The Day We Disappeared by Lucy Robinson I realised that I never included this book in a wrap up post (I think I read it in September) but I really liked it so I wanted to post a quick review on it. Annie has had a hard life since a childhood trauma instilled a deep-rooted fear… Read More Book Review | The Day We Disappeared
A couple of years ago I decided to set myself a 30 before 30 challenge. In hindsight, I was over ambitious and picked stuff that involved a lot of time and a lot of money. I’ve got 16 months left and have only managed a few. That’s fine, you never know where life is going… Read More 30 Before 30 | Read 50 Books
October has been a good month on the old reading front. I read seven books – pretty good going I would say. A mixed bag but a few gems. Here are some speedy review for your enjoyment. The Help by Kathryn Stockett Hmm, might be controversial, but I didn’t love it. It felt like a very… Read More October Reading Wrap Up
Published in 1958 with the title The Executioners, Cape Fear is a book that has twice been adapted into feature films (and once into an episode of the The Simpsons). I’ve not seen the original 1962 film starring Gregory Peck and Robert Mitchum, so today I’m comparing the book with Martin Scorese’s 1991 thriller starring Robert De Niro.… Read More I Read the F*@#ing Books | Cape Fear
I’ve found that recently I’m reading books faster than I can review them (I’m currently 19 books ahead of schedule on my Goodreads Challenge!) so rather than trying to review them all, I’m going to do the odd full length review, alongside monthly wrap up posts with mini reviews. This first post is a bumper… Read More Reading Wrap Up | August & September
The Bees is a difficult book to describe. My best attempt is that it is a dystopian fiction in the tradition of Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale but with bees – so based on true events…for bees. Flora is a worker bee of the lowest order. Her kin are worthy only of cleaning the hive… Read More Book Review | The Bees
When Imogen Tate returns to her job as Editor in Chief of Glossy magazine after a leave of absence she is bemused to find herself confronted by her former assistant, Eve Morton. Bemusement soon turns to concern when she discovers that Eve has the backing of the head honchos to turn Imogen’s beloved magazine into… Read More Book Review | Techbitch
