Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Sport’s for everyone . . . isn’t it? Society has led us to believe that women and sport don’t mix. But why? What happens to the young girls who dare to climb trees and…
Review: ‘Sally Heathcote: Suffragette’ by Mary M. Talbot
Sally Heathcote: Suffragette is a gripping inside story of the campaign for votes for women. A tale of loyalty, love and courage, set against a vividly realised backdrop of Edwardian Britain, it follows the fortunes of a maid-of-all-work swept up…
Review: ‘Into the Wild’ by Jon Krakauer
Rating: 5 out of 5 stars In April 1992 a young man from a well-to-do family hitchhiked to Alaska and walked alone into the wilderness north of Mt. McKinley. His name was Christopher Johnson McCandless. He had given $25,000 in…
Review: ‘Relish: My Life in the Kitchen’ by Lucy Knisley
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Lucy Knisley loves food. The daughter of a chef and a gourmet, this talented young cartoonist comes by her obsession honestly. In her forthright, thoughtful, and funny memoir, Lucy traces key episodes in her…
Review: ‘Running Like a Girl’ by Alexandra Heminsley
Rating: 5 out of 5 stars Alexandra had high hopes: the arse of an athlete, the waist of a supermodel, the speed of a gazelle. Defeated by gyms and bored of yoga, she decided to run. Her first attempt…
Review: ‘How To Be A Woman’ by Caitlin Moran
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Though they have the vote and the Pill and haven’t been burned as witches since 1727, life isn’t exactly a stroll down the catwalk for modern women. They are beset by uncertainties and…
Review: ‘HHhH’ by Laurent Binet
Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars Everyone has heard of Reinhard Heydrich, “the Butcher of Prague.” And most have heard stories of his spectacular assassination at the hands of two Czechoslovakian partisans. But who exactly were the forgotten heroes who…
Non-fiction Review: “Faux Amis” by Ellie Malet Spradbery
This is a first for Lit Addicted Brit: a review of a non-fiction. The main reason for this is that I don’t tend to read a great deal of non-fiction. I’ll read newspapers and law journals but, aside from that,…
