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Making Time To Read : A Beginners Guide

I once knew someone who used to wake up at 4:30am to read. During the summer that was probably very tranquil, but in the dead of winter it may have been a different story entirely! I’m often asked how I find time to read. With a full time job, a reading group and family responsibilities, Continue reading
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5 Quick Reads For Busy Days

Life is busy, and time is short. But we don’t have to give up reading just because time in our day is limited. Much as I love a doorstop book, sometimes it’s nice (or necessary) to select the opposite: a short book I can get through in a single weekend (or over 24 hours, if Continue reading
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Everything Everything by Nicola Yoon

First love and self discovery on SCID row. Genre : Young AdultPages : 320Format : PaperbackFirst published : 2017Original Language: EnglishStart date: 8th Feb 2025End date: 14th Feb 2025 The plot: Maddie suffers from SCID (severe combined autoimmune deficiency). That means she is allergic to everything – anything, include things most of us take for Continue reading
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Tom Lake by Ann Patchett

Summer theatre, summer flings and Hollywood. Genre : Fiction / Romance Pages : 320 Format : E-book First published : 2023 Original Language: English Start date: 1st Feb 2025 End date: 7th Feb 2025 The plot: During the pandemic, Lara’s three grown daughters are all, for reasons of their own, back home living on their Continue reading
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Book and a Brew : A Literary Life

A boy once told me how I would die. He told me that at the age of 37, I would be diagnosed with breast cancer in my right breast. It would be a short, aggressive illness, and a battle I would not win. I would die on 20th June 2022, alone and friendless in a Continue reading