When I first set eyes on Caitlin Moran’s novel ‘How to Be a Woman’, I noticed two things. Firstly, that the title presumes to tell me how to ‘be’ based solely on the fact that I am a woman, and, secondly, that the woman on the front cover has unkempt […]

Today MoonProject is partnering with The Folio Society to give away a copy of award-winning book “Pompeii“. This fantastic book by award-winning author Mary Beard digs beneath the myth to bring us as close as possible to the real Pompeii – a place of contradiction whose destruction still grips the world’s imagination […]

The title, Henrietta Lacks, suggests a fictional novel or something akin to a spiritual experience,  however, upon reading the small print; “She died in 1951. What happened next changed the world.” also by Hilary Mantel, who we see on the front  cover, we are intrigued ; “ No dead woman has […]

Whether you want to read 50 Shades of Grey on the train without being watched by the eagle eyes of your fellow commuters or, simply ditch the books and make more space for clothes in your suitcase this holiday without limiting your summer reads, the Kindle could be just what […]

My last article dealt with the Titanic, and how it’s place in history has served as a beacon for those fascinated with it’s fate and the deep oceans, within part of which it now rests.  This fascination with the deep oceans in particular has led to artists of all kinds […]

June 6th 2013 Tao Lin‘s third novel “Taipei” was unleashed upon the world. Left and right reviewers have attempted to make heads or tails of what Lin described early on as his magnum opus – a claim he recently confirmed to Entertainment Weekly: “Yes, in that I didn’t save anything for a […]

  Summary The magicians is best described as a very gritty and harsh fantasy novel. I am hesitant to compare it to Harry Potter and while it is in some ways similar it is also very, very different. The story follows the life of Quentin Coldwater. Although he is very […]

This is a book that I picked up at my local library because I was looking for a nice fantasy to get lost in. The key to creating a good fantasy book, I have learned, is to put a unique twist or to view something from a unique angle in […]