Hi all! I'm back from Italy and back to the blog! I thought I'd kick off my posting with a book review. I can't keep up with my ...
Book Review: Grace Williams Says it Loud by Emma Henderson
Grace Williams Says it Loud by Emma Henderson tell the story of a disabled girl in the 60s. When her parents can no longer cope with her car...
Book Review: Little Bones by Janette Jenkins
This was a borrowed library book from flatmate Kat, a hardback, which is always a treat. The novel tells the story of a crippled girl named ...
Book Review: Wise Children by Angel Carter
I am three books behind on my reviews, so I read this a month or two back. I should firstly explain that I LOVE Angela Carter. I was sent in...
Book Review: Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier
This book was recommended to me by a trusted source (my Dad) with whom I often share books with. He said this was a brilliant novel, so I pi...
Book Review: A.D Miller Snowdrops
Another Booker shortlisted book, though this one has had quite a lot of press- I've seen it on tube tunnels and billboards. Snowdrops is...
Book Review: Daphne Du Maurier - Jamaica Inn
I treated myself to a Daphne Du Maurier after the complex Booker prize winner, and wow what a wonderful week of commutes I have had with Mar...
Review: Julian Barnes - The Sense of an Ending (Man Booker prize winner 2012)
I don't know if book reviews have a place on this blog, but I read so many, and always have opinions bubbling after completion. This Chr...
Dracula- Bram Stoker
Whilst I don't want to make a habit of writing about every book I read; sometimes it feels impossible not to register my opinion when re...
Wuthering Heights
I used to work under the pretentious sentiment that I would not post unless I had a point. Yet I am starting to realise that there is often ...
I Capture the Castle
I went to visit the family over the weekend, they were in Cardiff for the Rugby, Wales v Ireland. Apparently it was an important match to d...
'The Crimson Petal and the White' - Michel Faber
As a former English Literature student, I have been around the literary block. I have delved into the Medieval ramblings of priests, danced...