Book Lover’s Guide to France: Paris (Bookshops!)
When we added Paris to our travel itinerary, we knew we’d be in for a literary overload. Yet even when we’d braced ourselves, we were still overwhelmed. What fo...
A Year of Reading – 2018 in Review
It’s time to celebrate the year that was 2018. On a personal level it was a really tough year with more downs than ups, but when it came to reading it was my mo...
How I Finished 7 Book Series in 2018
At the beginning of the year I made some reading resolutions, one of them was to focus my reading on finishing series that I had begun. I am a serial offender o...
Best Books of 2018
Choosing the best books of the year is always a difficult task, but this year was especially difficult. Not only were there some really incredible titles publis...
30 Books to Read Before 30
I recently celebrated my 29th birthday, and as birthdays often do it prompted me to think about the year ahead and what I would like to achieve. One thing was f...
Book Lover’s Guide to Iceland: Reykjavik
Reykjavik (and by extension Iceland) was an absolute treasure from beginning to end, and will remain as the highlight among the numerous other highlights of our...
Book Lover’s Guide to Australia: Malmsbury
In early October I spent a wonderful three-day weekend in country Victoria with my family. It was a chance to catch up after a busy year of work and travel, and...
Review: ‘The Bell Jar’ – Sylvia Plath 1963
My rating: 5 of 5 stars The Bell Jar surprised me, it was so cutting, so wise, and so sad. The observations about people and about society are so razor sharp, m...
A Morning Routine to Kick-start Your Day
Do you have a morning routine? I’m definitely not a morning person, I have always struggled to get out of bed, even when I’m enjoying my job or am e...
Review: ‘Eat, Pray, Love’ – Elizabeth Gilbert 2006
My rating: 1 of 5 stars Painfully dated, directionless and self-indulgent. I hesitate to say that ‘Eat Pray Love’ is a product of its time, as it wa...