FOCUS ON: POLLY FLORENCE FOCUS ONClaire Heffer16 November 2024FOCUS ON: POLLY FLORENCE, photography, uk, britain, content creator, bedroom, green, nature, book club, statue, romance, lilies, plants, flowers, food photography, food, reviews, outdoors, book shop, booksComment
BOOK 238: TROUBLEMAKER: SURVIVING HOLLYWOOD AND SCIENTOLOGY: LEAH REMINI BOOK LISTClaire Heffer5 October 2024Troublemaker, Surviving Hollywood and Scientology, biography, biographical, memoir, American, actress, producer, author, comedian, Leah Remini, acting career, experiences, member of the Church of Scientology, split from Scientology, favorable reviews, bestseller, bookcover, bookcoverdesign, bookcoverchallenge, book, bookstagram, graphicdesign, booklist, bookreview, reviews, literature, bookaddict, bookaholic, instabooks, bookporn, booklove, bookstagrammer, blogging, instadesign, booksofinstagram, goodreads, becauseofreading, ilovereading, bookgeek, bookishfeatures, instaread, alwaysreading, instareadsComment
BOOK 237: BOY PARTS: ELIZA CLARK BOOK LISTClaire Heffer17 August 2024boy parts, ELIZA CLARK, thriller, black comedy, violence, bookcover, fiction, 2020, horror, gender, photography, art, bookcoverdesign, bookcoverchallenge, book, bookstagram, graphicdesign, booklist, bookreview, reviews, literature, bookaddict, bookaholic, instabooks, bookporn, booklove, bookstagrammer, blogging, instadesign, booksofinstagram, goodreads, becauseofreading, ilovereading, bookgeek, bookishfeatures, instaread, alwaysreading, instareadsComment
BOOK 236: KITCHEN CONFIDENTIAL: ANTHONY BOURDAIN BOOK LISTClaire Heffer29 June 2024KITCHEN CONFIDENTIAL, ANTHONY BOURDAIN, New Yorker, article, “Don’t Eat Before Reading This, ” chef, kitchen, sensation, Kitchen Confidential, megabestseller, confessional, acerbic, memoir, restaurant business, funny, shocking, wild-but-true tales, culinary trade, drugs, sex, haute cuisine, bookcover, bookcoverdesign, bookcoverchallenge, book, bookstagram, graphicdesign, booklist, bookreview, reviews, literature, bookaddict, bookaholic, instabooks, bookporn, booklove, bookstagrammer, blogging, instadesign, booksofinstagram, goodreads, becauseofreading, ilovereading, bookgeek, bookishfeatures, instaread, alwaysreading, instareadsComment
BOOK 235: THE THURSDAY MURDER CLUB: RICHARD OSMAN BOOK LISTClaire Heffer5 May 2024richard osman, book list, thursday murder club, bookcover, bookcoverdesign, bookcoverchallenge, book, bookstagram, graphicdesign, booklist, bookreview, reviews, literature, bookaddict, bookaholic, instabooks, bookporn, booklove, bookstagrammer, blogging, instadesign, booksofinstagram, goodreads, becauseofreading, ilovereading, bookgeek, bookishfeatures, instaread, alwaysreading, instareadsComment
BOOK 234: AND THE SEA WILL TELL: VINCENT BUGLIOSI AND BRUCE HENDERSON BOOK LISTClaire Heffer17 March 2024Vincent Bugliosi, Bruce Henderson, nonfiction, apparent double murder, Palmyra Atoll, arrest, trial, conviction, Wesley G. "Buck Duane" Walker, girlfriend, Leonard Weinglass, San Diego, California, 38-foot ketch, Sea Wind, Hawaii, Stephanie Stearns, Jennifer Jenkins, ham radio operators, ex-convict, human skull, bones, Law, true crime, bookcover, bookcoverdesign, bookcoverchallenge, book, bookstagram, graphicdesign, booklist, bookreview, reviews, literature, bookaddict, bookaholic, instabooks, bookporn, booklove, bookstagrammer, blogging, instadesign, booksofinstagram, goodreads, becauseofreading, ilovereading, bookgeek, bookishfeatures, instaread, alwaysreading, instareadsComment
