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Last year, I set myself the usual challenge to read 50 books. Since I managed to do this in 2019, I was determined to keep the streak going and I did! I enjoyed a wide range of books. I re-read some books - the most in a year I think (Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert,… Continue reading Reading a book (or fifty)
Last year, I was so pleased to beat my previous personal record by 6 books meaning that I managed to read 48 books in total. The elusive target of 50 is still taunting me though and I feel I must be getting closer to being able to achieve it, surely?! I will be tracking my… Continue reading Reading Challenge for 2019
2017 was yet another year in which I did not manage to reach my long-wanted goal of reading 50 books in a year. I did manage to reach a personal best of 42 books though so I am pretty pleased with this and I am as determined as ever to reach my goal (still aiming… Continue reading 2018 Reading Challenge
This year I have been enjoying the Happier with Gretchen Rubin podcast as well as Happier in Hollywood. Gretchen and Liz (her TV writer sister) are creating 18 for 2018 lists and since I have been missing my birthday lists, I thought I'd jump on board. I have made most of them finite things I can do… Continue reading 18 for 2018
It has been such a long time since I have written book reviews for the books I am reading - I used to review every single book. I stopped because (amongst other things) I didn't really enjoy writing about a book straight after reading it. Either the books I read were powerful, in which case… Continue reading Favourite Reads of 2017
Despite a valiant last push at the end of 2016, I (YET AGAIN!) did not manage to reach my goal of 50 books in a year. I did manage to equal my personal best of 41 books so I'm pretty pleased about that because despite what some people might think, reading on maternity leave is… Continue reading 2017 Reading Challenge
Watching: The Black List and Elementary Eating: Paul Newman Tex-Mex dressing - divine! Drinking: Nice coffee Listening to: Mumford and Sons, Into the Wild Soundtrack, Eddie Vedder's Ukulele Songs and any song played on Friday Night Lights Reading: Trying to decide what to read next after finishing Gone Girl last night. Perhaps Divergent by Veronica… Continue reading Lately…
I loved this book very much and probably exactly equal to the amount I loved the film. I rooted for the protagonist Charlie throughout the book and the reveal about what had happened to him might not have had the same impact as the corresponding moment in the film but was crushing nonetheless.
On Wednesday night, we gathered at Berylune for our book club chat. Overall, the group enjoyed the book although some more than others. A coming of age story of a troubled teen in 1990s America, the book takes you through a year in the life of Charlie.
I had seen the film (written by the book’s author Chbosky) and had loved that and the book didn’t disappoint. Other comments from our members:
‘I’m wondering if I will feel more for the characters after I’ve seen the film.’
‘I really enjoyed this book. It took me back to the 90s and reminded me of My So-Called Life.’
‘I really liked the references to other books. Having read lots of them, it added a new dimension to reading the story and understanding the characters.’
Our next book club meeting will be online only. Our next book is Celia Rees’s This is Not…
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I read this first as an impressionable teenager which was probably the ideal time for the first reading. It is a book that has stayed with me, along with the other volumes in the autobiography. Maya Angelou is the epitome of an inspirational being. https://twitter.com/mamakatesays/status/25892776187
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley My rating: 4 of 5 stars I read this book as the first book for the Twitter book club set up by my teaching buddy called the #LETbookclub (Lost English Teachers). We get together on Twitter on the 1st of each month at 8pm.… Continue reading Book Review: The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
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