Stay Calm and Cycle
Stay Calm and Cycle It’s unusual for Mick and I to be out on our bikes together as Mick cycles twice as far and twice as fast as me! What a week we’ve had. Having waited so long to get my lovely dad home we only managed six days before he had to go back […]
Bram Stoker – Dracula
Book Review on Bram Stoker’s Dracula Dracula begins with Jonathan Harker, a young English lawyer, recounting his journey to Transylvania on a work assignment. En route, frequent travellers, hoteliers and peasants warn him from going but he pays no heed. Jonathan is relieved to find that upon arrival Dracula is both well-educated and hospitable, but he […]
The Scythe and Thunderhead by Neil Shusterman
Book Review of Neil Shusterman’s Scythe and Thunderhead The Thunderhead has never been more relevant than it is right now. I’d love to know what Neil Shusterman thinks about the developments in AI. Neal Shusterman’s Scythe and Thunderhead are two must-read novels for fans of dystopian fiction. Set in a world where death has been conquered and society is […]
The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley
Book Review of The Paris Aparment by Lucy Foley The Paris Apartment is a well-named psychological thriller – the focus of the action is almost entirely within a single apartment inhabited by the dysfunctional Meunier family. The reader is introduced to them when Jess turns up to meet her brother Ben, only to find that […]
The Beekeeper of Aleppo – Christy Lefteri
Book Review of The Beekeeper of Aleppo by Christy Lefteri Christy Lefteri has spent her career learning about the situation of refugees and migrants. Christy Lefteri’s The Beekeeper of Aleppo is a powerful account of the lives of a young couple who lived a simple, but comfortable life in Aleppo, Syria, surrounded by friends and family. Afra […]
Matthew Perry – Friends Lovers, and the Terrible Big Thing
Book Review on Matthew Perry’s Friends, Lovers, and the Terrible Big Thing The title of Matthew Perry’s autobiography, is a little deceving as the focus on his friends and the show Friends doesn’t dominate – rather, it takes second stage to Perry’s honest and frank sharing of his addiction to drugs and alcohol. Perry leaves […]