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Educated

Educated written by Tara Westover is by far the best book I’ve read this year. Well written, superbly structured, interesting, riveting,...

‘No matter what, never stop walking,’ her mother had told Brazilian born Christiana Mara Coelho. Most of us probably heard our mothers...

The Magdalene Girls by V.S. Alexander One of the many things I love about my reading hobby is that it affords this wonderful insight into...

If you feel like letting your hair down and just slipping into a feel-good, somewhat quirky and downright ‘nice’ read, consider Ruth...

Let’s talk page turners; those 'whodunnits' that keep your eyes glued to the pages as you frantically flick from one to the next, your...

If you loved The World According to Garp by John Irving, you are bound to enjoy Robert Dugoni’s The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell – A...

The Extraordinary and Tumultuous Life of Svetlana Alliluyeva by Rosemary Sullivan is a tour de force. The book, a biography of a...

I read Jayne Fonda’s autobiography, My life so far, some years ago. Since reading it, I often find myself referring to her book, because,...

Like me, you might have read a lot of books about the Holocaust – and even more about the impact of World War II; but I can guarantee...

I never realised how little I knew about North Korea. Or, indeed, how little anyone outside of North Korea knows about the lives of the...

In my research of memoirs (I dream of writing about my own journey one day), I came to realise that a memoir recounting a life does not...

What qualifies one to write a blog about books you have read? Perhaps it’s a need borne out of interest, the vast number of books one...

I have a confession: I don’t find non-fiction all that enjoyable. My husband inhales the stuff, but when I read non-fictional works, it’s...

Try and imagine being born and raised in the warped world of a cult society led by men who call themselves priests and regard themselves...