The most common refrain of anyone who works even remotely near books, or who blogs about books, is that their To Be Read pile increases at a rate that far outstrips their reading pace. I've been trying to be strict with myself - attempting to not buy new books, or request too many from Netgalley … Continue reading BLOG: Tackling the TBR – July 2019 Edition
Author: Lucy Knisley (twitter / instagram / website) UK Publisher: First Second Genre: Non-fiction, autobiography, comics Also see: Something New If you work hard enough, if you want it enough, if you're smart and talented and "good enough," you can do anything. Except get pregnant. Her whole life, Lucy Knisley wanted to be a mother. But when it was … Continue reading REVIEW: Kid Gloves – Lucy Knisley
Authors: Cinzia Arruzza, Tithi Bhattacharya (website), Nancy Fraser UK Publisher: Verso Books Genre: Non-fiction, political discourse, manifestos This is a manifesto for the 99 percent Unaffordable housing, poverty wages, inadequate healthcare, border policing, climate change—these are not what you ordinarily hear feminists talking about. But aren’t they the biggest issues for the vast majority of … Continue reading REVIEW: Feminism for the 99% – Cinzia Arruzza, Tithi Bhattacharya, Nancy Fraser
Author: Edward Ross (website / twitter) UK Publisher: Self Made Hero Genre: Comics, Film theory, non-fiction Buy Now: ebook | paperback I love graphic novels, and I love films, so the minute I heard about this book it set off all the alerts my brain in that I had to read it, and do so as soon … Continue reading REVIEW: Filmish – Edward Ross
Author: Emily Morris (website) UK Publisher: Salt Publishing Genre: Non-fiction, memoir Buy Now: ebook | paperback When Emily Morris was a 22-year-old student, she found out she was pregnant. The father of her baby told her to ‘enjoy your impending shitty, snotty, vomitty twenties’ and then disappeared. Despite not feeling maternal, Emily decided to go ahead with … Continue reading REVIEW: My Shitty Twenties – Emily Morris
Author: Juno Dawson (twitter / website) UK Publisher: Two Roads Genre: Non-fiction, autobiography, gender studies Buy Now: ebook | hardcover | paperback I was lucky enough to find this book as a proof going spare whilst I was interning last summer. It was not necessarily a book I would have bought myself, but I have … Continue reading REVIEW: The Gender Games – Juno Dawson
Author: Carrie Fisher UK Publisher: Black Swan / Transworld digital Genre: memoir, non-fiction Buy now: ebook | paperback I was really looking forward to reading this book, but it was always going to be a hard one to review. Carrie Fisher is so well-loved, and particularly since her far-too-early death has become a symbol of … Continue reading REVIEW: The Princess Diarist – Carrie Fisher
Author: Robert MacFarlane (twitter) UK Publisher: Penguin Genre: non-fiction, essays Buy now: ebook | paperback This is an unusual piece to review, for a number of reasons. Published by PRH, exclusively for sale in independent bookshops, it is a personal essay discussing the value of books as gifts. Robert MacFarlane is a very warm writer, and the … Continue reading REVIEW: The Gifts of Reading – Robert MacFarlane
Author: Richard Ayoade (twitter) UK Publisher: Faber and Faber Genre: non-fiction, humour, film Buy now: ebook | paperback The Grip of Film is a hard book to categorize. I got it for Christmas, and was immediately excited by the brash, pulp-esque cover featuring a lovingly rendered version of Ayoade in a leather jacket and fingerless … Continue reading REVIEW: The Grip of Film – Richard Ayoade
Author: Mary Beard UK Publisher: Profile Genre: Non-fiction, feminism, gender theory Buy now: ebook | hardcover To anyone who has been a woman in society in the last ten years, a lot of the topics covered in Mary Beard’s book will not come as a surprise. Women and Power is the collected texts of two lectures she gave, … Continue reading REVIEW: Women and Power – Mary Beard
