-
These are the 10 best books that I read in 2025 ( not necessarily published in this year although five are). Starting with my book of the year …ta dah… Please click on the title to read my full review. Cello: Journey Through Silence to Sound (2024) by Kate Kennedy Author Quote: “What better instrument
-
I read this for the 2025 Dean Street December challenge hosted by Liz@Adventures in Running, Reading and Working from Home. Stella Gibbons was born in 1902 and died in 1989. She was raised in Kentish Town, London by her parents. Writing in the introduction to The Snow Woman, historian Elizabeth Crawford states that Gibbons’ mother
-
Well, two. And one not very Christmassy. I don’t watch anything like the number of films in the cinema that I once did. I suppose nobody does – see streaming giants etc. But also I get so tired of feeling preached at or patronised. So two films in as many weeks is a lot. Since
-
Date: 2025 Director: Jon M Chu. Glinda : Ariana Grande-Butera Elphaba: Cynthia Erivo The Wizard of Oz – Jeff Goldblum Fiyero – Jonathan Bailey *** Back in 1939 MGM made a film called The Wizard of Oz starring Judy Garland as Dorothy, alongside various tin men, straw men and cowardly lions. Based on a book
-
“Lock up your libraries if you like; but there is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind.” In 1928 Virginia Woolf was asked to give a talk at Newnham College and Girton College, Cambridge on the subject of ‘Women and Fiction’. The two lectures she prepared
-
Nonfiction November Week 5 and November Wrap Up. New to my TBR hosted by Deb Nance at Readerbuzz It’s been a month full of fab Nonfiction finds and novellas. Thank you so much. Wonderful posts from everyone. I didn’t know where to turn and could have easily added 200 books (!) but as I normally
-
This is my second book for Novellas in November and also one to check off my Classics Club List. I read the Penguin Modern Classics (2008) edition translated from German by Hilda Rosner, with introduction by Paulo Coelho. Novellas in November is a challenge hosted by Cathy at 746 booksRebecca at Bookish Beck *** Described
-
The penultimate week of Nonfiction November is titled Diverse Perspectives. In Week 4 we are hosted by : Rebekah@ She Seeks Nonfiction One of the greatest things about reading nonfiction is the way it can open your eyes to the world around you–no plane ticket required. What nonfiction book or books have impacted the way
-
My contribution for Novellas in November #NovNov25 is Orbital by Samantha Harvey Novellas in November is Hosted by Cathy at 746 booksRebecca at Bookish Beck This was the book which won the Booker Prize in 2024. I don’t grudge Harvey the award because to write of such ideas within the brevity of the book’s length
-
Nonfiction November Week 3 is Fiction and Nonfiction Book Pairings hosted by Liz Dexter at Adventures in Reading, Running and Working from Home. Here is the challenge this week. This week, pair up a nonfiction book with a fiction title. Maybe it’s a historical novel and the real history in a nonfiction version, or a
