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.
Dear Chanel, I’d heard your story before I knew your name. I’d read your letter on the internet, then been furious that your attacker was jailed for just six months, … Continue Reading Book Review: Know My Name by Chanel Miller
This book is superb. I finished it in a single Sunday afternoon sitting, it had me laughing, cringing (oh god the cringing) and examining white privilege, race, class and inequality. … Continue Reading Book Review: Such a fun age by Kiley Reid
I am woman, hear me roar, in numbers too big to ignore (Helen Reddy and Ray Burton) I love Cecelia Ahern’s books. I love the touch of magic she sprinkles … Continue Reading Book Review: Roar by Cecelia Ahern
So, this one had made its way onto my TBR shelf. From the outset, I wasn’t sure if it was going to be my thing, now I’ve read it, I … Continue Reading Book Review: Someone Knows by Lisa Scottoline
Here’s my wrap up for May, albeit few days late, for someone who works to tight deadlines on a daily basis, time keeping in my personal life leaves a lot … Continue Reading May Wrap Up
History is full of stories about ordinary people doing extraordinary things for other people. Some of those stories get told, passed down through generations, written into history books, displayed in … Continue Reading Book Review: The Zookeeper’s Wife by Diane Ackerman
I have to start this post by saying sorry to Simon, he sent me a copy of this exquisite book two years ago with a lovely note inside. I had … Continue Reading Book Review: The Songaminute Man by Simon McDermott.
I read Half a Yellow Sun and Purple Hibiscus quite a few years back, I enjoy Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s writing, why it’s taken me seven years to pick up Americanah, … Continue Reading Book Review: Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
There’s been a huge buzz around this book again over the past few weeks, mainly down to the new BBC 3 adaptation of Sally Rooney’s 2018 novel. Admittedly it took … Continue Reading Book Review: Normal People by Sally Rooney
I saw this tag a few days ago on Becky’s Book Blog and decided to get involved. Readers’ Problems Book Tag I read, a lot, so how do I deal … Continue Reading Reader Problems Book Tag
Welcome to Monday and the start of another new week. I finished Apeirogon by Colum McCann over the weekend and it gave me serious book hangover. It was a pretty … Continue Reading The TBR Shelf
“It will not be over until we talk”. In early April back in 2014, I found myself on a bus from Bethlehem to Jerusalem. I don’t remember much about the … Continue Reading Book Review: Apeirogon By Colum McCann
This is a book for anyone who’s felt lost, in the wrong life or the wrong knickers. Bryony Gordon’s a Journalist for The Telegraph, this is her first memoir and … Continue Reading Book Review: The Wrong Knickers by Bryony Gordon
A few days on from finishing this book, I have mixed feelings about it…… Here’s the premise, in 1803, Phera, is born to the elephant keeper of the independent mountainous Sinhalese Kingdom … Continue Reading Book Review: The Elephant keeper’s daughter by Julia Drosten
Back in January, book three – ‘How to Break Up with Fast Fashion’ by Lauren Bravo– prompted me to dump the High street. I’m now four months into my shop … Continue Reading Four months shop free…
I whizzed through this over the weekend and really enjoyed it, it reminded me of how music can connect us, lift our spirits and remind us of people and times … Continue Reading Book Review: Mix Tape Jane Sanderson
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