I’ve finally taken the plunge.
After much procrastination and promising myself I would, I’m finally getting to grips with the classics.
A-Z Book Survey
I wanted to add something a little different to my blog other than reviews but I wasn’t sure what way to go at first, then I spotted this when I was looking through some of The Perpetual Page Turner’s (Jamie’s) older posts and thought I’d give it a go. When it comes to Top Ten lists or surveys I always worry I’d run out of inspiration for them or not be able to think of specific books that quickly… so fingers crossed this isn’t left half blank!
Book Review: Room
Jack is five. He lives with his Ma. They live in a single, locked room. They don’t have the key. Jack and Ma are prisoners.
Room is inspired by the true story of Elisabeth Fritzl, an Austrian woman who endured emotional and sexual assault while imprisoned by her father in his basement for 24 years. She eventually bore him seven children who were imprisoned with her until rescue. In Donoghue’s story, Room is home to Jack, but a prison to his Ma, who has been held captive for 7 years.
4* Read!
The Joy of Jacqueline Wilson
While updating my never-ending Goodreads to-read list yesterday, I decided to back-date the books I read when I was younger. One thing led to another, and a few minutes (OK, hours) later, I had my Goodreads filled with as many books from my childhood as I could remember. It was only then I realised just how much Jacqueline Wilson featured in my childhood.
Book Review: The House of Eliott
Left penniless after the death of their father, independent Beatrice Eliott and her beautiful younger sister, Evangeline, brave wicked relatives, scandal, tyranny, and poverty to build a successful fashion establishment, The House of Eliott.
4* Read
Confessions of a Book Geek 