My Animals and Other Family
Like Clare Balding, I grew up with pets. Unlike Clare Balding we didn’t have horses or ponies or occasionally have the Queen Mother over for lunch. Continue reading My Animals and Other Family
Category: books
October Round-Up: What did you read last month?
Here are the five books I read in October, featuring a mix of fiction, autobiography, memoir and children’s books. Continue reading October Round-Up: What did you read last month?
The Confessions of Frannie Langton
Margaret Atwood really sums up this book best when she describes it as “Wide Sargasso Sea meets Beloved meets Alias Grace… deep-diving, elegant” Continue reading The Confessions of Frannie Langton
TBR pile: memoir, murder & matches
Have you read any of these? Continue reading TBR pile: memoir, murder & matches
This week I’m reading: The Beekeeper of Aleppo
It’s one of those books where you want to find out what happens next but you don’t want the story to end. Continue reading This week I’m reading: The Beekeeper of Aleppo
Weekend Reading: Istanbul by Orhan Pamuk
Istanbul comes alive with Pamuk’s vivid recollections of his childhood Continue reading Weekend Reading: Istanbul by Orhan Pamuk
Dare To Be You by Matthew Syed
I bought book this for my kids at the weekend but of course I had to read it first! Continue reading Dare To Be You by Matthew Syed
Weekend Reading: Somebody I Used to Know
Wendy Mitchell was diagnosed with dementia in 2014 and this is her story, in her own words. Continue reading Weekend Reading: Somebody I Used to Know
MY MASHED UP LIFE 