Journalist, traveller, collector of hats, bookworm
52 Books, in January 2020 I set myself the challenge of reading a book a week and blogging about it, mainly to keep me in the habit of writing.
I don’t think a book has ever surprised me more than Meet Me In Another Life. I could have written multiple predictions about what I thought this book would be … Continue Reading Book Review: Meet me in Another Life by Catriona Silvey
My god this book melted my heart. It broke through my stony exterior and made my eyes leak. I blubbed, I blubbed a lot and I loved it. In a … Continue Reading Book Review: The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot by Marianne Cronin
Ah, The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo surprised me, a lot. This book was nothing at all like what expected. I have a feeling this is going to be a … Continue Reading Book Review: The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
During a snowstorm in England in 1910, a baby is born and dies before she can take her first breath. During a snowstorm in England in 1910, the same baby … Continue Reading Book Review: Life after life by Kate Atkinson
Happy Friday, firstly, yes, I’ve had an unexpected hiatus. I haven’t posted in two weeks. In truth, I’ve struggled to find the time. My God, I had forgotten how busy … Continue Reading Talking books…mid year review
**Trigger warning – themes of child sexual abuse** I have never hated a character as much as I hated Strane. I wanted to smash his smug, manipulative, lecherous, perv face … Continue Reading Book Review: My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell
Brother and sister Jamie and Tash have accidentally managed to time travel back to October 1984 and have broken it. They land on the day that Bob Geldof watched the … Continue Reading Book Review: Do they know it’s Christmas yet? by James Crookes
I’m going to get straight to the point here…..I could not put this book down. The End of Men is another strong contender for book of the year, it had … Continue Reading Book Review: The End of Men by Christina Sweeney-Baird
I hadn’t heard much about this memoir; it kept appearing on the front of my Kindle and I was intrigued enough to buy it. I quite like going into a … Continue Reading Book Review: I’m in Seattle, where are you? by Mortada Gzar
From the back… Dear Lily, It’s me, Joy, your much wiser and (very slightly) older sister. I thought I’d start a new tradition of letter writing – now that we’re … Continue Reading Book Review: Dear Lily by Drew Davies
What can I tell you about the British Empire? Well…..it was big and erm….well, I don’t really know the details or I didn’t until I picked up Empireland by Sathnam … Continue Reading Book Review: Empireland by Sathnam Sanghera
In July 2017, after two eight-hour flights, I stepped into the arrivals hall of Entebbe airport to a sea off chaos. It’d be a further two hours – thanks to … Continue Reading Book Review: We are all birds of Uganda by Hafsa Zayyan
Mother? Daughter? Angel? Monster? Oh. My. God. What a book! What a final sentence! I’d heard so much about The Push around its release date, I was interested but did … Continue Reading Book Review: The Push by Ashley Audrain
Mrs Death Misses Death will not be a book for everyone. To be honest, I wasn’t sure it’d be a book for me. It’s hard to pin down what this … Continue Reading Book Review: Mrs Death Misses Death by Salena Godden
My friend Alice has been telling me to read The One by John Marrs for well over a year. She upped her promotion of this book recently telling me I … Continue Reading Book Review: The One by John Marrs
Writing update…..still four books behind, next up More than a woman by Caitlin Moran It’s Friday morning, I’m sat staring at two VERY silver, very wiry hairs that have sprouted overnight. … Continue Reading Book Review: More than a woman by Caitlin Moran
