Every month I aim to read a book that I’ve had sat on the shelves for over six months, in an attempt to clear my backlog and to give older books a little attention. For March I picked ‘The House of Birds’ by Morgan McCarthy which has been sat there for a lot longer than… Continue reading Clearing the Shelves – ‘The House of Birds’ by Morgan McCarthy
Every month I try to read at least one book that I’ve had sat on the shelves for over six months. January’s pick was ‘The Mermaids Singing’ by Val McDermid which I have had for a lot longer than six months! It was also my pick for Zuky’s Book Bum Book Club January theme which… Continue reading Clearing the Shelves – ‘The Mermaids Singing’ by Val McDermid
Every month I aim to read a book that I’ve had for over six months in an attempt to clear my back log and to give some older books a little attention. My December pick was ‘The Book of Lost and Found’ by Lucy Foley. LONDON, 1986: Bequeathed an old portrait by her grandmother,… Continue reading Clearing The Shelves – ‘The Book of Lost and Found’ by Lucy Foley
Every month I aim to read a book I’ve had over six months, in an attempt to clear my back log and to give some slightly older books a bit of attention. For November I read ‘The Invention of Wings’ by Sue Monk Kidd. 1803. Sarah Grimke is the middle daughter. The one her mother… Continue reading Clearing The Shelves – Book Review – ‘The Invention of Wings’ by Sue Monk Kidd
Every month I try to read a book I’ve had sat on the shelves for over six months in an attempt to clear my back log and to give some older books a little attention. My pick for October is ‘The Chalk Pit’ by Elly Griffiths. THE BOOK Boiled human bones have been found in… Continue reading Clearing The Shelves – ‘The Chalk Pit’ by Elly Griffiths
Every month I aim to read a book that I’ve had over six months in an attempt to clear my back log and to give some older books a spot of attention. My choice for August was ‘The Vanishing’ by Sophia Tobin. On top of the Yorkshire Moors, in an isolated spot carved out… Continue reading Clearing The Shelves – ‘The Vanishing’ by Sophia Tobin
Every month I aim to read a book that I’ve had over six months in an attempt to clear my back log and to give some older books a spot of attention. For July my pick was ‘The Underground Railroad’ by Colson Whitehead. And I picked it up when I discovered it was the… Continue reading Clearing the Shelves – ‘The Underground Railroad’ by Colson Whitehead
‘The Wonder’ by Emma Donoghue An eleven-year-old girl stops eating, but remains miraculously alive and well. A nurse, sent to investigate whether she is a fraud, meets a journalist hungry for a story. Set in the Irish Midlands in the 1850s, Emma Donoghue’s ‘The Wonder’ – inspired by numerous European and North American cases… Continue reading Clearing The Shelves – ‘The Wonder’ by Emma Donoghue
Every month I try to read a book that I’ve had over six months, in a vain attempt to clear some of my back log of books! This month I managed to read two. This is a theme that anyone is welcome to join in with, all I ask is that you include a… Continue reading Clearing The Shelves
Every month I try to read a book that’s been sat on my shelf for six months or more with the idea that it will help clear my shelves. This is a theme that I’d like to invite anyone to join, feel free to use the graphic, all I ask is that you tag… Continue reading Clearing the Shelves – ‘The Harvest Man’ by Alex Grecian
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