The book centres around the dysfunctional and, let’s be honest, completely mad, Flanagan family who live in Martha’s Vineyard, in the States. The family includes Collie, the eldest son named after a dog breed, his younger brother Bingo, their parents, uncle and grandfather, and A LOT of dogs. Read More »
Have you heard of David Attenborough? What am I saying, of course you have! Everyone knows, and loves, David Attenborough! He has one of the most recognisable voices in the world and is the face of natural history.
I have always loved watching his documentary series, I have quite a few of them on DVD actually, so I knew I would enjoy his memoir. What I was not expecting, was just how much I would love it and how much I would learn about this great man. Read More »
As the title suggests, this wonderful book spans two continents, and multiple centuries as well. The first part of the book tells the stories of three notable Atlantic crossings. The first, although not historically, is the tale of the first two men to fly nonstop across the Atlantic, from Canada to Ireland in 1919. Next comes Frederick Douglass, an escaped slave turned author, orator and abolitionist, who journeys to Ireland on a book tour in 1845. And finally, Senator George Mitchell, who frequently travels to Ireland and back, to play a major role in the Good Friday Agreements in 1998. Read More »
One of my favourite reads of 2020 so far!! I had been hearing such a great buzz around this book, I knew I just had to read it for myself, and I was not disappointed.
Let me set the scene: two families living in the unforgiving Wyoming frontier, carving an existence out of the wilderness. Suddenly a catastrophic event casts both families into severe difficulties, forcing them to band together in order for them all to survive the winter, in spite of the fact that the women of each family are very much at odds. Imagine an entire, cold and snowy winter spent indoors with someone who cannot stand the sight of you! And so the story unfolds. Read More »
My first book from my Willoughby Book Club subscription!! This was a very exciting day, because how often do you get a book in the mail, without having even an inkling of what it will be!? Well, it doesn’t happen very often to me, so I was excited!! Read More »
I bought and read this book for the Reading Women Challenge 2020, for prompt number 3, a book about the environment. It seemed like the logical choice to me, as Greta is such an inspiring young person who is doing such important work at the moment to bring attention to the global climate change crisis. And yes, in Greta’s words, it is a crisis and we need to treat it as such. Read More »
I read this book as part of the Reading Women Challenge 2019, for prompt #23: any book from a series. I love fantasy novels, especially focused around magic. Another genre I love is historical fiction, so this book seemed to tie together a lot of things I love and I was really excited to read it. This first book of the trilogy introduces you to the mystical world of djinns, magical beings from Arabian and Islamic cultures, similar to the Westernised idea of genies. Read More »
