About the Book: Dark, fierce and raw, Notes on Heartbreak is a love story told in reverse, starting with a devastating and unexpected break-up. As Annie Lord reels from a broken heart, her stunning memoir revisits the past, from the moment she first fell in love, the shared in-jokes and intertwining of a long-term relationship, … Continue reading Book Review: Notes on Heartbreak by Annie Lord
Book Reflections
Looking Back: My 2020 Reading Year
One the main reasons I make sure I record every book I read through Goodreads is because I like the way they organise your end of year reading stats. It saves me having to do my own spreadsheet and then there's the way they collect all the covers of the books you've read. I'm a … Continue reading Looking Back: My 2020 Reading Year
#TheClassicsEight: Revisiting Jane Austen’s Emma
‘Vanity working on a weak head, produces every sort of mischief.’ I first read Emma in my early 20s (I'm now in my early 40s) about the time that the Gwenyth Paltrow adaptation came out. That period in the late 1990s saw quite a few classic adaptations, in particular the novels of Austen, Dickens, and … Continue reading #TheClassicsEight: Revisiting Jane Austen’s Emma
Reflecting on The Book of Longings by Sue Monk Kidd
The Book of Longings... About the Book: Ana is a rebellious young woman, a gifted writer with a curious, brilliant mind, who writes secret narratives about the neglected and silenced women around her. Raised in a wealthy family in Galilee, she is sheltered from the brutality of Rome's occupation of Israel. Ana is expected to … Continue reading Reflecting on The Book of Longings by Sue Monk Kidd
Shelf Share: Read in Isolation
Seven weeks ago I created a shelf on my Goodreads and called it 'Read in Isolation'. I wanted to keep track of the books I had read whilst spending 98% of my time isolated within my own house as an 'at risk' person for developing complications if I were to contract Covid 19. I've returned … Continue reading Shelf Share: Read in Isolation
The Night Circus Effect
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern About the Book: A novel of magic and love that has enchanted readers far and wide with the spectacular power of its imagination. The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not. The black sign, painted in white letters that … Continue reading The Night Circus Effect
#TBT 2019 in Books…
Today's #TBT is taking a look at my 2019 in books. I love the stats that Goodreads make up for you. Here's what mine looks like: 144 books! I must say, that has surprised me! I set a target of 100, knowing I would likely nudge over, but this has exceeded my expectations. 🥂 As … Continue reading #TBT 2019 in Books…
Book Review: Invented Lives by Andrea Goldsmith
Invented Lives... About the Book: Knowing what you want is hard. Accepting what is possible is harder still. It is the mid-1980s. In Australia, stay-at-home wives jostle with want-it-all feminists, while AIDS threatens the sexual freedom of everyone. On the other side of the world, the Soviet bloc is in turmoil. Mikhail Gorbachev has been … Continue reading Book Review: Invented Lives by Andrea Goldsmith
#TBT: What I was reading on this day five years ago…
According to Goodreads, on this day five years ago, I was reading Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson. According to The American Library Association, Speak was one of the Top 100 Banned/Challenged Books between 2000 to 2009. It's a vitally important novel and one I highly recommend. Have you read it? In 2004 a film adaptation … Continue reading #TBT: What I was reading on this day five years ago…
The Classics Eight: Little Women
Little Women AND Good Wives – a reflection in words and images I first read Little Women when I was ten. I was gifted a copy and took it with me to Europe in that same year, carting it everywhere and reading it over and over. I never read it again, but still have that … Continue reading The Classics Eight: Little Women
Theresa Smith Writes 