This month I was meant to be on a book buying ban, but then my husband decided that we should go in Foyles, and well, shit happens! This is what I picked up this month:
- Only Ever Yours by Louise O'Neil (Kindle) - I can't even remember what it was that made me pick this up, I must've seen it in a YouTube recommendation or something. Anyway, it is described as being The Handmaid's Tale meets Mean Girls and I have already started on it and must say I agree.
A dystopian novel where women can't be born naturally, they are designed and their sole purpose is for pleasing men and reproducing more males. It's totally harrowing and completely compelling. - Notes on a Nervous Planet by Matt Haig - Matt Haig's books on mental health are always hailed as some of the best, so as a person who has been suffering with depression and anxiety for over 10 years now, I decided to give one of his books a go.- How can we stay sane on a planet that makes us mad?
- How do we stay human in a technological world?
- How do we feel happy when we are encouraged to be anxious?
Notes on a Nervous Planet looks at all of these questions and how to be happy in the 21st century. - The Vegetarian by Han Kang - This is a book I've been wanting to pick up for ages, my friend Amy (check out her blog, obvitsamystitches) has been raving about it for a while and Han Kang's other book, Human Acts. The vegetarian is a contemporary fiction tale that follows Yeong-hye who has lived a normal life until she started getting terrible nightmares. In order to cleanse her mind Yeong-hye decides to give up meat which is seen as an act of subversion and rebellion to those around her.
- Do Androids Dream of Electronic Sheep? by Philip K. Dick - On the 24th my husband and I celebrated our second wedding anniversary and this was actually part of his gift to me.
To be completely honest I don't know much about this book other than that it is science fiction and the book that inspired the Blade Runner films. The reviews on this are great though and I'm excited to dig into a book that I wouldn't normally read. - Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult - I recently read A Spark of Light, it was my first Jodi Picoult novel and I loved it. I consulted my amazing bookseller friend, Sasha and she recommended Nineteen Minutes as her favourite Picoult book, so of course I picked it up right away.
The main character, Peter, has been bullied for years by his classmates which causes him to snap one morning and kill ten people in nineteen minutes, but things are deeper than what they seem when the case gets taken to trial.
Let me know if you have any recommendations for me or if you have read any of these books!