What We're Reading This Month
This month our Arts Editor and Food Editor share three books they loved reading
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'This book is different. It’s so relatable, so emotional, and so raw that I found myself going back to pages to re-read paragraphs that perfectly summarised emotions I’d felt'
Notes on Heartbreak
Annie Lord
Normally if I’m enjoying a book, I’ll flick through the pages in one sitting. But this book is different. It’s so relatable, so emotional, and so raw that I found myself going back to pages to re-read paragraphs that perfectly summarised emotions I’d felt, and I took photos so I didn’t forget how they made me feel. Vogue columnist Annie Lord has written a masterpiece. Revisiting the past, she reflects on the highs and lows she experienced from the moment she fell in love, as you follow her attempts to move on. Anyone who is anyone can relate to her struggles – and you’ll laugh and cry and then laugh again. We’re already passing this copy around the office.
Faye Dixon, Arts Editor
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'A page turner to say the least and a novel which will have you racing to find out what fate Dorrit will be faced with, and what life she has left to live'
The Unit
Ninni Holmqvist
Perfect for fans of Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale, this novel follows a dystopian society where the poor are deemed worthless and sent to a retirement community known as The Unit to live out their days. The community is filled with lavish apartments, beautiful gardens, gourmet meals and wonderful music and art. Residents are free of financial worries, but there’s a catch; the residents must donate their organs one by one until their final donation. When Dorrit Weger arrives at The Unit she accepts her fate – that is until she falls in love and this unexpected, improbable happiness throws the future into doubt. A page-turner to say the least and a novel which will have you racing to find out what fate Dorrit will be faced with, and what life she has left to live.
Charlotte Cooper, Food Editor
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'Although I read it in one sitting, there are plenty of affirmations and poems I’ll be referring back to in the future. If you need a good mood boost, this is the book for you'
No One Can Change Your Life Except For You
Laura Whitmore
On a recent journey from the North to the South, I started and finished this book. I’m not normally a lover of books that tell you how to be or what to do (I normally head to the fiction shelves in a bookshop), but holding onto the last bit of Love Island summer, I thought I’d give it a go. Published last year, it’s Laura’s lockdown ramblings – brilliant advice on everything from how to love yourself to how to think more positively. Although I read it in one sitting, there are plenty of affirmations and poems I’ll be referring back to in the future. If you need a good mood boost, this is the book for you.
Faye Dixon, Arts Editor
