July then eh? MY BIRTH MONTH. THE BEST MONTH. I hate to be someone who comments on how quickly the year is going by but goddamn, we're more than half way through 2017 and my 24th birthday is rapidly approaching. Gulp. It's been a while since I did a book post....
Well. September flew by. As much as I love September's not quite summer, not quite Autumn vibes and temperate weather, I'm pretty thrilled that it's October. Autumn-y vibes are finally getting fully under way and it won't be long til I have my trusty woolly hat and scarves out again....
Think of all the films and TV shows you've watched that are set in suburban America or have at least featured a facet of suburban American life. Gilmore Girls, Superbad and more recently, Stranger Things to name but a few of my favourites of the top of my head. There...
The first time I stumbled upon the author Julian Barnes was finding a quote from his second novel “Before She Met Me” in the preface of another, scholarly criticism book I was consulting at one point or another during university. I've since forgotten it, annoyingly, and I'm almost certain...
We’re all familiar with a good old exorcism plot in the horror genre. They come with a certain set of expectations what with being around since, what, the 70’s? Just because the exorcist narrative comes with a certain set of expectations doesn’t make it bad. It can just make a...
There are few writers whose work I find so captivating and also laugh-out-loud funny as Caitlin Moran. Last summer on a plane to Prague, and various trains across Europe whilst interrailing I had her book “How to Be A Woman” with me to shorten the journeys. My first foray into...