THE BOOK SHELF

If you’re looking for a New Adult romance novel that explores life in an honest and non-patronising way, then look no further because...

There is so much to love about Looking for Alaska, yet when I set the book back on my shelf I couldn’t work out where I stood with it....

When it comes to books, films, and life in general really, I have been known to be a highly emotional person. Be it a happy ending that...

Let’s face it, at some time or another, we have all been guilty of a “maybe someday” moment. Maybe someday I’ll buy that car; maybe...

Mohsin Hamid’s The Reluctant Fundamentalist explores the years following 9/11 through the eyes of Changez, a Pakistani who is living in...

Some books are a book too far. Grey is one of them. Following the success of the Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy in 2012, E.L. James has...

Every child across the world will forever hate their eleventh birthday. I spent the day waiting for the arrival of an owl that should...

As I finished the final page of Black Mountain, I felt as though I was emerging from my own great journey in the shadows of Sicily’s...

Sometimes I read classic literature and wonder if there is a reason I am reading it besides the fact that it has been honoured with the...

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde centres on a notion of humanity being dual in nature, although the theme does not emerge...