Tayari Jones’ An American Marriage
Book Review of An American Marriage by Tayari Jones Endorsed by Barack Obama and Elle – An American Marriage must be good! Tayari Jones’ An American Marriage book was thoroughly enjoyabe, it is one to read slowly as there is so much to savour in it. The relationships are complex and ever changing. The insight […]
A Coronavirus dominated Mothers’ Day
Things to do on Mothers’ Day Who would have thought a couple of weeks ago that Boris Johnson would now be telling us the best present we can give to our mothers this year is to stay isolated from them? Challenging times indeed. It is natural to want to be with family on this special […]
Avoiding Corona Virus Stress
Ways to Manage Corona Virus Stress Along, I suspect, with most of you, I’m feeling a bit stressed and worried about the Corona virus (Covid-19). Just to be clear, this is posted in the early days of it taking centre stage in the UK. Everyone has their own story to tell about how it is affecting […]
The Truth about Bookworms
Booklovers All my friends and family know that I love reading. As my blog title Book and Family Chat suggests I love all things book related. There’s no doubt that Book deserves to be in the same sentence as family, though I probably should change the order of the wording of my blog to Family and Book Chat!If I’ve got […]
Expat Life
Expat Life in Bangkok It’s good to be back living an expat life for a while in Bangkok! What a week it has been! Another long haul flight, another set of tough goodbyes and another lovely re-union with my Saint Mick of Thana. For the next ten days I will be back to living life […]
Marian Keyes’ Grown Ups
Book Review of Grown Ups by Marian Keyes I simply cannot make my mind up about Marian Keyes. Rather like a packet of twiglets I begin reading with a premise that I don’t especially enjoy her books, but I then keep going back for more. Her latest title Grown Ups (which I have already blogged about briefly) has […]