Griffin won’t leave me alone. I just want some space but whenever I nip away to my room I can hear him jingling down the hallway after me. At least now he is lying on the floor rather than bugging me. I’m reading an amazing book. It’s called Lilac Girls and is set in WWII.… Continue reading February 26th

Eh. I’m not sure about this one. I wanted to love it, I wanted to find some sort of advice for a girl who wants to be a boss, but I kinda got nothing out of this. However, I did read it in one go, so there must be something there that I liked? It’s… Continue reading Sophia Amoruso – #Girlboss

This truly is a stunning novel. I found myself hooked from the first line all the way to the last. Good Morning, Midnight follows two very different characters in two very different worlds. First we have Augustine, a very smart yet very old scientist based down in the Arctic circle where he studies the universe.… Continue reading Lily Brooks-Dalton – Good Morning, Midnight

I was very fortunate to have Maria contact me through my Instagram profile to offer her collection of poetry. I am so thrilled she did because I feel like my mind has opened up again! I loved this collection. Maria has created a journey over many years, spanning highschool heart-break to the ultimate questions of… Continue reading Eternal Youth – a collection of poetry by Maria Elena

Tina Fey’s Bossypants delivers everything you hoped it would. Humour, honesty, punchy one-liners and a whole lot of cleverly disguised feminism in the form of flatulent jokes. There is not one single dull page in this book and the jokes just keep rolling. It is not so much a memoir as it is Tina sitting… Continue reading Tina Fey – Bossypants

To Rise Again at a Decent Hour is the ultimate page turner. Winner of the Dylan Thomas Prize as well as being shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, Joshua Ferris writes with fluidity, clarity and with a unique voice unlike any I’ve read before. The novel settles around Paul O’Rourke, a dentist with a passion… Continue reading Joshua Ferris – To Rise Again at a Decent Hour

For those of you like me who spent their teenage years in the early 2000’s, you will already be familiar with the pop-culture take over that was Playboy. Ranging from bedspreads, jewellery and temporary tattoos through to the popular hit TV show The Girls Next Door, Playboy took over every teenaged girl and boys’ bedroom… Continue reading Holly Madison – Down the Rabbit Hole

When you grow up surrounded by war, how do you carry on through life once the war is over? This is the question that hangs over Ana’s head in her adult years. She grew up in Zagreb and spent her younger years, the development years, calling the war-torn country of Croatia her home. Now in… Continue reading Sara Nović – Girl at War

This is a novel that will leave you staring into nothingness as you try to process what has just happened. It will send shivers down your spine, make you read erratically and send your head into a spin. You will try to piece together each repeated word, each small image that captures the chapters theme… Continue reading Emma Healey – Elizabeth is Missing

Helen Callaghan’s debut novel Dear Amy is one hell of a ride. Callaghan writes from the perspective of Margot, a teacher at the local college and also the writer of the Dear Amy help column in the local paper. Typically she deals with mundane relationship issues until one day she receives a letter from Bethan… Continue reading Helen Callaghan – Dear Amy