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Just under a year ago, during a pretty bleak January, I set myself a single challenge – to read at least 52 books this year, or, a book a week. … Continue Reading Book Review: Dear Reader by Cathy Rentzenbrink
I’d been waiting for this all year. My wonderful best mate, Ruth, bought it for me as a surprise. I’d bought her Dolly’s memoir Everything I know about love last … Continue Reading Ghosts by Dolly Alderton
I’m a bit late to the party with this one, everyone seems to have read it ages ago and there’s been a buzz around it. Here’s what we have, Queenie … Continue Reading Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams
After reading Educated back in January, my Kindle flagged up Unfollow as something I’d be interested in, this month I finally got around to reading it. Unfollow is Megan Phelps … Continue Reading Unfollow: A journey from hatred to hope by Megan Phelps Roper
This is one of the most interesting books I’ve ever read. On the surface, Three Women is a look at the sex and love lives of three women. It’s actually … Continue Reading Three Women by Lisa Taddeo
I read ‘How to fail’ by Elizabeth Day last summer and it completely changed my perspective on failure. In that she turned the light on herself discussing her own failures … Continue Reading Failosophy by Elizabeth Day
How do we know we’re doing it right? How many of us are plagued by this thought on daily basis? In world where we seem to have more choice than … Continue Reading Book Review: How Do We Know We’re Doing It Right? by Pandora Sykes
“Because, Nora, sometimes the only way to learn is to live.” Matt Haig Wow! This book is a must read. Thought provoking, emotional, poignant, uplifting and ultimately beautiful. Nora Seed … Continue Reading Book Review: The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
Back in February, I reviewed A detail of History by holocaust survivor Arek Hersh. He was one of three hundred children brought to the Lake District to recover after the war, … Continue Reading Book Review: After the War by Tom Palmer
In 1935, in depression gripped America, the Pack Horse library programme was set up to deliver books to remote communities in the Appalachian Mountains. The American library association estimated that … Continue Reading Book Review: The Giver of Stars by JoJo Moyes
*Trigger Warning* “Girls cry on park benches. Girls cry in train station waiting rooms. They cry on the dance floor of clubs. Girls cry at the bus stop. Girls cry … Continue Reading Book Review: The Places I’ve Cried in Public by Holly Bourne
In September 2015, a horrifying picture appeared of the body of a little boy washed up on a Turkish beach. 3-year-old Alyan Kurdi drowned in the Mediterranean Sea, his family … Continue Reading Book Review: The Beekeeper of Aleppo by Christy Lefteri
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
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
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
“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
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