Review: The Bake Off
The Bake Off by Susan Willis My rating: 1 of 5 stars Take the format for a popular TV baking competition, add a turgid, utterly predictable love interest and this is what you get. The regional version... Read More
Review: The Secret Keeper
The Secret Keeper by Kate Morton My rating: 3 of 5 stars Picked this up for kindle and planned to read it during my holiday but only got round to it now. In some ways I thoroughly enjoyed it, but at t... Read More
How keeping a journal changed my life
This entry is prompt #6 ofThe Book of Me, Written by You project. Do you keep a journal or diary? How far back do they go? What do you record? Where do you keep them? Do you always buy the same one o... Read More
My Childhood Home
This entry is prompt #5 of The Book of Me, Written by You project. The prompt for week 5 is Your Childhood Home When did you leave home? Where was it? Where did you move to? Was it rented or owned? ... Read More
Review: The Rose Petal Beach
The Rose Petal Beach by Dorothy Koomson My rating: 5 of 5 stars Dorothy Koomson is fast becoming one of my favourite authors, and this is definitely the best of the four books I’ve read by her (... Read More
Thing #47, part one: Lebanese Cuisine
We were in Oxford at the weekend and decided to go to Al Shami in Jericho for a late Sunday afternoon lunch – and our first experience of Lebanese cuisine. Having never eaten Lebanese before we ... Read More
The Four Seasons
This entry is prompt #4 of The Book of Me, Written by You project. The prompt for week 4 is Favourite Season (s) Why? A Happy Memory. The first season that springs to mind when asked for a favourite i... Read More
Book Review: The Guy Selling Rubbish
The Guy Selling Rubbish by Jack Williams My rating: 1 of 5 stars A freebie Kindle book and a quick read (well under a hour) that gave me a snigger or two. After attempting to seel so,e rubbish on ebay... Read More
Book Review: A Cromer Corpse
A Cromer Corpse by Kelvin I Jones My rating: 3 of 5 stars I was attracted to this because it had Cromer – my favourite place – in the title. When a body is pulled from the sea off Cromer w... Read More
Describe your physical self
This entry is prompt #3 of The Book of Me, Written by You project. The prompt for week 3 is: Describe your physical self. Your size – clothes size Scars Eye colour Draw your hands Finger Prints &nbs... Read More
Thing #68 completed: Get another tattoo!
So in May last year I got a tattoo, after many years of thinking about it. (You can read the story of why I wanted a tattoo here, and see the first one here.) It was a simple black outline of a phoeni... Read More
Great TED videos
I've been watching TED Videos to cross one of the things off my list. I particularly like this one from Amy Cuddy … I'll be doing Wonderwoman poses in the toilet from now on! Here... Read More