Every now and again a book comes along that knocks you sideways, changes your perspective and affects you long after you have turned the last page. The Choice by Edith Egers has been out for some time and I have seen it recommended across social media but I must say I was hesitant to tackle… Read More Book review: The Choice by Edith Eger
It is hard to believe that this summer’s hit film Where the Crawdads Sing was in fact the debut novel of writer Delia Owens. First published in 2018 the book sold more than 4.5 million copies and was selected for Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine Book Club. Set in 1950s America, the story follows the life… Read More Book Review: Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
My mental health is always much improved if I can get lost in a book for a while. With everything going on in the world at the moment my anxiety levels are creeping up. Add in a dash of Christmas stress and retreating with a good book becomes more of a necessity than a luxury.… Read More Three books to get you through the festive period
Since the arrival of our new baby, our family has transformed and we’re all still trying to find our feet with our new roles.Me as a mum of two boys, my husband as a new father and my teenager as the older brother to a tiny baby.In many ways lockdown was a help rather than… Read More Book Review: 60 Ways to Improve Your Family Life in 60 Seconds
More than a billion people use Instagram world-wide; it is a highly competitive arena where lots of people make lots of money. With a poultry 600 followers I have always struggled with it but assumed as I don’t have a perfect ‘instagramable’ life I was never going to see any improvement. Blogging at www.meandorla.co.uk Sarah,… Read More Book review: Hashtag Authentic by Sarah Tasker
When Rowen Coleman visited Ponden Hall for a photography course some years ago she was completely seduced by the wonderfully atmospheric house with its undoubted Bronte connections. The result of the seduction became The Girl at the Window, a beautiful tale of love and loss throughout the ages. Ponden Hall is situated just outside Haworth… Read More Book Review: The Girl at the Window by Rowen Coleman
Having long had my own addiction to self-help books I couldn’t wait to get my hands on Marianne Power’s Help Me, which sounded like the self help book to end all self help books. Marketed as ‘one woman’s quest to find out if self-help really can change your life’ each chapter is a canter through famous… Read More Book Review: Help Me by Marianne Powers
Many of us have thought, at one time or another, how great it would be to leave the shackles of the day job and make a living from what truly makes us happy. But is it really possible? The lure of a regular income keeps many of us in jobs we otherwise may have left.… Read More Book review: Ruth Kudzi Is This It?
I’m alway sceptical of books that tell you how to be happy and transform your life with some magic formula. However having seen one of the authors, Andy Cope, speak at an event a few years ago I had an idea The Art of Being Brilliant might be a good read. The book, also written… Read More Book review: The Art of Being Brilliant
Chrissie Wellington A Life Without Limits The problem with achieving enormous feats, not just once but four times, like Chrissie Wellington is that it is easy for others to think being ironman world champion is all a bit of a breeze. But not so, her autobiography ‘A Life Without Limits’ is full to the brim… Read More Thinking of doing a triathlon? Three books to get you motivated
