30 Books to Read Before 30
I recently celebrated my 29th birthday, and as birthdays often do it prompted me to think about the year ahead and what I would like to achieve. One thing was f...
Review: ‘First, We Make the Beast Beautiful’- Sarah Wilson 2017
My rating: 3 of 5 stars Pitched as a ‘new story about’ anxiety, this underwhelming book has moments of cut-through which are almost lost in celebrity name-dropp...
Review: ‘Muslim Girl’ – Amani Al-Khatahtbeh 2016
My rating: 4 of 5 stars A timely memoir, reflecting on growing up post-9/11 in the intersection of gender and religion in the US. Amani reflects on her childhoo...
How to Style Your Bookshelf + Bookshelf Tour
By popular request may I present: My bookshelves! (Well, the 2 main ones anyway). This video covers: – My organisation system – Top 5 bookshelf styl...
Review: ‘My Life on the Road’ – Gloria Steinem 2015
My rating: 4 of 5 stars A memoir of a life lived in pursuit of equality and social justice. Steinem’s core message is one of a shared human experience, and a ho...
Review: ‘We Should All be Feminists’ – Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 2014
My rating: 5 of 5 stars We should all be reading this book. It’s a clarion call to say more, think more, and do more when it comes to gender equality. And by al...
‘Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear’ – Elizabeth Gilbert 2015
My rating: 4 of 5 stars The notion of creativity fascinates me: What is creativity? How do we find it, keep it, tap into it, hone it, and nurture it? How could ...
‘Eighty Days’ – Matthew Goodman 2013
My rating: 4 of 5 stars An engagingly told and meticulously researched true story of two women’s race around the world in 1889. I picked this unusual non-fictio...
‘Women of Letters- Reviving the Lost Art of Correspondence’ – Curated by Marieke Hardy & Michaela McGuire 2011.
This book is all about reviving the art of writing letters, the art of sharing stories in more than 140 characters, perhaps even the art of living and appreciat...