BOOK APPRECIATION
My husband says I'm most peaceful when I have a book on the go. He's right. When I'm stressed I can't read. When I'm content I'll read anything and I love an audio book. If I don't like it, I wont finish it.
If I finished it, I loved it.
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My book shelves overflow and yet I only hold onto books that are really special. Otherwise, when I've turned the last page I eagerly pass a book on or leave it in a coffee shop for someone else to enjoy. I quickly move on and shamefully soon forget the nuances and character details that held my attention and captured my imagination. I might be a fickle reader but I'm an enthusiastic one.
So I'm not here to review, I'm here to rejoice and to admire.
And one day, I'm going to write a book that I'd really love to read.
US THREE, RUTH JONES
Believable female friendships
Unimaginable catastrophe
A happy ending
Lana was my favourite. I want to get drunk with her through all the ages.
Patricia struck a cord, the failed mother
Vulnerable male characters - Huw, Gareth and Sol
OLIVE, EMMA GANNON
YES! A book that doesn't focus on motherhood to make a woman.
A SPOT OF BOTHER, MARK HADDON
A beautiful depiction of male vulnerability
Mental health breakdown
Chaotic family life
Reconciliation
THE WOMANLY ART OF BREASTFEEDING, VARIOUS
I'll read this again, even when I don't need to
One day, I will meet someone who might need this book and I cant wait to give it to her
SO LUCKY, DAWN O'PORTER
I will read anything this woman writes
Less sex than I expected
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD, HARPER LEE
A true classic
My darling boy's namesake - the best male character in literature
EVERYTHING I KNOW ABOUT... LOVE, DOLLY ALDERTON
I loved it so much I gifted a hardback to my best friend
She is yet to read it
NINE PERFECT STRANGERS, LIANE MORIARTY
Inspirational
Super fun characters
EVE OF MAN, GIOVANNA & TOM FLETCHER
The first book I read as a mum
THE COLOUR OF BEE LARKHAM'S MURDER, SARAH J HARRIS
The mind is a wonderful thing
ELEANOR OLIPHANT IS COMPLETELY FINE, GAIL HONEYMAN
This book started my love affair with audiobooks