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Book review: The Complete Persepolis

February 4, 2018February 4, 2018 In Becky's Head2 Comments

Here’s a rare exaple of me: 1) breaking my book buying ban for something that isn’t a book club choice and 2) reading the new book within 6 months of acquiring it. Persepolis had been on my radar for ages and I definitely planned to read it at some point. I saw it was on… Continue reading Book review: The Complete Persepolis

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Book review: Spectacles

April 23, 2017April 11, 2017 In Becky's Head9 Comments

Not long ago I was lucky enough to see Sue Perkins at the King’s Theatre during the Glasgow Comedy Festival. Before that, though, I read her autobiography, Spectacles. I picked it up because, although I’ve never really watched the Bake Off, I’m a fan of her from other TV things, like Supersizers and the odd documentary.… Continue reading Book review: Spectacles

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Book review: Schindler’s Ark

February 12, 2017May 9, 2017 In Becky's Head5 Comments

This is my penultimate book from the Semi-Charmed Winter Books Challenge I started in October! It’s the second half of the pair of books one by an author whose first name is the same as the last name of the author of the other book – the other half was Going Out by Scarlett Thomas. While… Continue reading Book review: Schindler’s Ark

Books · Science

Book review: The Double Helix

December 18, 2016May 11, 2017 In Becky's Head2 Comments

I’m lucky enough to have a very beautiful, Folio Society edition of The Double Helix, packed with photographs and diagrams, as well as an introduction by Steve Jones and a forward by Sir Lawrence Bragg. This is enough to delight any nerd (and incidentally pushes the page count just above 150, making it an acceptable… Continue reading Book review: The Double Helix

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Book Review: Che Guevara

February 28, 2016May 24, 2017 In Becky's Head2 Comments

Another non-fiction book so soon? Yes, and a second biography too. This isn’t like me at all but I felt like I had to read it because it was sitting on my shelf and I couldn’t account for it. I didn’t think it was my book and P didn’t think it was his. I don’t… Continue reading Book Review: Che Guevara

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Book review: Yes Please

February 14, 2016February 14, 2016 In Becky's Head2 Comments

I don’t often read this kind of thing. I’ve never read an autobiography before and I’ve only ever read one biography (The Strangest Man, Graham Farmelo’s biography of the physicist Paul Dirac). However, when my friend M presented this to me for my birthday I knew instantly that I’d love it. Amy Poehler is not… Continue reading Book review: Yes Please

Books · Feminism

Book review: The Bell Jar

January 17, 2016July 1, 2017 In Becky's Head10 Comments

This has been sitting on my shelf for very nearly a year because I am a Bad Person. A bad person with a reading list longer than I am tall, to be fair, but still, I take all the blame here. I should have read it much sooner. It was a gift from a brilliant… Continue reading Book review: The Bell Jar

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Book review: Frank

January 8, 2016July 7, 2017 In Becky's Head3 Comments

Did you see the movie, Frank? The one with Michael Fassbender? It was released back in 2014. If you didn’t see it, you should; it’s a really great (if quite weird) movie and it’s well worth a watch. Incidentally, if you saw The Men Who Stare at Goats you might recognise a bit of the… Continue reading Book review: Frank

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Favourite books from 2015

December 21, 2015January 4, 2016 In Becky's HeadLeave a comment

As is always the case these days, I didn’t read anywhere near are much as I would have liked to. Remember when you were a kid and you could easily get through 6 books in 2 weeks? Isn’t being a grown up completely rubbish? Rhetorical question: of course it is. However, I did managed to… Continue reading Favourite books from 2015

Books · Feminism

Book Review: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

November 8, 2015July 1, 2017 In Becky's HeadLeave a comment

I have a kind of mental list of “books I want to read” or “books I probably should read.” That list is sketchy in information beyond the titles, though. A book might be on the list because someone recommended it, or because I read something else by the same author and I liked it, or… Continue reading Book Review: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

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