Reading list for 2019

It’s the start of the year, and that can only mean compiling a list of books for the new year of ones that are either already on my bookshelf for a couple of years, or ones that were gifted for Christmas. There are also a few books in my Waterstones wish list that I will

The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton

I’m not sure if there actually were seven deaths, it all got a little bit confusing somewhere through all the days that the story takes place over, but The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle is an over 500 page book that took me five days to read. It makes sense, about 100 per day, but it was

page 11 – the break

Stoner by John Williams

Stoner. As a title it has some shock value to it, but the book is anything but anything that may come to mind when first reading it. It follows one protagonist from youth to death, all the highs and all the lows that he encountered over the many years he was alive. There isn’t that

How To Stop Time by Matt Haig

I was eyeing this book up for some time but couldn’t really commit to buying it; something with being unsure if I needed more books and all that. But after putting it in a virtual wish list and getting it for my birthday back in January, I felt summer was the time to get into