And the audiobook of the year goes to..... Trevor Noah!! One of the comedy world's brightest new voices, Trevor Noah is a light-footed but sharp-minded observer of the absurdities of politics, race and identity, sharing jokes and insights drawn from the wealth of experience acquired in his relatively young life. As host of the US … Continue reading Nonfiction Audiobook Review: Born a Crime by Trevor Noah
‘Movie Night’ is the theme for this month’s BookBum Club – read a book that was adapted into a movie. When I first watched Girl, Interrupted, I didn’t know it was based on a book, let alone a true account, so this is one of those rare instances where I saw the film before I … Continue reading #Nonfiction Book Review: Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen
"Abused. Abandoned. Exploited. My Story of Fighting Back" Please note: this book description and my review may be unsuitable for some readers due to the content. Trigger warnings: domestic violence, child sexual exploitation, child trafficking. When Zoe was taken into care at the age of 13, she thought she was finally going to escape from … Continue reading #Nonfiction Book Review: Trafficked Girl by Zoe Patterson
*Thanks for the free book, Crown Publishing; it’s my pleasure to be a part of your monthly book send programme and provide honest reviews for the titles chosen* A story of war and what comes after. "The plot provided by the universe was filled with starvation, war and rape. I would not--could not--live in that … Continue reading #Nonfiction Book Review: The Girl Who Smiled Beads by Clemantine Wamariya & Elizabeth Weil
Welcome to my first non-fiction blog tour of the year, and it’s for a book I highly recommend, Veronica’s Bird, I’m delighted to be sharing my review with you today. Book Description: Veronica Bird was one of nine children living in a tiny house in Barnsley with a brutal coal miner for a father. Life … Continue reading #Nonfiction Blog Tour | Book Review: Veronica’s Bird by Veronica Bird & Richard Newman (@Authoright)
NON-FICTION When I published my top books of 2017 earlier this month, it was surprisingly easy to pick my top 3 non-fiction books because I only read 7 in total - I couldn't have done a top ten if I wanted to. I was quite disappointed when I realised how much non-fiction I'd read; I … Continue reading From the Unread Shelf: Non-Fiction
*Thanks for the free book, @CrownPublishing; it’s my pleasure to be a part of your monthly book send programme and provide honest reviews for the titles chosen* As it’s Non-fiction November, I thought it the apt time to read The Last Girl. From the back cover: In this intimate memoir of survival, a former captive … Continue reading Book Review: The Last Girl: My Story of Captivity, and My Fight Against the Islamic State by Nadia Murad #nonfictionnovember
