Showing posts with label Donna Tartt. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Donna Tartt. Show all posts
Tuesday, 14 October 2025

The literary echo chamber: Are we reading in circles?

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I love a good book recommendation. Who doesn’t? But lately, I’ve started to wonder: are we all reading the same five novels, over and over a...
Sunday, 28 September 2025

Dark Academia, Deconstructed: beyond the aesthetic

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Tweed blazers. Ancient libraries. A murder among the privileged. Dark academia has become a cultural moodboard, spilling across TikTok, Inst...
Tuesday, 19 August 2025

Why we keep coming back to the same books over and over

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There are books I’ve read two or three times, and picked up more times. Not out of duty, but from a pull I can’t quite explain.  They’re not...
Tuesday, 22 July 2025

The Literary Brat Pack and the birth of 1980s Manhattan Cool

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For anyone craving an 80s mood board turned dark, literary statement, you’ve arrived at the right place. Step into 1980s Manhattan, when the...
Sunday, 1 June 2025

The BookTok Effect: Why is The Secret History still so popular?

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One of the most talked-about books on TikTok is Donna Tartt's The Secret History. More than 30 years after its publication, it remains ...
Friday, 25 April 2025

If you liked The Secret History, you’ll love these five dark, literary campus novels

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If you’re anything like me, finishing The Secret History leaves a strange kind of void. Donna Tartt’s literary debut is one of those once-i...
Wednesday, 12 March 2025

The art of the campus novel – what makes them work, and which are the best?

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Writing about Donna Tartt last week  and The Secret History got me thinking about the campus novel.   I’ve always been fascinated by this su...
Sunday, 9 March 2025

Crafting the perfect opening lines of a novel

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Do you need a killer opening line for your novel? Or is there an alternative way to draw readers in right from the start?  I'm slightly ...
Tuesday, 4 March 2025

Whatever happened to Donna Tartt?

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I found a box of books in the attic yesterday, and a signed copy of Donna Tartt’s The Goldfinch was buried there. I added it to the bookshel...
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