BOOK REVIEW | IF WE WERE VILLAINS BY M.L. RIO

If We Were Villains by M. L. Rio - Published June 2017 by Titan Books - ⋆⋆⋆⋆

"Actors are by nature volatile - alchemic creatures composed of incendiary elements, emotion and ego and envy."

BOOKISH CHAT | HOW I READ SO MUCH

Like a lot of people I was a voracious reader as a child. I would stay up late holding my battered Harry Potter next to my nightlight, ruining my eyesight just for a few more chapters. Then, as school got busier and homework piled up (and I actually made friends to spend break-times with), the habit dropped and I went from reading several books a week, to virtually none. Even studying literature at university, I read some of my course material and not much else. 

I went from the ages of about fifteen to twenty not reading much of anything at all, and it's only in the last couple of years that I've really picked up the habit again. I know a lot of us would like to read faster and get through more books, so I thought I'd share a couple of suggestions based on what has worked for me as I re-developed a reading practice. 

BOOK REVIEW | THE SILENCE OF THE GIRLS BY PAT BARKER

The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker - Published August 2018 by Penguin - ⋆⋆⋆

BOOK REVIEW | GHOST WALL BY SARAH MOSS

Ghost Wall by Sarah Moss - Published September 2018 by Granta - ⋆⋆⋆⋆⋆