Book reviews by someone who loves books ...
I disappeared again I’m sorry. I’m trying to decide whether I’m done with this whole blogging malarky there are aspects I miss but I get overwhelmed with the effort it takes me now. So, if I do stick around, I might need to change the kinds of posts I publish and focus [ ]
Hello! I am dipping my toe back in the water just to see how it feels. My last post on Heavenali was in mid June, and at the beginning of July I stopped reading other blog posts and announced on social media that I would be taking a break. Although I didn t put a [ ]
Last year’s Booker Winner Prophet Song has been on my radar to read ever since it was longlisted last year. Typically, I have only got around to buying myself a copy recently. I thought it was an incredibly powerful novel, hugely thought-provoking too, to the extent that I found myself thinking about it even while [ ]
One of the reasons I chose to give myself a little reading project for 2024, was to help revitalise my enthusiasm for blogging. Although I read slower than I once did, my enthusiasm for that at least has never waned. Writing about the books I read has become more of an issue. However, despite my [ ]
I have not had a particularly good blogging month I seem to be saying that every month this year. I keep promising myself that I will write more reviews and then failing to do so. Blogging aside, I have enjoyed this month of reading. I don’t seem to be increasing the amount I read, [ ]
If I wrote only one book review this month (that is now looking fairly certain) the book review I had to write was this one. Despite having another terrible month in blogging terms, I have enjoyed what I have been reading, and the highlight of the month has been this long awaited biography of one [ ]
Well I have been a bit quiet recently, on here and on social media. When I am badly fatigued I find the effort and admin of blogging and social media a bit overwhelming. I’m still feeling worn out especially after a busy day yesterday, going to a disability meet up group,which involved Liz helping, [ ]
Time marches on, and suddenly it’s the first of May. One of my favourite months of the year the leaves on the trees outside my window are nearly in full leaf. We have the promise of better weather to come. April does seem to have sped by, and I feel as if it was [ ]
Many of you will remember that I pledged to read Margaret Drabble novels during 2024 hoping for at least one a month. The Waterfall is my fifth Drabble of the year. I’m sorry to see that this one seems to be currently out of print, and wasn’t among those that Canongate reissued a couple [ ]
The 1937 club started this week, hosted by Karen at Kaggsy’s bookish ramblings and Simon from Stuck in a book. I very much like books from the 1930s so I was delighted when this year was chosen, it was the year my dad was born. I had a couple of books I could have chosen [ ]