World Book Day 2024
World Book Day brings with it a certain kind of pressure; what on earth should we focus on when our entire world is books?! This year, due to… gestures vaguely to the world which is aflame in all the bad ways and not the cute ways…. we are keeping things light with some quick-fire ultimate recommendations from the team, so that you may never need to be short of some bookish escapism when you’re having a moment of indecision.
3, 2, 1….. go!!
One book you always recommend:
Char - A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
Steffi - Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
Jenny - Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree
Julianna - The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson
Cami - About a Boy by Nick Hornby
Zuz - A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske
Alexis - Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
El - The Seven Sisters by Lucinda Riley
Lex - I Let You Go by Clare Mackintosh
Alice - In Memoriam by Alice Winn
Favourite romance books or movies:
Char - When Harry Met Sally, The Boyfriend Candidate by Ashley Winstead, the Bright Falls series
Steffi - One Day - book and series but not the film, Make You Mine This Christmas by Lizzie Huxley-Jones, When Harry Met Sally, The Proposal
Jenny - It Happened One Summer by Tessa Bailey, 10 Things I Hate About You
Julianna - Ever After, A Caribbean Heiress in Paris by Adriana Herrera
Cami - Love Rosie by Cecelia Ahern, You Again by Katie Goldbeck
Wendy - The Notebook book and film
Zuz - Notting Hill
Alexis -Heartstopper, Pride and Prejudice
El - Sleepless in Seattle
Lex - Valentine’s Day
Alice - One Day
3 songs that could wake you up from a coma:
Steffi - Scottish Winds by Frightened Rabbit, Far Side of the World by Tide Lines, A Little Less Sixteen Candles, A Little More “Touch Me” by Fall Out Boy
Jenny - What’s My Age Again by Blink 182, It’s Fine by McFly, The Warriors Code by the Dropkick Murphys
Julianna - Cruel Summer by Taylor Swift, Envelopes by Sleeping at Last, Honey Bee by The Head and the Heart
Cami - The Way I Loved You by Taylor Swift, Bite Me by Avril Lavigne, Look at Us Now by Daisy Jones
Zuz - Defying Gravity from Wicked, Do You Hear the People Sing from Les Miserables, Les Lacs du Connemara by Michel Sardou
Alexis - Circle of Life from The Lion King, Wake Me Up Before You Go-go by Wham, Ready For It by Taylor Swift
El - Stick Season by Noah kahan, Right Where You Left Me by Taylor Swift, Black Parade by My Chemical Romance
Lex - Pour Some Sugar On Me by Def Leppard, No Body No Crime by Tay Tay, Steve McQueen by Sheryl Crow
Non-fic reccs for personal development:
Char - Outraged by Ashley Dotty Charles
Julianna - Cultish by Amanda Montell
Jenny - Period by Natalie Byrne
Cami - Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner
Wendy - Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway by Susan Jeffers
Zuz - Why Did You Stay by Rebecca Humphries
Alexis - Caste by Isabel Wilkerson
Lex - Start With Why by Simon Sinchek
Positive reads to combat the blues:
Char - The Salt Path by Raynor Winn
Jenny - The Bookshop by Jenny Colgan
Julianna - Bringing Down the Duke series
Cami - Practice Makes Perfect by Sarah Adams
Zuz - The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison
Alexis - House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune
El - Days at the Morasaki Bookshop by Satoshi Yagisawa