The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey My rating: 4 of 5 stars *mild spoilers* I knew if the simple but magical, textured cover was anything to go by, I would love this book. I was right. Part fairy-tale, part tale of frontier survival, I was enchanted by both the beautiful snow child and the childless… Continue reading Book Review: Snow Child
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As You Like It
Yesterday, Rich and I celebrated our 10th wedding anniversary (which was actually on Friday but Dad's birthday trumped our anniversary so we celebrated that instead on Friday night!). We spent the day in Stratford-upon-Avon and went to see As You Like It at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=qpEqv7DAPV4 It blew us away. The music, the… Continue reading As You Like It
Book Review: Life of Pi
http://instagram.com/p/V6R4ycTfBa/ Life of Pi by Yann Martel My rating: 4 of 5 stars I knew little of this book other than it had won the Man Booker Prize and that a film had been made of it recently, directed by Ang Lee. All I could tell (and the rear cover confirmed this) that the book… Continue reading Book Review: Life of Pi
Book Review: The Fault in Our Stars
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green My rating: 5 of 5 stars *spoiler alert kinda* It is not an understatement to say that I LOVED this book. It has been a very long time since I have read a book which I have literally (and I mean literally) could not put down. I… Continue reading Book Review: The Fault in Our Stars
Reading
I have a lot of reading to get done in not very much time. Shame that I don't feel like reading tonight. At all.
Book Review: Howards End
Howards End by E.M. Forster My rating: 4 of 5 stars This book definitely fell under the banner of 'must read some day' for me and since I am determined to make a dent in that list of books this year, it is fitting that it is the first novel I have read in 2013.… Continue reading Book Review: Howards End
The Last Thing I Bought
Dream Library
via Restful Repositories: 10 Charming Home Libraries | Apartment Therapy. I want a home library one day., preferably on a mezzanine level!
Expanding Bookshelf
I already have a ton of books on my bookshelf that I want to read but during some of my lectures over the past week or so, I have been introduced to some more titles that I want to get my hands on. Stone Cold by Robert Swindells - Kids are disappearing but no one cares. Homeless, frightened… Continue reading Expanding Bookshelf
My Future
I am guessing that the creators of this writing challenge (and the vast majority of the Tumblrs participating in it) are still fresh, young things with their whole lives ahead, unmapped and unplanned. I, on the other hand, may be a wizened old crone, but I still have hopes and dreams for the future: to… Continue reading My Future
Notes From My Day 