A Hipster Recommends

“Is today a good day to die?” *This review contains spoilers.* If you want a book with a happy ending, this book is not for you. I mistakenly picked it up because once in a while I don’t want to read something horribly sad. I call these books palate cleansers and they’re usually the naff […]

“Secrets are lies. Sharing is Caring. Privacy is theft” A less distressing read than I normally recommend. Less distressing in the traditional sense; if you think too hard, you’ll scare yourself. I finished reading this book last night, it jumped the queue to be featured in my recommendations. It’s stuck in my brain and I

“When one lives lives without fear, one cannot be broken. When one lives with fear one is broken before one begins to live.” A Million Little Pieces made me ugly cry. Gulping gasps that made me reach out to my mother for comfort even though I was a big girl (19). At that point I

“and it’s a story that might bore you but you don’t have to listen.”   Gripped from the first line (that begins mid-sentence), I was 17 and depressed and this probably wasn’t the best induction back into the world of reading for pleasure. I mean it was good. It’s still one of my favourite books.