Books, Books, Books
From Goodreads: "No sleep for twenty hours. No food for ten. And a ward full of soon-to-be mothers… Welcome to the life of a midwife. Life on the NHS front line, working within a system at breaking point, is more extreme than you could ever imagine. From the bloody to the beautiful, from moments of... Continue Reading →
Hello and welcome to my stop on the blog tour for 'Confessions of a Bad Mother the Teenage Years' by Stephanie Calman. Thanks to Tracy Fenton of Compulsive Readers for the invite and to the publishers for my paperback copy. Before I share my review here's what the book is all about: "When you’re pregnant... Continue Reading →
"It seems like people are always talking about the end of the world, doesn't it? Y2K, the Mayan Apocalypse, Blood Moon Prophecies, nuclear war, killer robots, you name it. In Apocalypse Any Day Now, journalist Tea Krulos travels the country to try to puzzle out America's obsession with the end of days. Along the way... Continue Reading →
Hello and welcome to my stop on the blog tour for Are You The F**king Doctor? by Dr Liam O'Farrell. Thanks to Anne Cater of Random Things Tours for the invitation and for my paperback copy of the book. Before I share my review here's what the book is all about: ‘General practice is the... Continue Reading →
From Goodreads: "In June 2016, Oscar Scafidi and Alfy Weston set out to complete the first ever source-to-sea expedition along Angola’s longest river, the Kwanza. Paddling and carrying a forty-year-old collapsible wooden kayak, they embarked on a journey of 1,300km in support of The HALO Trust, the oldest and largest humanitarian landmine clearance organisation in... Continue Reading →
From Goodreads: "Charlotte Runcie has always felt pulled to the sea, lured by its soothing, calming qualities but also enlivened and inspired by its salty wildness. When she loses her beloved grandmother, and becomes pregnant with her first child, she feels its pull even more intensely. In Salt On Your Tongue Charlotte explores what the... Continue Reading →
Goodreads blurb: "Bookworms rejoice! These charming comics capture exactly what it feels like to be head-over-heels for hardcovers. Book Love is a gift book of comics tailor-made for tea-sipping, spine-sniffing, book-hoarding bibliophiles. Debbie Tung’s comics are humorous and instantly recognizable—making readers laugh while precisely conveying the thoughts and habits of book nerds. Book Love is... Continue Reading →
Goodreads blurb: "TV documentary maker Simon Reeve has dodged bullets on front lines, hunted with the Bushmen of the Kalahari, dived with manta rays, seals and sharks, survived malaria, walked through minefields, tracked lions on foot, been taught to fish by the President of Moldova, and detained for spying by the KGB. After a decade... Continue Reading →
Week 4: (Nov. 19 to 23) – Reads Like Fiction (Rennie @ What’s Nonfiction): Nonfiction books often get praised for how they stack up to fiction. Does it matter to you whether nonfiction reads like a novel? If it does, what gives it that fiction-like feeling? Does it depend on the topic, the writing, the... Continue Reading →
