GEORGIA

For the first time in a while, a really busy reading month! I've finally managed to get back to the library so I've borrowed loads of books I've wanted to read for a while, finished two books that I've been slogging through for months, and read my first ever book in a foreign language! It's been very exciting. Another library book, I picked up  The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman. Crime fiction is my favourite ever genre of books and I love to laugh (what a stupid thing to say- who doesn't), so this was a real delight. Each of the characters was just so sweet and I honestly just wanted to make them all a cup of tea. Also, the twists and turns in the mystery were really fun. I know some people are annoyed by the ending but honestly I'm just excited for a sequel- I couldn't get enough. Osman is very funny. I gave this 5 stars just because it was so entertaining. I love books that are just a whirlwind of escapism and this was exactly that. Then I read...

May was another weaker reading month, but I definitely made up for it with June and July (you'll see!) But we do have some variety this week: a poetry collection I read for school, my first ever Margaret Atwood (which I think has set my life on a new trajectory if I'm being a bit theatrical), some non-fiction and one of the best books I think I've ever read. Admittedly, if it wasn't for school I never would've read Carol Ann Duffy's  The World's Wife. Although I did like Duffy's one poem in the GCSE anthology, I was still kind of under the impression that poetry wasn't really for me (mainly r. h. sin's fault). I was wrong, and this collection proved that. There are some slightly naff ones in the collection, with ones like Elvis's Twin Sister and Frau Freud inspiring vague irritation more than anything else, but I still gave it 5 stars. Duffy's use of language is gorgeous and I just love feminism in literature so this was right up my all...