BOOK 233: JANE EYRE: CHARLOTTE BRONTË BOOK LISTClaire Heffer20 January 2024JANE EYRE, CHARLOTTE BRONTË, Orphan, child, Jane, outcast, Thornfield Hall, Edward Rochester, ward, Adèle, love, secret, gloomy, heartbroken, exiled, novel, English, writer, Charlotte Brontë, pen name "Currer Bell", 1847, Bildungsroman, heroine, Mr Rochester, brooding, prose fiction, moral, spiritual development, first-person narrative, psychological intensity, "first historian of the private consciousness", Christian morality, individualistic character, class, sexuality, religion, feminism, famous romance novels, my review, bookcover, bookcoverdesign, bookcoverchallenge, book, bookstagram, graphicdesign, booklist, bookreview, reviews, literature, bookaddict, bookaholic, instabooks, bookporn, booklove, bookstagrammer, blogging, instadesign, booksofinstagram, goodreads, becauseofreading, ilovereading, bookgeek, bookishfeatures, instaread, alwaysreading, instareadsComment
BOOK 232: LEAVING THE WITNESS: EXITING A RELIGION AND FINDING A LIFE: AMBER SCORAH BOOK LISTClaire Heffer16 December 2023Amber Scorah, witness, non fiction, memoir, losing faith, freedom, missionary, Jehovah's Witness, impending Armageddon, China, preaching, foreign language, culture, proselytizer, Shanghai, public parks, stores, Chinese language learning podcast, creative outlet, apostate, New York City, absence of religion, bookcover, bookcoverdesign, bookcoverchallenge, book, bookstagram, graphicdesign, booklist, bookreview, reviews, literature, bookaddict, bookaholic, instabooks, bookporn, booklove, bookstagrammer, blogging, instadesign, booksofinstagram, goodreads, becauseofreading, ilovereading, bookgeek, bookishfeatures, instaread, alwaysreading, instareadsComment
BOOK 231: PARIS PEASANT: LOUIS ARAGON BOOK LISTClaire Heffer21 October 2023PARIS PEASANT, Le Paysan de Paris, surrealist book, places in Paris, Paris, Louis Aragon, 1926, 1920s, Editions Gallimard, modern mythology, describe two places in Paris in great detail, Le Passage de l'Opera, Parc des Buttes-Chaumont, realistic backdrop, surrealist spectacles, seascape, siren, le merveilleux quotidien, a contrast of the mundane with the marvellous, booklist, bookreview, reviews, literature, bookaddict, bookaholic, instabooks, bookporn, booklove, bookstagrammer, blogging, instadesign, booksofinstagram, goodreads, becauseofreading, ilovereading, bookgeek, bookishfeatures, instaread, alwaysreading, instareadsComment
BOOK 230: IT'S ONLY A MOVIE: REEL LIFE ADVENTURES OF A FILM OBSESSIVE: MARK KERMODE BOOK LISTClaire Heffer9 September 2023The Karen Carpenter Story, Silent Running, Cabaret, Battle for the Planet of the Apes, Planet of the Apes, Local Hero, Brannigan, Juggernaut, Slade in Flame, Jeremy, The Quatermass Xperiment, Village of the Damned, Deep Throat, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Dark Waters, The Boston Strangler, Ghosts, movie, film, The Exorcist, cinema, film critic, It's Only a Movie, Mark Kermode, weird, widescreen, former Soviet Union, low-budget horror flick, Helen Mirren, BAFTA awards ceremony, Cannes Film Festival, Werner Herzog, Hollywood Hills, sardonic wit, 'inspired by real events', book, booklist, bookreview, reviews, literature, bookaddict, bookaholic, instabooks, bookporn, booklove, bookstagrammer, blogging, instadesign, booksofinstagram, goodreads, becauseofreading, ilovereading, bookgeek, bookishfeatures, instaread, alwaysreading, instareadsComment
BOOK 229: THE MARS ROOM: RACHEL KUSHNER BOOK LISTClaire Heffer2 August 2023bookcover, bookcoverdesign, bookcoverchallenge, book, bookstagram, graphicdesign, booklist, bookreview, reviews, literature, bookaddict, bookaholic, instabooks, bookporn, booklove, bookstagrammer, blogging, instadesign, booksofinstagram, goodreads, becauseofreading, ilovereading, bookgeek, bookishfeatures, instaread, alwaysreading, instareads The Mars Room, 2018, novel, American, Rachel Kushner, Scribner, shortlisted for the 2018 Man Booker Prize, Prix Médicis Étranger, Gold Medal for Fiction from the California Book AwardsComment
