The Goldfinch was released in UK cinemas on Friday, and I don't think that I've been so excited to see a film in a long time. The terrible reviews just made me even more excited - if there's anything that gets me going, it's a critically bad film. I felt as though I had an... Continue Reading →
review: the goldfinch by donna tartt
"A great sorrow, and one that I am only beginning to understand: we don’t get to choose our own hearts. We can’t make ourselves want what’s good for us or what’s good for other people. We don’t get to choose the people we are." My current reading goal is to read all three of Donna... Continue Reading →
review: this lie will kill you by chelsea pitcher
"Let go of the doll. The goddess too. Then she was herself. A girl with pale blue eyes and freckles on the nose. A long jagged scar across her heart and a chasm that kept her from happiness." If I’m honest, I love a good teenage thriller/mystery. There’s something about them that just really gets... Continue Reading →
review: my sister’s keeper by jodi picoult
"Maybe who we are isn't so much about what we do, but rather what we're capable of when we least expect it." Like most people who are avid readers, Jodi Picoult seems to haunt me. My Amazon recommends are filled with her novels, and I can’t ope n my GoodReads without seeing someone I follow... Continue Reading →
review: the secret history by donna tartt
“One likes to think there's something in it, that old platitude amor vincit omnia. But if I've learned one thing in my short sad life, it is that that particular platitude is a lie. Love doesn't conquer everything. And whoever thinks it does is a fool.” For the past month, I’ve had a somewhat unhealthy... Continue Reading →
thoughts in small print 