Bring Up The Bodies: A Review
Although I am rather behind the times on this one, the book being published back in 2012, I could not resist the opportunity to rave about my new bookshelf […]
Although I am rather behind the times on this one, the book being published back in 2012, I could not resist the opportunity to rave about my new bookshelf […]
It is not very often that I find myself up until 3am on a week night and it is even more rare when the cause of my insomnia is […]
Here at Takingthingsliterally we thought we would start a new feature on publishers that excite and inspire us. This will be a monthly post that offers all you book lovers out […]
Last week Michael Gove expressed the controversial plan to remove American authors from English GCSE’s in Great Britain. The move comes after classics such as John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and […]
Hanif Kureishi was rightly awarded the Whitbread First Novel Award for his brilliantly comedic text, exploring the experience of what it means to be a British Asian in London. […]
Experimental fiction is a word that can either inspire or incite readers everywhere and it seems relevant now, in the digital age, more than ever. In recent weeks, I […]
Markus Zusak’s book about World War II is a surprising, mesmerising and interesting tale in a literary genre that can sometimes seem overworked. Set in 1939 in Nazi Germany, this […]