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Book Review: Becoming by Michelle Obama
My rating: 5 of 5 stars It has literally taken me two years to read this book. Not because it is heavy or particularly long – far from it. For the last two years it has been my secret Sunday morning guilty secret; spending just 15-20 minutes or so with Michelle, revelling in the beauty […]
Book Review: Birds, Beasts and Relatives by Gerald Durrell
My rating: 4 of 5 stars It’s funny how books and TV can set each other off sometimes. A writer gets a hit book, it becomes a hit movie or TV show and that encourages the writer to write more books in the series – that kind of thing. In my case here, with Gerald […]
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Tag Archives: books
7 Things you probably don’t know about me ( & 5 you might not want to)
Recently I liked the post of a friend who shared 7 things about himself which others might not know. What I didn’t know was that in clicking ‘like’ on his post this got me nominated to do the same. Now … Continue reading
15 Books which changed me
I recently blogged on Writeoutloud about the books which were the greatest influence on me and thought some of you might like to take a look. If so, click the link below: 15 Books which changed me
Home Sweet Home
If you’ve followed this blog long enough you may remember this: These barrels, filled with most of our worldly goods in Bangladesh, have finally been emptied – along with boxes and boxes of ‘stuff’ which have accumulated over the years … Continue reading
Reblog – Interesting Literature
I have been reading this blog for a couple of months now and often find really interesting posts here. Here’s a random selection of facts related to famous authors and their books in honour of World Book Night/Day: Some Literary … Continue reading
Return to Darjeeling – The mystery and magic of Time
All photos in this article post were taken by my son who retains copyright except where otherwise stated. A suitably dramatic title, I hope you appreciate, that could have come straight out of a 1940s science fiction comic – and … Continue reading