Breaking down what exactly makes me so grateful for books is something I’ve always struggled with. Reading is just awesome. End of story. But I think part of the reason why it is so awesome is because there are so many ways in which it has improved my life. So I’m trying to tease READ MORE
Month: November 2019
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | POVERTY SAFARI – DARREN MCGARVEY
I first came across this book when Tracey Thorn posted a picture of it on her Twitter account. I love her writing so much that I felt like I needed to check out what she enjoyed reading as well. I’m incredibly grateful to her for bringing this to my attention! This book is quite READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | CHANGES IN MY READING LIFE
This week’s topic is an interesting one, but also a difficult one. Most aspects of my reading life have remained relatively constant, with minor situational changes. But here are a few things that are different now than they were about three years ago, whether the changes will persist or whether some of them will READ MORE
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | RAISING DEMONS – SHIRLEY JACKSON
Raising Demons is the sequel to Life Among the Savages, which I read last year. Both are memoirs of Shirley Jackson’s experiences as a mother to four boisterous and rowdy children. In this book the kids are a bit older, but other than that, it’s a lot like the first. It’s a series of READ MORE
BOOK TAG | NON-FICTION ON BOOKTUBE
I’m really enjoying participating in Non-Fiction November (hosted by Olive, featured in the video above), and watching the videos posted by some of my favourite BookTubers about their TBRs, favourite NF books – and this tag! I don’t have a YouTube channel because I’m terrible in front of a camera, but I really wanted READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | FAVOURITE BOOKMARKS
I have to admit that, despite a large collection of beautiful made-to-purpose bookmarks, I often use whatever I have to hand as a bookmark. I have been known to use bus passes, random scraps of paper, flowers and leaves (hence today’s image), ticket stubs, granola bar wrappers and, on one memorable and short-lived occasion, READ MORE
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | BREAKING & MENDING – JOANNA CANNON
Most of you probably know Joanna Cannon’s name from her works of fiction, The Trouble With Goats and Sheep and Three Things About Elsie (longlisted for this year’s Women’s Prize for Fiction). What you might not know about Cannon is that she is also a doctor – specifically a psychiatrist. That insight is part READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOKS THAT HAVE THAT AUTUMN FEEL
I love autumn. I love everything about it. I love the cold bite in the air, I love the colours of the leaves, I love the satisfaction of a warm mug of tea and the unbeatable cosiness of anything warm and fuzzy. So it stands to reason that I enjoy books that give off READ MORE
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | GREENWOOD – MICHAEL CHRISTIE
Michael Christie’s first novel, If I Fall, If I Die, was one of my favourite books of the past five years. It was a surprise to me, but one I will be forever grateful to have discovered. Since closing the cover of that book, I’ve been waiting for Christie to publish another one. So when READ MORE