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The Miniaturist is another exquisite piece of literature that had me checking Wikipedia, googling Dutch names and tracing streets and squ...

I love historical fiction and stories about real people, events and points in time, past and present. More than one story has prompted me to...

In my early twenties I read The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan. The story traces the lives of four mothers, four daughters, and four families wh...

--> It’s been a little while since I’ve blogged - mainly because it has become one of those tasks I tell myself I'll get to....

It's been a long time between blogs - but not a long time between reads! I read all the time and think about what I could write about w...

I began this book with some trepidation - in the author's own words 'stories about quadriplegics are not easy' (http://www.jojom...

The day Maddie left for uni is the saddest day of my life to date. I know there will be sadder days to come but this one was a killer. For...