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Book Review – The Girl, The Gold Tooth and Everything…
Off on holiday? Need an entertaining, yet quick read that won’t tax your head while its in relax mode or overload a slightly woolly brain recovering from too many bahama mammas? Then this is the book for you. The Girl, The Gold Tooth and Everything by Francine La Sala took…
Versatile Blogger Award (and a bit about me)
I have been nominated for a versatile blogger award! I was so excited to get the notification and then I realised. I actually have no idea what the award is and what it means. I thought could it be part of a Nigerian email scam? Or a chain mail? Or…
Book Review Coming Soon..The Girl, the Gold Tooth and everything..
Mina Clark is losing her mind - or maybe it's already gone. She isn't quite sure. Feeling displaced in her over-priced McMansion-dotted suburban world, she is grappling not only with deep debt, a mostly absent husband, and her playground-terrorizer 3-year old Emma, but also with a significant amnesia she can't…
Book Review – A Slap In The Face…
Finally my review is here for A Slap in the face by William B. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and the strange thing is it didn’t teach me anything new about insults. Being English I have sarcasm down pat and insulting each other at dinner parties and thinking we are…
Book Review – Breaking the habit of being yourself
Breaking The Habit of Being Yourself Dr Joe Dispenza I was intrigued by the title of this book, being someone who knows all too well the mistakes they make yet still makes them habitually and I wanted to read what Dr Joe had to say about changing it all for…
Book Review Coming, First For 2014! Shame and the Captives
Can't wait to start my first book for 2014!..... Like The Daughters of Mars and all Keneally's best work, Shame and the Captives explores the intimacies and extraordinary aspects of ordinary lives being played out against grand world events. And this time, the events take place on home turf.…
Which book to read next?
Looking for a book to read? If you love Stephen Fry then you will surely love David Mitchell. Great author, comedian and somewhat of a school swot David's Memoir 'Backstory' will have you laughing and also cringing as you relive those really awkward childhood moments (particularly if, like me, you…
Book Review coming….. Drink, Smoke, Pass out
I'm reading Judith Lucy's spiritual journey Drink, Smoke, Pass out. The spiritual part seems to be more focussed in the early chapters of the book with alcoholic spirits, pot and boxed wine but its hilarious and frighteningly relatable. I look forward to sharing the full review over the Christmas break!…
Another piece of Chocolat…….
I have been given a great opportunity to read and review The latest book in The Chocolat series by Joanne Harris. Random House publishing have kindly sent me a copy and I look forward to reading and sharing a review on this book in the coming weeks!