Me Before You - Jojo Moyes When defining romantic tragedy, you make think of Shakespeare. For more modern romantic tragedy, Jojo Moyes’ moving novel, Me Before You fits the definition precisely. The clue of tragedy is not used lightly, where we meet Lou who lives in a quiet English town with a castle, living her easiest, best life working in a café [...]
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LIZZIE READS … HALF A WORLD AWAY
#LizzieReads half a world away - mike gayle I managed to finish one of my many charity shop purchases. This is a story about a brother and sister separated when they were young due to the social service system. Kerry, a cleaner and single-mum in a small London flat, is literally half a world away from her brother [...]
AUTHOR PICK – LUCY FOLEY
#LizzieReads My boyfriend recommends a lot of things, including books. I’m not one to immediately pick up a thriller book, or ‘who dunnit’, but love watching tv series. when I picked up these Lucy Foley books, I was instantly hooked! I believe these are her two most recent novels, both featuring small groups of people [...]
LIZZIE READS…JUST F*CKING DO IT
#LizzieReads #JFDI first of all, sorry for the title of this book - but that's what attracted me to reading it in the first place! I’ve been slowly making my way through many self-help and motivational books I bought on my kindle some time ago to help adjust my mindset. I would say I have [...]
AUTHOR PICK – CANDICE CARTY-WILLIAMS
#LizzieReads Candice Carty-Williams as part of the #BLM movement last year, I made it imperative that I educate myself regarding history and literature surrounding this topic. This involved seeking authors I would have unknowingly dismissed due to a cultural difference: one of them was Candice Carty-Williams. QUEENIE the first of her novels I read. I will admit [...]
LIZZIE READS… I OWE YOU ONE
#LizzieReads I owe you own - Sophie Kinsella this week it’s another Sophie Kinsella book – I owe you one. I will admit this hasn’t been my favourite book of hers so far. nevertheless, I whizzed through this in less than a week, switching between the audio book (narrated by Fiona Hardingham, who is brilliant) and physical [...]
LIZZIE READS…STARDUST
#LizzieReads Stardust – Neil Gaiman Upon looking on my (now favourite) Goodreads app, I saw that this book has rave reviews. It has been sat on my Kindle from the moment I got it about 5 years ago and I have finally managed to read it – in quick succession indeed! The first page instantly hit me [...]
A CHANGE OF BLOG
you may have noticed a few more #LizzieReads posts have been published recently. and I will admit there are even MORE coming your way! the fact is that I ADORE reading. And, I can't believe I hadn't made use of goodreads, a platform for rating, reviewing and keeping track of books you have read. I [...]
LIZZIE READS…CONVERSATIONS WITH FRIENDS
Conversations with Friends - Sally Rooney #LizzieReads Sally Rooney’s debut novel. I consumed this book in a matter of days, as I did Normal People, immersed by her writing style which I know can irritate some readers due to its lack of punctuation on speech. The idea is that the reader interprets what is being said [...]
LIZZIE READS…ELEANOR OLIPHANT IS COMPLETELY FINE
i managed to read 'Elinor Oliphant is completely fine' in summer 2020 as part of wanting to read as much as i could cram in before starting my final year of uni. i started reading this based on the recommendation of various youtubers i watch and very seeing it on various instagram posts - including [...]
