Another reading post! This seems to be the thing I am writing about most and it will not surprise you to learn that I have already met my reading goal of 50 books for 2024. I have reset the goal to 60 and I am on track for meeting that by the end of the… Continue reading Winter Reads
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Autumn Reads: How I Fell in Love with Katya Balen’s Beautiful Books
I picked up this book at Chatsworth last year, drawn by the beautiful Angela Harding cover and the autumnal theme. I have read with Austin a couple of Katya Balen's shorter books, Birdsong and Nightjar. These books are published by Barrington Stoke and are dyslexia-friendly with a specific font and cream pages. Austin is not… Continue reading Autumn Reads: How I Fell in Love with Katya Balen’s Beautiful Books
Dark nights and book stacks
The nights are closing in. This is a phrase that is usually uttered with a defeated tone. 'Closing in' certainly sounds ominous. Slightly threatening. Like a pack of wolves slowly creeping towards the door. However, I love these earlier sunsets, the longer nights, the stretches of twilight. The huge harvest moon glowed orange and bright… Continue reading Dark nights and book stacks
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