I can’t quite believe that 2021 is already over. Is anyone else amazed at how quickly that year passed!? I have had a fairly good year in terms of reading, with some slumps and quieter periods scattered around. At the start of this year, I had initially set myself a target of 70 books, but Read More »
Since we are now halfway through the year (please can someone explain to me how and when that happened!?), it is time for an update on my progress with my reading challenge for 2021. If you missed my earlier post, you can find it here. This year, I am once again participating in the Reading Read More »
Effia and Esi are sisters, but they have never met. Born in Ghana, on Africa’s Gold Coast, they are destined for very different futures. One will be sold into slavery and journey to America. The other will become the wife of a white man, a slave trader. The consequences of these very different fates will be felt through the generations. This is their story and the story of those who came after them. Read More »
Elizabeth is missing. At least that is what the note in Maud’s pocket says. So does the one on the wall. Both are in her handwriting, but she cannot remember writing them. Maud has been quite forgetful lately. She makes cups of tea and then leaves them lying around her house, undrunk. She keeps buying tinned peaches even though her cupboards are full of them. And her pockets and handbag are full of hand-written notes to remind her of things.
But Maud is determined to get to the bottom of her friend Elizabeth’s disappearance. In spite of everyone’s assurances that Elizabeth is fine, Maud is convinced something is wrong. When even the police won’t help her, she decides to mount her own investigation. Now if she could only remember what she is investigating… Read More »
What a year 2020 has been! I don’t think any of us will forget it in a hurry, much as we might like to. At the start of the year, I set myself a personal challenge of reading 30 books and trying to complete the 2020 Reading Women Challenge. As I read 73 books this Read More »
We are nearing the end of the year which means it is nearly time for another reading challenge. Once again, I will be joining the Reading Women Challenge next year. Reading Women is a weekly podcast about books, celebrating books written by women and I have participated in their challenge for the past two years. Read More »
Time for an update on my progress for the 2020 Reading Women Challenge! My first post on this blog was about this reading challenge and I listed all the prompts and some of the books I was planning on reading as part of the challenge (if you haven’t already, check out that post here first, Read More »
Is anybody else completely confused as to how it is March 2020 already? Where did the time go? I’m sure the last time I checked it was 2015! But, on the plus side, a new year means a new Reading Women Challenge. The prompts were released in December 2019 and I have been participating in Read More »