BOOK 228: THE STRANGER IN THE WOODS: THE EXTRAORDINARY STORY OF THE LAST TRUE HERMIT: MICHAEL FINKEL BOOK LISTClaire Heffer24 June 2023bookcover, bookcoverdesign, bookcoverchallenge, book, bookstagram, graphicdesign, booklist, bookreview, reviews, literature, bookaddict, bookaholic, instabooks, bookporn, booklove, bookstagrammer, blogging, instadesign, booksofinstagram, goodreads, becauseofreading, ilovereading, bookgeek, bookishfeatures, instaread, alwaysreading, instareads, book cover, book cover design, book cover challenge, book stagram, graphic design, book list, book review, book addict, insta books, book porn, book stagrammer, insta design, books of instagram, good reads, because of reading, I love reading, book geek, bookish features, insta read, always reading, insta reads, 1986, twenty-year-old, Christopher Knight, Massachusetts, Maine, disappeared, forest, arrested, stealing food, Living in a tent, brutal winters, survived, developing ingenious ways, avoid freezing to death, terrifying a community, mysterious burglaries, extensive interviews, vividly detailed account, secluded life, challenges, gripping story, survival, solitude, communityComment
BOOK 226: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF ALICE B. TOKLAS: GERTRUDE STEIN BOOK LISTClaire Heffer11 March 2023THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF ALICE B. TOKLAS: GERTRUDE STEIN, 1930s, paris, art scene, autobiography, non-fiction, Pablo Picasso, book, Ernest Hemingway, Paul Cézanne, Ezra Pound, lover, life partner, writer, bookcover, booklist, bookreview, reviews, literature, bookaddict, bookaholic, instabooks, bookporn, booklove, bookstagrammer, blogging, instadesign, booksofinstagram, goodreads, becauseofreading, ilovereading, bookgeek, bookishfeatures, instaread, alwaysreading, instareads, American Fund for the French Wounded, Fernande Olivier, Max Jacob, Marie Laurencin, Kees van Dongen, Henri Matisse, Raymond Duncan, dancer, Georges Braque, Manolo, sculptor, Guillaume Apollinaire, Mildred Aldrich, Phelan Gibb, Francis Picabia, Clive Bell, Henry McBride, art critic, Juan Gris, Adrienne Monnier, Marcel Duchamp, Man Ray, Djuna Barnes, Mina Loy, Robert McAlmon, Jacques Lipchitz, Jane Heap, Jean Cocteau, Jo Davidson, Sherwood Anderson, George Antheil, Virgil Thomson, René Crevel, Christian Bérard, artist, art, france, war, collector, art collector, americans in paris, painting, painterComment
BOOK 225: NIGHT FILM: MARISHA PESSL BOOK LISTClaire Heffer1 February 2023Night Film, mystery thriller, Marisha Pessl, Random House, novel, Shirley Jackson Award, The New York Times Bestseller’s list, bookcover, bookcoverdesign, bookcoverchallenge, book, bookstagram, graphicdesign, booklist, bookreview, reviews, literature, bookaddict, bookaholic, instabooks, bookporn, booklove, bookstagrammer, blogging, instadesign, booksofinstagram, goodreads, becauseofreading, ilovereading, bookgeek, bookishfeatures, instaread, alwaysreading, instareadsComment
BOOK 224: COME AS YOU ARE: EMILY NAGOSKI BOOK LISTClaire Heffer20 November 2022Come as You Are, Dr. Emily Nagoski, exploration, women’s sexuality, groundbreaking research, brain science, transform your sex life, sex life, confidence, Researchers, Research, sexuality works than we ever thought possible, explanation, lessons, transformative, woman, unique sexuality, anatomy, sexual response mechanisms, bodies, sexual world, normal, context, everyday life, woman’s arousal, desire, orgasm, arousal, multiple disciplines, stress, mood, trust, body image, sexual wellbeing, better sex, profound pleasure, bookcover, bookcoverdesign, bookcoverchallenge, book, bookstagram, graphicdesign, booklist, bookreview, reviews, literature, bookaddict, bookaholic, instabooks, bookporn, booklove, bookstagrammer, blogging, instadesign, booksofinstagram, goodreads, becauseofreading, ilovereading, bookgeek, bookishfeatures, instaread, alwaysreading, instareadsComment
