Wuthering Heights and the joy of divisive books
Few books divide readers the way that Wuthering Heights does. I had no idea of the passionate love, and equally…
Margaret Atwood is annoyed, and this time it’s not about gender
Anyone who has watched The Handmaid’s Tale (which is pretty much everyone) will know that Margaret Atwood wrote the book…
What Katy Did was romanticise the unromantic
I was watching a news report about all of the people stuck on cruise ships as a result of the…
Twitter has got me wondering what you ‘see’ when you read
Humans have long wanted to read the minds of others, to know how and what they think. Who would have…
What separates a good book from a great one?
There are bestsellers and prize winners, cult classics and must-reads. All of these are worth reading, and often for different…
Are you guilty of these crimes against books?
There is a meme going around that suggests there are two types of people – those who use bookmarks and…
