Books I’m Reading:
Dynasty: The Rise and Fall of the House of Caesar by Tom Holland
Family Britain, 1951-1957 by David Kynaston
Books I will start reading this week, inshallah:
One Fat Englishman by Kingsley Amis
Irresistible: The Rise of Addictive Technology and the Business of Keeping Us Hooked by Adam Alter
Books I will return to the library unread:
The Girls by Emma Cline
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
Books recently recommended to strangers on trains:
Goddesses, Whores, Wives, and Slaves by Sarah B. Pomeroy
American Slave Coast: A History of the Slave-Breeding Industry by Ned Sublette and Constance Sublette
Articles I enjoyed reading last week:
“A Quick Reminder of Why Colonialism Was Bad” by Nathan J. Robinson (Current Affairs)
Anne Enright on the underrepresentation of women in Irish literature (London Review of Books)
“Imagining the Future of Nigeria: Accessing Africa Through Sci-Fi” by Deji Bryce Olukotun (Lithub)
Emma Brockes on Martin Amis. Anne Enright on Amis’s new book. (The Guardian)
Films watched last week:
The Levelling
Robocop (2014)
TV shows I’m looking forward to:
The Child in Time (BBC1)