BOOK 223: GHOSTED: ROSIE WALSH BOOK LISTClaire Heffer1 October 2022GHOSTED: ROSIE WALSH, The Man Who Didn't Call, english, american, english summer, romance, summer romance, relationship, grief, family, friendship, love, secrets, internet, book cover, book cover design, page turner, bookcover, bookcoverdesign, bookcoverchallenge, book, bookstagram, graphicdesign, booklist, bookreview, reviews, literature, bookaddict, bookaholic, instabooks, bookporn, booklove, bookstagrammer, blogging, instadesign, booksofinstagram, goodreads, becauseofreading, ilovereading, bookgeek, bookishfeatures, instaread, alwaysreading, instareads, fiction, fiction reads, book cover challenge, graphic design, book review, book addict, book porn, book love, books of instagram, because of reading, I love reading, book geek, bookishf eatures, always readingComment
BOOK 222: THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS: REBECCA SKLOOT BOOK LISTClaire Heffer6 August 2022bookcover, bookcoverdesign, bookcoverchallenge, book, bookstagram, HenriettaLacks, science, history, culturalhistory, sciencehistory, graphicdesign, booklist, bookreview, reviews, literature, bookaddict, bookaholic, instabooks, bookporn, booklove, bookstagrammer, blogging, instadesign, booksofinstagram, goodreads, becauseofreading, ilovereading, bookgeek, bookishfeatures, instaread, alwaysreading, instareads, science book, science history, cultural history, black history, non fiction, investigation, health, health and science, medical history, medical science, Henrietta Lacks, beauty and drama of scientific discovery, drama of scientific discovery, drama, scientific discovery, immortality, Scientists, HeLa, poor Southern, tobacco farmer, ancestors, cells, medicine, “immortal” human cells, grown in culture, HeLa cells polio vaccine, cancer, viruses, important advances, in vitro fertilization, cloning, gene mapping, Rebecca Skloot, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1950s, laboratories, Clover, Virginia East Baltimore, children, grandchildren, legacy, multimillion-dollar industry, human biological materials, family, history of experimentation on African Americans, the birth of bioethics, legal battlesComment
BOOK 221: THE DARK GALLERIES: A MUSEUM GUIDE TO PAINTED PORTRAITS IN FILM NOIR, GOTHIC MELODRAMAS AND GHOST STORIES OF THE 1940S AND 1950S : STEVEN JACOBS & LISA COLPAERT BOOK LISTClaire Heffer9 July 2022movie, movies, film, film noir, noir, art, artist, galleries, gallery, artists, art in film, art in films, artists in films, where to watch, museum, portrait, portrits, Carlotta Valdes, props, Alfred Hitchcock, Vertigo, painted portrait, Otto Preminger, Laura, Fritz Lang, Scarlet Street, George Cukor, Gaslight, Nicholas Ray, Born to Be Bad, imaginary museum House of Strangers, Suspicion, Gilda, Strangers on a Train, The Dark Galleries, American, american film, British films, 1940s, 1950s, artistic, cinematic aspects, book list, book review, bookcover, bookcoverdesign, bookcoverchallenge, book, bookstagram, graphicdesign, booklist, bookreview, reviews, literature, bookaddict, bookaholic, instabooks, bookporn, booklove, bookstagrammer, blogging, instadesign, booksofinstagram, goodreads, becauseofreading, ilovereading, bookgeek, bookishfeatures, instaread, alwaysreading, instareadsComment