Welcome to Confessions of a Literature Lover

Here are some websites and book suggestions to continue this educational journey. I hope some of these help you to understand the history...

"If you are disgusted by what you see, and if you feel the fire coursing through your veins, then it's up to you. You don't have to be...

Jacaranda is an independent publisher dedicated to "creating space on the bookshelf for diverse ideas and writers." Jacaranda is such an...

"He placed a half smoked spliff between his lips. She removed it and put it back in the ashtray. 'Don't smoke in front of me. I value my...

I have compiled a list of books for Black history month. Each one has either been written by a black author, features main black...

"He didn't just look at her, he saw her. He didn't just listen to her, he heard her. He made her feel like she mattered. Despite...

I apologise for not posting last week; I was moving into university, and it was a rather hectic week. All is well now! (12/09 -...

"I hold out my hand, and Kayla slips hers into it. I tighten my grip, and she regards me with an expression I can't describe, but that...

After smashing success in the US, the popular book retail site, Bookshop.org, is coming to the UK. It is thought to be an avenue to...

Fifty Fifty. Wow. Irish writer Steve Cavanagh hit the name on the head with this one; it is already a Sunday Times Bestseller, Number 10....

In the mid-1400s all books in Europe were handcrafted and laboured over. As a result, they were costly and amounted to a few thousand....

"It is difficult for a woman to define her feelings in language which is chiefly made by men to express theirs." "Well, what I mean is...

During the Middle Ages, books were handwritten on parchment and then painstakingly decorated. This meant that they were precious, and as...

"Could a dead, frozen heart beat again? It felt like mine was about to." So here we are again! Edward and Bella. Vampire and human....

I have to admit; I love that I have this issue in my hands, instead of flipping each page over with a flick of my mouse. It was a...

"It's funny the decisions you make because you like someone, he says, and then your whole life is different. I think we're at that weird...

Background Jane Austen was an English novelist born on December 16, 1775, Steventon, Hampshire, and died July 18, 1817. She was known for...

"I cannot fix on the hour, or the spot, or the look or the words, which laid the foundation. It is too long ago. I was in the middle...

Background Thomas Hardy was an English author and poet in the Victorian Era. He was born June 2, 1840, in Dorset, a rural region of...

"How could I be expected to know? I was a child when I left this house four months ago. Why didn't you tell me there was danger? Why...