Ok the book buying ban has, yet again, proven unsuccessful, so NEW PLAN: Read really fast to outpace the growth of my TBR…
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Reading || April Reads & The Unread Shelf Project
Reading || The One Who Wrote Destiny by Nikesh Shukla
In his first novel since editing The Good Immigrant, Nikesh Shukla brings us a gem of a novel that was twenty years in the making…
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Reading || March Reads & The Unread Shelf Project
Do you ever look back on previous posts and discover things you have absolutely no memory of writing?
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Reading || The Children’s Book
Say what you like about the Beast from the East, but the upside of cancelled plans was one TOTALLY FREE DAY. What would any self-respecting bookworm do with a totally free day?! Read of course!
Reading || #ReadSoulLit Wrap Up
I realise that I may lose the respect of most of you if I admit that I’m learning my life lessons from Grey’s Anatomy, but then with Shonda Rhimes being one of the most powerful women in TV right now, perhaps this isn’t as trite as you might think…
Reading || The February Unread Shelf Project Update
I might have fallen off the No Book-Buying wagon.
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Thinking || BBC Breakfast’s 100 Years of Suffrage: Achievement or Gimmick?
As part of my usual morning routine, I sat in front of the TV this morning and turned on BBC Breakfast while drying my hair. I was confronted by something slightly different – Dan Walker was absent, and Louise Minchin was accompanied by Steph McGovern. Aha! I thought, an all-female sofa – must be 6th February.
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Reading || January Wrap Up / The Unread Shelf Project Update
I started off the year with all of my grand plans, smug as you like, and sure enough, karma put me back in my place. And when I say ‘karma’, I mean Past Martha, who is laughing hysterically at me in some parallel universe.
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Reading || Brit(ish) by Afua Hirsch: A Review
One evening last week, I found myself sitting in the cinema watching Gary Oldman strutting around in what was presumably a fat suit and copious amounts of facial prosthetics. The visual transformation into Winston Churchill was quite remarkable (and I believe has been nominated for an award) and Oldman’s performance was certainly convincing. However, I found myself preoccupied, pondering our national obsession with World War Two.
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Listening || Best of 2017
Seinabo where are you?! I need you come back to me pleeeease! 😥
Martha Is 