Strong Words is a brilliant mag if you’re a book lover. I’d never come across it before. Like the LRB but for normal readers who like a mix of commercial and literary fiction.
Like most people I feel I ought to read more, but it’s easy to make excuses not to. Strong Words has given me the focus and the motivation to be a much more active reader. And I now feel I know a lot more about books than I did.
I’ve come away with a list of at least five great books to buy from every issue of Strong Words, and it has quickly become my most trusted source of recommendations.