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. […]
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. […]
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. […]
Book Review of Mark Manson’s The Subtle Art of Not Giving a ‘F*ck
Book Review of Mark Manson’s ‘The Subtle Art of Not Giving a ‘F*ck’ Image link https://images.app.goo.gl/TsAPYR7muZG8Gk5E6 Mark Manson – What’s the fuss about? When I start any book review, such as this one on ‘The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck I am usually very mindful that the author has spent days, weeks, months, or even […]
Cannery Row by John Steinbeck
Cannery Row – Book Review and Book Club Discussion Questions Goodreads Challenge I am coming towards the end of my goodreads ‘reading challenge’. I pledged 50 books but have only read 42. Consequently I needed a slim book to read-how shallow I am! A dear friend and I had recently been chatting about John Steinbeck […]
The Girl Who Smiled Beads by Clemantine Wamariya
The Girl Who Smiled by Clemantine Wamariya Autobiography, by Clemantine Wamariya and Elizabeth Wile, about Clemantine’s experience of the Rwandan Massacre.This is a powerful and well-written autobiography/biography sharing the story of Clemantine Wamariya. She and her sister Claire are adrift as refugees, fleeing the terror imposed during the Rwandan War. I hadn’t heard of Clemantine prior […]