“Influenza delle stelle—the influence of the stars. Medieval Italians thought the illness proved that the heavens were governing their fates, that people were quite literally star-crossed”
The Pull of the Stars by Emma Donoghue
Category: book blog
January Wrap Up
‘Sophia: Princess, Suffragette, Revolutionary’ by Anita Anand (audiobook @audible @borrowbox
‘The Vegetarian’ by Han Kang @grantabooks
‘On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous’ by Ocean Vuong @vintagebooks
The Story of a Brief Marriage by Anuk Arudpragasam @grantabooks
Love in Colour by Bolu Babalola @headline
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett @dialoguebokks
Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam @bloomsbury
‘The Testaments’ by Margaret Atwood @chatopress
Brown Baby: A Memoir of Race, Family and Home | Nikesh Shukla
This revealing and timely memoir is both funny and poignant. Nikesh lays open his fears and feelings of being a father and a son, trying to raise strong, independent and empowered girls in an increasingly unfamiliar world, all while ultimately championing hope.
