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We’re here to help you find that book that you can’t put down, the book you’ll push on all your friends, the book that’ll change your life.

We read literary fiction, non-fiction, classics and children’s books, all genres and styles embraced in our aim to share the love. You’ll also find fabulous Bookstagrams and literary news.

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‘I am a camera with its shutter open, quite passiv ‘I am a camera with its shutter open, quite passive, recording, not thinking,’ starts Goodbye to Berlin by Christopher Isherwood, an autobiographical collection of loosely connected stories from the author’s time living in Berlin during Hitler’s rise to power. Observing is indeed what he does: the decadent nightlife, the discontent and poverty of the working class, and most chillingly, the sinister beginnings of persecution of Jews. It’s a dark but also comical book with the author playing a supporting role to an eccentric gallery of characters. A quirky and notable classic. See link in bio for our review | 📷 @penguinukbooks | #Bookstoker #bookrecs #bookswelove #christopherisherwood #goodbyetoberlin #readthisbook #vintageclassic #whattoreadnext
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