Harry Potter & the Philosopher's Stone JK Rowling Rating: ***** Synopsis: Life isn’t much fun at number four Privet Drive, at least not for Harry Potter, living under the stairs in a cupboard full of spiders, but all of that is about to change. On the eve of Harry’s eleventh birthday the letters start arriving; … Continue reading Book Review – Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone
The Rules Do Not Apply By Ariel Levy Rating: **** Synopsis: When thirty-eight-year-old New Yorker writer Ariel Levy left for a reporting trip to Mongolia in 2012, she was pregnant, married, financially secure, and successful on her own terms. A month later, none of that was true. Levy picks you up and hurls you through … Continue reading Book Review – The Rules Do Not Apply
So I skipped the April wrap up because I moved house. Excited to share with you what I have been up to in May! BOOKS - Red Dog by Louis de Bernieres - Harry Potter & The Philosophers Stone by JK Rowling - Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets by JK Rowling - The … Continue reading Monthly Wrap Up – May 2019
The Salt Path By Raynor Winn Rating: ***** Synopsis: Just days after Raynor learns that Moth, her husband of 32 years, is terminally ill, their home and livelihood is taken away. With nothing left and little time, they make the brave and impulsive decision to walk the 630 miles of the sea-swept South West Coast … Continue reading Book Review – The Salt Path
The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend By Katarina Bivald Rating: ***** Synopsis: Broken Wheel, Iowa, has never seen anyone like Sara, who travelled all the way from Sweden just to meet her pen pal, Amy. When she arrives, however, she finds that Amy's funeral has just ended. Luckily, the townspeople are happy to look after … Continue reading Book Review – The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend
Dear Mrs Bird By AJ Pearce Rating: ***** Synopsis: London 1940, bombs are falling. Emmy Lake is Doing Her Bit for the war effort, volunteering as a telephone operator with the Auxiliary Fire Services. When Emmy sees an advertisement for a job at the London Evening Chronicle, her dreams of becoming a Lady War Correspondent … Continue reading Book Review – Dear Mrs Bird
13 Reasons Why By Jay Asher Penguin Books Rating: *** Synopsis: You can’t stop the future. You can’t rewind the past. The only way to learn the secret . . . is to press play. Clay Jensen returns home from school to find a strange package with his name on it lying on his porch. … Continue reading Book Review – 13 Reasons Why
Walking The Nile By Levison Wood Simon & Schuster Rating: **** Synopsis: Former soldier Levison Wood embarks on one of the last great explorations and attempts to conquer one of the world's last firsts. His epic journey of almost 4,000 miles on foot along the world's longest river will go down in the history of … Continue reading Book Review – Walking The Nile
The Piano Tuner By Daniel Mason Picador Classic Rating: *** Synopsis: On a misty London afternoon in 1886, piano tuner Edgar Drake receives a strange request from the War Office: he must leave his wife, and his quiet life in London, to travel to the jungles of Burma to tune a rare Erhard grand piano. … Continue reading Book Review – The Piano Tuner
Last month I gave up alcohol, which was actually pretty easy. This month I have decided to ban myself from buying books. I am forever telling myself I need to stop buying more books and read what I have, but every month I end up on a book buying spree, hauling in at least 10-15 … Continue reading Why I am giving myself a book buying ban in March…
