Karen Thompson Walker’s ‘The Age of Miracles’ is a disturbing tale, which brings to my mind Alfred Hitchcock‘s ‘The Birds’. Birds clunk against windows in nightmarish scenarios; only, in Karen Thompson Walker’s story, the birds are dying – not multiplying! I decide it’s likely not a good idea to share my thoughts on the book withContinue reading “Savvy Book – The Age of Miracles”
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Savvy Book – Look at Zoos
Feeling flat following the grand finale of ‘The Durrells’ TV series? Missing Corfu? Me too! And I’m especially gutted about the end of the romance between Louisa and Spiro. Okay, it was inevitable – of course, he couldn’t leave his children behind on Corfu! And we all knew it would end this way, but thatContinue reading “Savvy Book – Look at Zoos”
Savvy Book – Hinch Yourself Happy
Courtesy of my good friend, Waterstones, I just finished reading Mrs Hinch’s book of cleaning tips, ‘Hinch Yourself Happy’! Not being the tidiest of people (currently surrounded by mountains of dusty books), the last thing I expected was to become a convert. Why then, yesterday, did I find myself googling ‘Deflora’ to find out how toContinue reading “Savvy Book – Hinch Yourself Happy”
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