Category: book club
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BOOK CLUB: MY YEAR OF REST AND RELAXATION BY OTTESSA MOSHFEGH
When life becomes overwhelming, whether it be from work, University, or just general life, I find that there’s nothing better for the soul than to pick up a good book. A good book ultimately comes down to personal preference. A novel that I may recommend as five stars may not appeal to you one bit, […]
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BOOK CLUB: FAILOSOPHY: A HANDBOOK FOR WHEN THINGS GO WRONG BY ELIZABETH DAY
This week Hannah Whittaker is looking at Failosophy: a handbook for when things go wrong, by award-winning journalist and author Elizabeth Day. When January 2022 briskly arrived, I once again decided to jot down some of my reading goals for the year. My reading patterns consist largely of fiction novels, so, this year, I decided […]
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BOOK CLUB: ANXIOUS PEOPLE BY FREDRIK BACKMAN
This week Hannah Whittaker is looking at 2019 novel Anxious People from the bestselling Swedish author Fredrik Backman. I would be lying if I didn’t say the reason I picked up this book in Waterstone’s was because I too am an anxious person. In this instance, I think my actions reflected how much power a […]
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BOOK CLUB: BEWILDERMENT BY RICHARD POWERS
This week Hannah Whittaker is looking at the extraordinary new release Bewilderment by the multi-award-winning American novelist Richard Powers. As the world has continued to readjust from the effects of COVID-19 we have been inundated with amazing novels from some incredible authors who, luckily for us readers, spent their quarantine time writing some absolute masterpieces. […]