“We lose ourselves in books, we find ourselves there too."
Well hello again everyone, I’ve been so far behind on book reviews and blog posts that I think I’m nearly up together again…for now! So what have I got for you today? Well remember Woman in the Mists? A book written by Farley Mowat about Dian Fossey. Well this book is also about Dian Fossey …
Hello all, Time for a non-fiction book, I know I don’t read many, the last one I did read was Voyage of the Beagle. This book I’m about to review isn’t a part of Challenge 2020 (I promise I’m still getting through that though)! This is a book like no other – about a strong, …
Hello all, This next book isn’t from my Challenge 2020, instead this is one recommended by someone very close and very important and special to me. “There’s a lot of love and peace in the air…but not necessarily in the air around me.” My favourite kind of books is those that are recommended to me …
Hello all, “This was the first of many delightful days never to be forgotten.” On the 27th December 1831, a young 22 year old man named Charles Darwin boarded HMS Beagle and set out on a voyage of a lifetime. A voyage that would not only change his life; from a young man with little …
Hello all, For the next book in Challenge 2020, I chose a Booker Prize winning book for my next read. This happened to be Schindler’s Ark (published in the US as Schindler’s List and in the UK as Schindler’s Ark). Factoid Alert 🚨 The Booker Prize award is a literary prize which awarded on a …
Hello all, For the next Challenge 2020 book, I thought it would be apt to choose this one, as it is now the 75th anniversary of the Holocaust. Now before I begin, I’d like to state that there may be swear words in this review due to quotes taken from this book. There may also …
Hello all, “As for me, when we moved to Oakfield in 1930, I was more of a nuisance than a help. But once my dad learnt the value of marketing, and how a photo of a little girl with an animal would melt a newspaper editor’s heart like nothing else, I earned my keep.” This …
“Never say goodbye because goodbye means going away and going away means forgetting.” JM Barrie, Peter Pan Hello all, Time for something a bit different now. Now we all know about Thriller, Billie Jean and Black or White, am I right? But how much do we know about the untimely death of a pop icon? …
Hello all, “Nobody ever lives their life all the way up except bullfighters.” – Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises So for my next review, something a bit different. An animal themed book. A true story. About a horse that defied all odds, whose stature and quirks set him aside from the rest. This is …