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“Violence is not something that advertises itself. It is not written on my face - he is too careful for that, of course, aiming his fists at my body. As long as a woman cannot speak, as long as those to whom she speaks do not listen, the violence is unending.” • • Reading this book was quite an experience - an uncomfortable yet important one. I wasn’t expecting it to be such philosophical but I’m not mad about it. Kandasamy’s account of domestic violence is raw and unapologetic and I wouldn’t have it any other way. Domestic violence is not something to be sugar-coated. In short, this was incredible and I enjoyed it very much - even though ‘enjoy’ is maybe not the right word to be paired with this subject matter. • This is the last book I have to read for the Women’s Prize for fiction and I think it is a very worthy winner but I’ll be happy if either Sing, Unburied, Sing or Home Fire take the prize home. • • What are you currently reading? I’ve been MIA for the past week but I’m hoping to get back on reading now 🌷 • • #whenihityou #womensprize #bookreview #bookreviewers #leoyrecomiendo #booksandglasses #bookstagramespaña #librosgram #readergram #bookstagramista #bookstagramit #recentreads #bookishpost #bookishfeed #bookishphoto #readerofinstagram #booksofinsta #unitedbookstagram

As I did the Mid Year Book Freak-out Tag the other day I thought I could do a new post recommending some books I’ve really enjoyed these past months. Some of them are great summer reads and others deal with more serious issues but all of them are fantastic: 🔸The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë 🔸Middlemarch by George Eliot 🔸Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier (I’ll never tire of recommending this book to be honest) 🔸Eleanor Elephant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman 🔸Circe by Madeline Miller 🔸White Teeth by Zadie Smith 🔸The Raqqa Diaries: Escape from ‘Islamic State? by Samer 🔸When I Hit You by Meena Kandasamy 🔸The Diary of a Bookseller by Shaun Bythell 🔸Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People about Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge 🔸The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton Have you read any of these? Or thinking about reading them? Also, I have another question unrelated to the post but wanted to just ask anyway: do you prefer a wrap up at the end of the month or individual reviews? 🌷 • • • #bookrecommendations #leoyrecomiendo #summerreads #thesevendeathsofevelynhardcastle #whyimnolongertalkingtowhitepeopleaboutrace #diaryofabookseller #whenihityou #theraqqadiaries #whiteteeth #circe #greekmythology #eleanoroliphantiscompletelyfine #rebecca #daphnedumaurier #modernclassics #middlemarch #thetenantofwildfellhall #victorianliterature #unitedbookstagram #bookstagramista #booksofinstagram #booksbooksandmorebooks #penguinenglishlibrary

🇬🇧 Today I wanted to share with you some non-fiction books on my TBR but I finished Eleanor Oliphant last night and I want to share my thoughts. •• This book is far from perfect but it made me happy inside and all things considered, it was what I needed. I’m a bit tired of all the misery in all the books I’ve been reading lately. This book deals with heavy topics though and I will be lying if I said they were dealt with in a perfect way. They weren’t, plain and simple. But, in the end, this is a story about kindness and it worked for me. I felt for Eleanor and the rest of the characters and I had a big smile on my face when I finished reading the last page. •• Now, I need your help! Of the three book here of the @womensprize longlist, which one should I pick now? Thanks! Oh, also, have you read Eleanor Oliphant? What were your thoughts? • • • 🇪🇸Ayer terminé de leer Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine y ay, de verdad, que me dejó una sonrisa en la cara. Mentiría si dijera que este libro es perfecto. No lo es y de hecho, diría que algunas de las cuestiones que explora no están bien del todo bien tratadas pero por encima de todo, esta historia es sobre la bondad por encima de todo y era justo lo que necesitaba • • • #womensprize #eleanoroliphantiscompletelyfine #literaryfiction #whenihityou #sight #womenauthors #themermaidandmrshancock #unitedbookstagram #pileofbooks #booksofig #leoyrecomiendo #bookreview #bookreviewer #bookstagramespaña #booksbooksandmorebooks #bookishfeature