One Ordinary Day At A Time
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  The cover of this book first caught my attention while on display at the library I work at. I turned to the synopsis/blurb on the back of the book and saw the name "Gail Honeyman". That was enough for me to pick it up and start reading. Honeyman is the author of one of my favourite books Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine and any other book that mentions this title or the author's name usually makes me want to read said book. I reckon Gail Honeyman should start charging royalties for the number of times a book is compared to hers... but I digress. To be honest as much I enjoyed One ..read more
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Annie Stanley All At Sea
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I thoroughly enjoyed this book. My first book for 2022. Here I go with my Eleanor Oliphant references again but if you loved Eleanor you will love Annie Stanley too.  It has been a while since I've written a review. Last year I struggled to find any good books. To the surprise of one of my workmates I only read (finished) eight books in 2021. So much for completing my Goodreads 25 books challenge for that year.  I did start many more but just couldn't get into them. In December I found this book while shelving some books in the library I work in and thought I'd give it a try. I lov ..read more
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The Four Winds
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1y ago
“Sometimes when I close my eyes I swear I can still taste the dust.” I couldn’t decide whether to review this book. There is so much I want to say. The Four Winds is only the second book by Kristin Hannah I’ve read. I was drawn to her books after watching the Netflix TV series Firefly Lane based on her book with the same name which I have also since read. What a show but I digress… The Four Winds is Hannah’s latest book based on the catastrophic events of the Dust Bowl in the 1930s and it had me from the beginning. As soon I took it off the Holds shelf at the library I work in I was tr ..read more
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Dear Reader
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1y ago
I'm feeling a bit blogged out at the moment but I couldn't let this book pass me by without giving it a heap of praise. Books about books, reading, bookshops and libraries are among my favourites and Dear Reader by Cathy Rentzenbrink is a detailed read about how books have helped her. In it she talks about her love for books which started from a young age. She talks about the books she read as a child, some of which I have fond memories of too. I remember reading one of her favourites The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole aged 13 and 3/4 by Sue Townsend and being excited that there were more boo ..read more
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Nala's World
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  Since getting our dog Dollar nine years ago I've developed an interest in animal books and this one would be among my favourites. I really didn't want this book to end, it was so good.  In September 2018 Scottish man Dean Nicholson headed out to cycle around the world.  On December 10 that same year he came across an abandoned and unwell kitten on the side of the road in Bosnia. He named her Nala, nursed her back to health and a beautiful friendship began.  Nala was Dean's travelling companion. Everywhere that Dean went, Nala went too, either tucked around Dean's neck or ..read more
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Tiny Pieces of Us
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  Have you ever thought about being an organ donor? If there is any book promoting organ donation, then Tiny Pieces of Us is it  Nicky Pellegrino's latest book Tiny Pieces of Us is, from what I can tell, quite different to her other books. I admit I haven't read any of the others but from what I know about Pellegrino, who lives in New Zealand but was born in Britain, she generally writes about Italy and food. Italy only plays a small part in this book. The main character is Vivi Palmer, a journalist working in London for a tabloid called The Daily Post. She had a heart transplant an ..read more
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Things I Learned From Falling
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If you read only a few books this year make Things I Learned From Falling by Claire Nelson one of them. What an outstanding book. In 2018 New Zealander Claire Nelson went on a hike on her own in California's Joshua Tree National Park. It was only meant to be a short hike - a matter of hours. She ended up spending four days and three nights in the desert after she fell down rocks and was left flat on her back with a shattered pelvis and not being able to move. I remember seeing the story on the news at the time and being amazed by it. As well as describing what she went through during those ..read more
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Gilmore Girls Thanks For Keeping Me Sane During Lockdown
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1y ago
Tonight my binge watching days come to an end. It's only taken three years, a pandemic and subsequent lockdown to watch seven seasons (153 episodes) of the very popular American comedy/drama Gilmore Girls. I never watched the show when it screened on New Zealand television. I remember it being either on a Saturday or Sunday afternoon and I may have caught parts of one or two episodes. I just couldn't quite get it and couldn't handle all the chit chat between the main characters Lorelai Gilmore and her daughter Rory.  And then I got talking to someone I met through my previous job, who ..read more
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Away With the Penguins
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1y ago
Why are my eyes watering? Maybe it's dust or maybe it's this beautiful book! This is the first book in physical format I have read since our country of New Zealand came out of strict lockdown and what a delight it was. The main character in Hazel Prior's Away with the Penguins is Veronica McCreedy affectionately known as Granny McCreedy. She is in her 80s and lives alone. She loves wildlife documentaries and wants to do one more big thing before she dies. After reading a blog about penguins she sets in motion plans to visit Antarctica. But this story is about so much more than a trip ..read more
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My Pear-Shaped Life
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1y ago
So what do you do when there's a lockdown and the library and the bookshops are closed and you've run out of physical books to read? You download Wheelers ePlatform and BorrowBox and read an eBook on your cellphone.  Being used to only reading books in physical format, I knew if I was venturing into the eBook world I had to find somthing that would grab me and My Pear-Shaped Life by Irish author Carmel Harrington did just that. This being her ninth book, I now want to read some of her other titles. This is a reasonably light read about a young Irish woman named Greta Gale who has alwa ..read more
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