Reasons to Stay Alive by Matt Haig
I've been a follower of Matt Haig's for years. Regularly trawling through his twitter feed in awe of how he dealt and continues to deal with mental illness. He's turned what is often considered a negative into…
A Vindication on the Rights of Women by Mary Wollstonecraft
This book is about as exciting as it sounds from the title. Don't get me wrong I understand her views and agree with a fair amount of what Mary Wollstonecraft says in this book. However, 200+ pages…
December Wrap Up
The astute among you will have noticed that a November Wrap Up was missing last month...that was because I read hardly anything to warrant a wrap up. Honestly, December wasn't much better! This years University reading has…
Confessions of an English Opium Eater by Thomas de Quincey
I still lack any idea what this book entailed, nor can I accurately describe it. Simply because it was chaos. Complete and utter chaos. Though I'm not entirely sure what I expected from self professed Opium induced…
Hiroshima by John Hersey
I didn't think this book would grip me the way it did. I knew very little of the A-Bomb drop on Hiroshima, only that it happened if I'm honest, but Hersey's account opened my eyes. He recounted…
