At a time when everyone has been reflecting and evaluating life decisions, these articles are a fascinating glimpse into completely different life choices and a different way of life.
Month: May 2021
In the kitchen with Jane Austen
We can make and eat some of Jane Austen’s favourite meals with this new book! The recipes also appear in various novels – a new type of Austen experience!
Happy reading and eating 😁🍽️
The Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn
The film version of this book has just become available on Netflix so I decided to read it before watching.
It was completely addictive: I started reading on a Saturday morning and had finished it by Monday evening.
The story follows the struggles of a child psychologist, Dr Anna Fox. She is isolated in her home after suffering a traumatic event (which we only find out about much later on) causing her to develop agoraphobia – the fear of open spaces.
This felt like a wonderful ode to Hitchcock and all the epic films of that era which inspire the modern day thriller. It is particularly apt that Anna’s favourite form of entertainment is watching old films.
This is fantastic fun and will also make you want to rewatch all your Hitchcock favourites!
Happy reading! 📖
Below is the link to a fascinating article about the author of this book – it makes for utterly bizarre reading!!
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/02/11/a-suspense-novelists-trail-of-deceptions
Informative and distressing article about the lovely little hedgehog 🦔
They are endangered here in the UK but a spiky, snuffly catastrophe for New Zealand!
New summer thriller at 35000 feet!
This sounds like great, horrifying fun for the summer – the best type of fun!
Happy Reading! 📚
A fun article for book lovers!
Would you choose a date/partner based on their reading choices??
Most English teachers have a good book in them!
A good article!
https://www.tes.com/news/are-these-best-books-written-teachers
Jamaica Inn by Daphne Du Maurier
Having watched numerous TV adaptions and films based on Du Maurier’s stories, I have now finally read one of her books! It was the perfect example of a cracking good yarn!
This book really brings out the haunting beauty of the Cornish moors complete with adventure, intrigue and betrayal!
There is a very good reason Du Maurier is known as a master storyteller.
I cannot wait to get stuck in and read more!
Happy reading!😻📚
Honkaku: Japanese murder mysteries.
The stories in this article look like great fun! Cerebral, mind-bending crimes where you try and solve the mystery before the detective!
Kim Jiyoung, born 1982 by Cho Nam-Joo
Imagine as a little girl realising that you are not worth as much as your brothers. Then you grow into a woman and all your effort, work and time – your life – is not worth as much as your boyfriend or husband or male co-workers.
There is a maddeningly frustrating pattern here, multiplied a thousand fold, that plays out through society.
This book is poignant, needle sharp and witty – it will make your blood boil with the injustice.
Happy 📚.
From travelling teacher to armchair-travelling teacher 