Dec 25, 2020
Happy Holidays, Bookworms!
We're celebrating with our annual Christmas book, and this year Ben suggested we read The Hogfather, a Christmas adjacent Discworld novel by absolute legend Terry Pratchett.
So light a candle, grab some pudding, and pop on your thematically appropriate headwear. Find out whether it's as good...
Dec 17, 2020
JOSIE
Dec 12, 2020
After thoroughly enjoying our book last month, we decided to do a proper movie marathon, with TWO adaptations of Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier. The 1940 Alfred Hitchcock movie (Best Picture winner, fancy), and the brand new Netflix film starring Lily James, Kristin Scott Thomas, and absolute unit Armie Hammer.
We...
Dec 1, 2020
Last night we dreamt we went to Manderley again
Bookworms, we thought it was high time we dove into a classic, and what could be more classic than Daphne Du Maurier's 1938 gothic thriller, Rebecca? A best seller that has spawned multiple movies and never, not once ever, been out of print. Classic like tea in the library...
Nov 2, 2020
This month we popped on our jerkins and sheepskin gloves, and relaxed on the second-best bed, to read Hamnet, the 2020 novel (and winner of the Women's Prize for Fiction) by Maggie O'Farrell.
Set in Stratford, England in the late 16th century, Hamnet imagines the emotional, domestic, and artistic repercussions after the...