I don’t often read “trendy” books, I am not someone who typically reads what everyone else is reading at the moment, I prefer to pick books based on my personal preference, mood and my TBR pile. But on this occasion, and inspired by Bookstagram and Reese’s Book Club, I bought this audiobook and I am so glad I did! Read More »
Let me preface this by saying that this is not a light, easy read. This is a true story about a woman who lost her husband at the age of 37, and how she dealt with the grief and continuing with life after this tragic event. Consider yourselves forewarned. Read More »
I love the subtitle of this book!! So many people would talk about their life in journeys, but I just love the idea of exploring the life in your journeys. That is usually what I remember from my travels, that day we got ridiculously lost and ended up in some random place, or the time we almost got stuck in a National Park in remote Namibia because of the bad roads, or the people I meet along the way. Those things make much more lasting memories than the famous landmarks and must-see attractions. Read More »
The Lonely Sea and the Sky, by Francis ChichesterPublished by Pan Books Ltd, 1985Genres: Nonfiction, autobiography, travel, adventureFormat: PaperbackSource: Borrowed An oldie but a goodie! I borrowed this book from my Dad, at his recommendation, and it was great!! I love travel writing, and adventure, and autobiographies, and this just had everything! In the years Read More »
Three young women meet at the airport, at the start of a backpacking trip around the world. They become fast friends, agree to spend various parts of their travels together and to meet up at the end of the year to share stories, memories and photos. A year later, a baby is abandoned at Heathrow airport. The women, Jocasta, Clio and Martha, have returned from their travels and embarked on impressive careers, but they never did meet up and have not seen each other since. But why? And who abandoned a baby at the airport!? Read More »
In 1949, Rosamond journeyed with her new husband from her relatively normal life in New York City to the remote and wild Belgian Congo (today’s Democratic Republic of Congo). On arrival, everything was new and difficult and exciting, but her dream of wedded bliss in an area of natural splendour never really materialised. When the marriage fell apart, Rosamond bravely decided to stay in Africa, a place which had now captured her heart and became the manager of a flower plantation in neighbouring Rwanda. Read More »
“1998. A sixteen-year-old girl is found dead on school property, dressed in white and posed on a swing. No known cause of death. Four girls know what happened. They’ve kept their silence. Until now.” Read More »
As the title suggests, this book takes place over three different Junes (1989, 1995 and 1999) and follows the lives and loves of the McLeod family. Journeying from Greece to Scotland to New York and back, we meet various family members and experience with them their grief, love, family tension, difficult decisions and secrets. Read More »
Set in China in 1928, this book tells the story of Lydia, the young daughter of an exiled Russian aristocrat who fled the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia. Due to the circumstances of their departure, Lydia and her mother have very little to live on and survive by various unfortunate means. During one of her forays into the old Chinese part of town, Lydia encounters Chang An Lo, a young communist, who saves her life and, in so doing, binds them together in a future which will take many surprising twists and turns. Read More »
Alice drowned, but nobody knows exactly what happened that night. Was she so drunk she fell in? Did she go into the water intentionally? Did someone push her? A university professor, whose link to Alice isn’t immediately known, is determined to piece her life back together and begins researching and collecting information. Read More »
