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Hideous Kinky – Esther Freud
Esther Freud’s first book is (hopefully) bringing me out of my book blogging slump. Since my last blog post in November 2014 (yes, it’s been ages!) I have read some awe inspiring books. But...
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What I think of Audible (plus mini reviews of The Complete Sherlock Holmes...
Like many others, I was enticed into joining Audible by the promise of a three month half price membership, no strings attached. There are a number of ‘membership plans’ that you can choose between: 1...
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We Should All Be Feminists – Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
We Should All Be Feminists is a modified version of Adichie’s 2012 TEDx talk fit into a small, slim book. Like the straight talking title suggests, this is a clear, simple exploration of feminism....
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Under the Skin – Michel Faber
I doubt I could have entered into Michel Faber’s world with a better book. I started at the very beginning (and what a début!) with Under the Skin. It really was like entering a different world. It’s...
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Eat Pray Love – Elizabeth Gilbert
After being extremely unimpressed with the film, I avoided reading Eat Pray Love for a number of years (even though friends recommended it). However, researching for my upcoming trip to Indonesia, I...
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The Girl from the Coast – Pramoedya Ananta Toer
I am writing this on my smart phone (yippee for technology!) which turns out to be quite awkward, so I apologise if this post is not as well edited as usual! I arrived in Ubud, Bali on Tuesday and will...
View ArticleFurther Tales of the City – Armistead Maupin
The Tales of the City series makes for perfect summer reading, and my copy of the third installment got a lot of sun this year! Further Tales takes us back to beloved 28 Barbary Lane and its...
View ArticleUnder the Tuscan Sun – Frances Mayes
Have you ever wanted to simply drop everything and move to Tuscany? Well I have, many times! Reading Under the Tuscan Sun brought all those feelings back to me. This book is a mixture of memoir, travel...
View ArticleLagom (The Swedish Art of Balanced Living) – Linnea Dunne
Since the popularity of The Little Book of Hygge, I’ve seen a number of similar gorgeous books about the Scandinavian lifestyle. I’ll admit, at first I thought they were a coffee table decoration – to...
View ArticleTheft By Finding – David Sedaris
As a die-hard Sedaris fan, I’ve been excited to get hold of his diaries ever since I heard they were being published. They start off in 1977 in his fruit-picking and hitch-hiking years and take us...
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