I believe we live in possibly the most narcissistic age of human history. No generation has been photographed or filmed more than this one. We have cameras everywhere. On our phones, on our laptops, on our desktop computers and the truth of the matter is, our teens are so used to documenting everything they do on film, [...]
Recently, my dear friend Nicole of The Uncommon Nonsense recommended I read My Sister Lives On The Mantelpiece- Annabel Pitcher. So I did. She warned me it would make me cry. She warned me it would break my heart. She warned me I would struggle to cope with the subject matter, as a human and [...]
Have you ever been so drawn to someone, that even the knowledge that they will never love you as much as you love them, cannot deter you from being irrevocably drawn to them? The knowledge that the only possible result for you, will amount to a world of pain from which you might never recover, [...]
Ohgoodlord did this book hurt me. Which, considering how I felt after reading If I Stay, should not have come as a surprise. At the time, I found myself so terribly devastated by If I Stay, I was truly incapable of writing a review. Where She Went, has left me feeling much the same. Gayle [...]
Religion has always been fascinating to me. I have been known to spend hours researching different religions, just to satisfy my own curiosity. It is not just the fundamental beliefs of a particular religion either. What truly fascinates me is faith. Absolute, (some would call it blind), FAITH. Long have I pondered over and wondered [...]
I have just returned from a wondrous and magical journey to The Kingdom Of Silk. Glenda Millard’s beautiful novels The Naming Of Tiskin Silk and Plum Puddings And Paper Moons, kept me so entranced that I read them both twice, back to back and then read them aloud to my children. I have often said [...]
Fall For Anything- Courtney Summers US Release Date December 21st 2010 AU Release Date March 21st 2011 This being my third experience with a Courtney Summers novel, I prepared myself well. I steeled myself. I made sure I was in a good place emotionally and mentally. I kid you not when I say I prepared [...]
I don’t know about the rest of you, but I am always fascinated to hear the ‘story behind the story’, especially when its the back story for a novel that I loved. Recently, at the Text Novel Presentation Evening, Lia Hills, Author of The Beginners Guide To Living, spoke about her inspiration for writing her [...]
As most of you would know by now, The Shortlist for The Inky’s has been announced! It is a fantastic list and this was a difficult choice for me, but I have to tell you guys, my pick for the Winner has to be….
REVIEW: “God, Mum, where are you? Are you disappointed I’m crap at all this? You never told me what to do when you died, but you should’ve, because it’s the only thing we can be sure of. Death gets us all in the end.” (Page 5 The Beginners Guide To Living.) There is a saying [...]
