August Book Wishlist

How To Build A Girl by Caitlin Moran

 I recently finished reading How to be a Woman by Caitlin last month and really enjoyed her style of writing, humourous while still discussing serious topics in modern feminism. I'm interested in reading some of her other works and this is next on the list! How To Build A Girl seems to be quite similar in theme to How to be a Woman but instead of Caitlin recalling her personal teenage years it is through a fictional character. Will be picking this up soon!

The First Bad Man A Novel by Miranda July

It seems everyone and their dog has this book! It has been all over Instagram, wondering what all the fuss was about I looked into what this book is actually about and thought it was something I would actually read, hooray! Miranda July is an artist, filmmaker and writer and has successfully published short stories in the past. After reading some mixed reviews on The First Bad Man, some claiming it to be strange and some stating it is something that is completely new to the book world, I was sold. I love strange! 

The Beauty Myth by Naomi Wolf

This has been on my Amazon wishlist for months and I hope to eventually get around to buying it this month! This book discusses the culture around beauty and the role it plays in todays society, how the media can play a big role in pressuring both sexes into looking what they deem as 'acceptable'. The Beauty Myth has been reviewed by the New York Times as "Powerful... No other work has...so honestly depicted the confusion of accomplished women who feel emotionally and physically tortured by the need to look like movie stars" 

I am excited to read this.

The Human by Matt Haig

Something of a lighter read is work of fiction by Matt Haig. This tells the story of a nameless alien who takes over the body of a mathematician who's discovered something the alien civilisation doesn't believe the people of Earth can yet handle. So he comes to Earth with the mission to destroy the evidence of the discovery and to kill everyone who knows about it. There is romance and an insight to the quirks of human nature along the way. Sounds good to me! 

The Art of Thinking Clearly by Rolf Dobelli

This book is a bit of an educational, light read in something that I am interested in learning more about: cognitive science theories. Dobelli translates them into understandable terms and illustrates various biases that govern human actions and everyday behaviour. I would love to learn more about how we think and reason in day to day life.

What's on your reading list this month?

Carly x