all [um, does anyone?] but I feel like getting my teeth into something. So here it is, a… Continue reading

Review: Trumpet- Jackie Kay

I’ve dug this review out from second year of uni, the first book review I had ever written in fact, n’awww. Trumpet by Jackie Kay deserves more recognition than it gets in the book world,… Continue reading

Tis’ the season to read Angela Carter

It’s that time of year again where I want to curl up with a mug of hot chocolate and a good book. But when it’s frosty and grey outside I want a specific… Continue reading

Top Ten: American Authors

Only just started getting into American literature at uni and I love it, so much in fact that my dissertation was based on American lit of the 20th century. I know there are… Continue reading

Review: Eat, Pray, Love- Elizabeth Gilbert

A New York Times Paperback Nonfiction Bestseller for over 200 weeks, and over 10 million copies now in print. Eat, Pray, Love has been passed among millions of women around the world as… Continue reading