The Mermaid and Mrs. Hancock – Imogen Hermes Gowar: Review & Recommend | ELLIE LOVES

CW: abortion and miscarriage.

I’ve not read a historical fiction book for a little while, so it was a real refresher to pick up The Mermaid and Mrs. Hancock, and remember why it is that I love this genre so much.

Mansfield Park – Jane Austen: Review & Recommend | CLASSICS CATCHUPS

I recently read Mansfield Park by Jane Austen as a buddy read with my good friend Amy @ Read Dream Live, and I have to admit, it wasn’t what I expected. I’ve read Persuasion, Pride and Prejudice, Emma, and Sense and Sensibility, and never have I encountered such a dull Austen heroine! Nor have I actually ever encountered an Austen side character quite so dull as Fanny.

July Wrap-Up & August TBR

Well, this wrap-up is going to be a bit of an embarrassing one, to be honest. Turns out, moving to London actually makes your life pretty busy. Who knew? Although, looking back at my TBR, I didn’t do as badly as I thought I had, but I still definitely didn’t read as much as I thought I would this month.

The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox – Maggie O’Farrell: Review & Recommend | ELLIE LOVES

TW: rape (non-explicit), death of infant, abuse of psychiatric patients.

Maggie O’Farrell was the name on everyone in the literary world’s lips last year, thanks to her novel Hamnet. However, until I received The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox in Hachette’s Feminist Book Box, I hadn’t ever heard of it. I was intrigued by it as soon as I received it, and it spent an impressively short amount of time waiting on my TBR compared to most other books that I have!

The Time Machine – HG Wells: Review & Recommend | CLASSICS CATCHUPS

Welcome back! Today, I’m reviewing The Time Machine by HG Wells, a classic for sure! This one had been on my TBR for a long time, and I have a feeling that at some point I’d read the first section, as it seemed pretty familiar. I’m not sure when that was, or if I imagined it though. I chose this for my June TBR (and then ended up reading most of it in July…) because, well, it had been on my TBR far too long, and I have a lovely Norton Critical Edition.