For the last 6 months, I have been OBSESSED with going to the library. Do I have a whopping great big bookshelf of books to read at home? Yes. Am I still going to library …
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Small ways to expand your horizons
Almost every day, we’re faced with photos, tweets, Facebook ‘check-in’s’ of people jetting off across the other side of the world to go travelling. People who have spent the day in a waterfall, exploring another …
BOOK REVIEW: When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
Format: Library book Links: Goodreads | Amazon UK Blurb: At the age of thirty-six, on the verge of completing a decade’s training as a neurosurgeon, Paul Kalanithi was diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer. One day he …
BOOK REVIEW: The Happy Brain by Dean Burnett @faberbooks @portassoph @garwboy
So it would appear that on my blog this month, the general theme is “happiness” Earlier in the month I reviewed the book How To Be Happy by Eva Woods (which, spoiler alert, was incredible) …
BOOK REVIEW: Life to the Limit: My Autobiography by Jenson Button
Format: Hardback, Christmas present Links: Goodreads | Amazon UK Blurb: Jenson Button is one of the greatest racing drivers of his generation. His seventeen years in Formula 1 have seen him experience everything the sport has …
My favourite books of 2017
If there’s one thing that never let me down this year, it was books. I’m not a fast reader and I don’t read as many books in a month / year as most other book …
BOOK REVIEW: No Filter by Grace Victory
Format: Hardback, birthday present! Links: Goodreads | Amazon UK Blurb: From struggling with an eating disorder and body image issues to flashing Harry Potter (yes, that really did happen), Grace Victory has experienced it all. Here, …
Book review: Project Semicolon by Amy Bluel
*** Trigger warnings: Suicide, suicidal thoughts and mental illness *** Format: Uncorrected proof Publisher: Harper Links:Amazon UK | Goodreads Review: This doesn’t really have a blurb so I’ll just explain myself what Project Semicolon is …
Book Review: Not That Kind of Love by Clare and Greg Wise
Publisher: Quercus Publication date: February 2018 Format: Paperback, giveaway Blurb: A moving, thought-provoking and surprisingly humorous book which is both a description of a journey to death and a celebration of the act of living. …
Book Review: Watching the Wheels by Damon Hill
Format: Hardback, ARC Links: Goodreads | Amazon Blurb: 2016 marks the twentieth anniversary of Damon Hill’s coronation as Formula One World Champion. For the first time ever he tells the story of his journey through …
Book Review: Wild by Cheryl Strayed
Title: Wild Author: Cheryl Strayed Format: Paperback Rating: 5 Stars Links: Goodreads | Amazon UK | Amazon US Blurb: At twenty-two, Cheryl Strayed thought she had lost everything. In the wake of her mother’s rapid …
Book Review: Aussie Grit – My Formula 1 Journey by Mark Webber
Title: Aussie Grit: My Formula 1 Journey Author: Mark Webber Format: ARC Links: Goodreads | Amazon UK | Amazon US Blurb: Mark Webber was at the centre of one of the most captivating chapters in …
Book Review: Is It Just Me? by Miranda Hart
Title: Is It Just Me? Author: Miranda Hart Format: Paperback Links: Amazon UK | Amazon US | Goodreads Blurb: Well hello to you dear book browser. So, here’s the thing: it is just me or …
Book Review: Tidy Up On Your Way Out by Dave Gammon & author interview
What it’s about: “… About six months later I dropped Lyndsey a line on the dating site. I had a meeting near to where she lived and asked if she wanted to meet up for …