The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness. Book One in the Chaos Walking Trilogy. Opening sentence: “The first thing you find out when yer dog learns to talk is that dogs don’t got nothing much to say.” Published in 2008, quite a few people have recommended this book (the whole trilogy in fact) […]
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The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood Opening sentence: “We slept in what once had been the gymnasium.” It was one of my 2018 reading goals to read more classics, so I’ve kicked off with a book that’s been on my TBR list for such a long time – The Handmaid’s Tale. It’s sometimes tricky to […]
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Brave New World by Aldous Huxley Opening sentence: “A squat grey building of only thirty-four storeys.” I know I might be a little late to the party reading this classic, but I have to say – this is a fantastic book! When you put it in historical context and realise it was published in 1932, […]
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The Power by Naomi Alderman I heard about this book through Instagram. I have a bookstagram for this blog, dedicated to my love of books and I follow lots of similar bookish accounts. I kept reading great things about The Power – that it was an impactful feminist novel, a stunning dystopian read, even that it […]
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