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 […]
Tara Westover’s Educated
Book Review of Educated by Tara Westover Tara Westover’s Educated is brutal, compelling and tragic. It is not an easy read and her experiences have clearly left more than physical scars behind. It is clear that Westover is still coming to terms with the abuse she has been subjected to and and is still, at least to […]
How to be a Grown Up!
How to be a Grown Up! Those two look like they are having a ‘grown up’ conversation! Are you Emotionally Mature? Yesterday a good friend of mine recommended Marian Keyes new book ‘Grown Ups’ to me. I don’t really know much about Marian Keyes or her books, but I was immediately thrilled that I’d listened to […]
Jonathan Coe’s Middle England
Book Review of Middle England by Jonathan Coe I resisted reading this book for quite a while. I haven’t read The Rotters’ Club or The Closed Circle, so I thought I would be adrift with this title. I’m also not good at reading comedy and I often miss the humour. There are, however, some very funny passages in Middle England, that […]