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Book Recommendations

melissaemilyl

  • reading through the sunday scaries: books you can finish in a day

    reading through the sunday scaries: books you can finish in a day

    For those of us lucky/unlucky (select as appropriate) enough to work Monday to Friday, Sundays can be filled with a sense of anxiety and dread. I’ve found that one way to combat the Sunday Scaries is to get in a quick win that makes the day feel complete in itself, rather than a precursor to…

  • eau de nil: the 10 best penguin modern classics

    eau de nil: the 10 best penguin modern classics

    I’ve read over 40 Penguin Modern Classics so far and amongst them are some of my favourite books of all time. Penguin launched their Modern Classics line in 1961. It was for a while renamed ’20th Century Classics’ before reverting to the original name. They’ve had many different designs over the years, but right now…