(School Newsletter interview)
My earliest memory is…. Climbing trees.
My first relationship was…. Sweet and short lived.
My most treasured possession is… knowledge.
My mother and father always told me…. Yes but you’re different.
I wish I had….. More time to do everything.
I wish I hadn’t…. Stayed up so late reading.
My guiltiest pleasure is… not feeling guilty.
My happiest moment is…the present.
At home I cook…. Cakes for the neighbours.
My favourite gadget is…none.
I’m not so good at…… maths.
When I was a child I wanted to…. Be an archeologist.
The book that changed my life is……books are constantly changing my life!
If I could live anywhere…I would need more than one of me.
It’s not fashionable but I love…. Trashy movies.
My worst trait is…. Talking too much or not enough.
My best trait is…. Creativity.
Friends say I am…calm.
I’d love to….makes costumes for films.
If I could change one thing in the world it would be…..hatred.
My greatest fear is…..feeling stuck, settling for something.
If only I could….declutter.
The last big belly laugh I had was….a couple of days ago.
I relax by….. Reading.
What I don’t find amusing is…. Ignorance.
I’m always being asked…. Say something in French.
My favourite place in the world… too many.
At the moment I’m listening to…. City Calm Down, SOAK, Echo and the Bunnymen.
My favourite work of art is…. Too many.
My worst job was….. For a dodgy photographer.
The strangest place I've ever slept…in a bathtub.
Tuesday, 24 November 2015
Wednesday, 28 October 2015
Review: Lead
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
More nice and light girly entertainment.
Fun with enough romance, steaminess and crisis moments to keep you in and finished before you know it.
Hooks in nicely with previous volumes and characters.
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Monday, 5 October 2015
Review: The Girl in the Steel Corset
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
lots of weird and wonderful steampunk fun and adventure.
Interesting kick-arse characters, a touch of proper romance,
amazing contraptions and I am just imagining the costumes!
definitely grabbing the next volume.
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Sunday, 6 September 2015
Review: 84, Charing Cross Road
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
beautiful.
this was published in 1970 the year I was born.
shorter than expected and followed by the duchess of Bloomsbury street.
have had tears in my eyes, sobbing my way through all the emotion!
the humour is spot on.
the exchange is exquisite.
the whole is charming.
I would like to make a list of all the books HH mentions, many of which I've not read or heard of.
I like novels - I also like what HH said about reading about real things, people, places, stuff that happened. I should do more of it.
the second part - the visit, made me think of all the places I didn't go to when I was over there, so have started another list of must sees.
it is incredibly easy to romanticise life sometimes. my piles of journals will no doubt remind me that reality is always present no matter where we are or have been. I liked her finishing thought from Prospero;
this is how I feel about all my years in France, it all seems like a far away dream.
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Wednesday, 22 July 2015
Tuesday, 9 June 2015
Counting by 7s by Holly Golberg Sloan

Magical in so many ways.
I laughed,
I cried,
I held my breath and I hoped.
Do any of us realise how incredibly we can touch others?
How small gestures can ripple outwards helping in ways never imagined.
It is difficult to grasp a genius mind like Willows'.
I would love to have such insight of the world,
To be able to comprehend the miraculousness of everything in such an informed way.
The beauty of this story is in how all these unlikely people and coincidences
All move towards each other and fit together.
Compassion, understanding, empathy, needs and fulfilment.
A little patience and kindness goes a long way.
Each character needed a little saving
And somehow in big and small ways
they all saved each other.
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