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.
We are 100 would make a superb TV series. Seriously, someone, somewhere must have picked this up already and if they haven’t, they need to. I’ve been back on a … Continue Reading Book Review: We are 100 by Nathan Timmel
Where are you indeed? Okay, I fully got swept up in Normal People – the book and tv series….I did not get swept up in Sally Rooney’s new novel, Beautiful … Continue Reading Book Review: Beautiful world where are you by Sally Rooney
I started thinking about this post months ago. My friend Sinead and I – another prolific reader – were enjoying a sunny afternoon in the garden with a few drinks. … Continue Reading Talking books: When the film is better than the book…..
By this point, I have completely abandoned my mission to clear books off my TBR, I managed four out of the ten, then new books appeared on my Kindle and … Continue Reading Book Review: Freckles by Cecelia Ahern
**SPOILER FREE** I feel like I’ve been waiting a lifetime for Magpie by Elizabeth Day to be released. I think I’ve had it on pre-order since the beginning of the … Continue Reading Book Review: Magpie by Elizabeth Day
When I bought The Comfort Book by Matt Haigh, I bought myself some sunflowers at the same time in the spirit of comfort. I look at sunflowers and immediately the … Continue Reading Book Review: The Comfort Book by Matt Haig
Slight weeklong hiatus, so let’s get cracking! How many of us heard or read the ‘cool girl’ rant in Gone Girl nodding with a wry smile? “Men always say that … Continue Reading Book Review: Pretending by Holly Bourne
Okay, I’m led to believe that this may be a controversial opinion….I liked this book, I didn’t love it. I’ve had The Fault in our Stars in my kindle for … Continue Reading Book Review: The Fault in our Stars by John Green
I have never read a book where the characters are so odious and yet, have been so intrigued to find out what happens to them. The Party is about the … Continue Reading Book Review: The Party by Elizabeth Day
I’m starting with a confession it took me a long time to get into Dear Amy. I think I had serious book hangover after reading Songbirds, I still keep thinking … Continue Reading Book Review: Dear Amy by Helen Callaghan
Christy Lefteri broke my heart when I read The Beekeeper of Aleppo last summer. She’s broken my heart again this summer with Songbirds. In short Christy Lefteri makes me cry … Continue Reading Book Review: Songbirds by Christy Lefteri
The history of feminism in 11 fights…. Dear Difficult Women, The trail blazers. The angry women. The badly behaved women. The women who fought for the vote, wanted equal pay, … Continue Reading Book Review: Difficult Women by Helen Lewis
I was about to start this review by saying this isn’t my ‘usual read’, then I thought I don’t really have a usual read. I’m a mood reader. I don’t … Continue Reading Book Review: The Kill Artist by Daniel Silva
It’s official, Dorothy Koomson has never written a book I haven’t liked, granted there’s four on my Kindle that I need to read but I have complete faith in the … Continue Reading Book Review: I know what you’ve done by Dorothy Koomson
I have Bibliomania, hardly a ground-breaking revelation, after all, this entire blog started as a way for me to talk about books. I’ve always read. I’m often asked how I … Continue Reading Talking books….getting to grips with my TBR list….
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
