Where do I start? It is hard for me to put into words what this book made me feel. Previous to picking up the book I had heard about it from family and friends as well as on social media; I needed to know what all this fuss was about. For the first few chapters I have to admit it I wasn’t immediately compelled, however I was mistaken. Once you dip your feet into the book all you want to do is keeping swimming.

In her most recent novel, Miss Benson’s Beetle, Rachel Joyce returns to her rare breed of protagonist. Trampled by life’s unfairnesses, unseen and unknown, until an unexpected and perhaps unwelcome moment of self-realisation sets them forth into the world, searching, under the guise of an unconventional adventure, for their lost selves. 

That’s right, ladies. We’ve got together to create our very own ULTIMATE C Word reading list - this can be novels, non-fiction, poems, short stories, haiku’s.

I admit, bibliophiles, I committed that mortal sin of which we are all guilty, and that almost always leaves me full of regret - I saw the film first.

Famous writer, thinker, fashion consultant, podcast pro, mother, and all-round female whirlwind, Pandora Sykes, has written her debut collection of essays, and I couldn’t be more excited.

This June, the #CWORDREADS book we want everyone to get reading is Educated, by Tara Westover.