Shakespeare Lover
What kind of Shakespeare Lover are you? What kind of Shakespeare Lover are you? Everyone who knows me is aware that I am a lover of all things Shakespeare related. In the last few months I’ve been lucky enough to see a few Shakespeare productions. This has been a real bonus of my having spent […]
Sandi Toksvig’s Between the Stops: The View of My Life from the Top of the Number 12 Bus
Book Review of Between the Stops: The View of My Life from the Top of the Number 12 Bus This is a great memoir by Sandi Toksvig, but so much of it seemed familiar, that I spent a great deal of my reading time perplexed about whether this is a re-write of an earlier memoir. […]
Are you avoiding me?
Avoidant Personality Disorder Avoidant Personality is not a term to be used loosely, but sometimes I wonder if I might actually be suffering from it. Anyone who knows me at all will know that I am a mass of contradictions. For example, I’m not very social, but I do like to host small dinner parties […]
Emma Donoghue’s Akin
Book Review of Emma Donoghue’s Akin Emma Donoghue’s Akin is a great reading choice for anyone who is interested in exploring family relationships. A passing interest in Science would be an added bonus as there are even amusing Science jokes thrown in as Donaghoe is clearly either very knowledgable about Chemistry or has done her research well. […]
Are you a Christmas Scrooge or Bob Cratchit?
Are you a Christmas Scrooge or Bob Cratchit? Our family love Christmas. Saint Mick of Thana turns into Bob Crachit, full of Christmas spirit and good will. He is generous to a fault and surpasses even Tiny Tim in his kindness. The girls are full of Christmas cheer. They don their Christmas pudding earrings and […]
Elizabeth Strout’s Olive, Again
Book Review of Elizabeth Strout’s Olive, Again I read Elizabeth Strout’s Olive Again without having read the first Olive Kitteridge, but I don’t think it adversely affected my enjoyment of it at all. Olive, Again is quite simply one of the best books I have ever read. It would be a wonderful text to choose for an animated book discussion group. […]