Where did it go?I know we say that every year, but really, how can it be 2016? I'm still writing 2014 on occasion by mistake!Fortunately goodreads kept track of some of my reading from 2015. However, goodreads is only as good as the person on the other end of the smart phone remembering to add … Continue reading The Year That Was…
I love it when I discover a new author that simply bowls me over with the beautiful simplicity of her story. Reading Thuy's (pronounced twee) autobiographical novel, Ru has been a magical, moving experience."I came into the world during the Tet Offensive, in the early days of the Year of the Monkey, when the long … Continue reading Ru by Kim Thuy
My summer holiday is over - another working year looms.The days are hot and sticky, but luckily we live near the harbour, so every evening our house cools down with a lovely sea breeze.Perfect reading weather.I take my book to the pool where I do laps. As I dry off in the dappled light of … Continue reading 2014 – The Year That Was
Everywhere I go, every blogger I read seems to be doing a 2013 retrospective. I've never really seen the point, as I love all the books I read - in different ways and for different reasons, otherwise I wouldn't have read them (especially now that I employ the "stop reading if I'm not enjoying it" policy.) But … Continue reading 2013 – Remember when…?
This meme - A Year in Books - is simple...using your blog posts from the past 12 months or so, find a book title to answer the questions below.Please comment, follow, like the posts of others. Then leave a link with your post URL in the comments section so we can comment, follow, like you too.I Come … Continue reading A Year in Books
