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Books that made me a Reader
I have always loved to read. In fact, I still have my first-ever book Snugglepot and Cuddlepie and Mrs Bears Birthday. I apparently loved this so much as a child that to this day 40 years, (almost give me a week or so) later both my parents can recite this book word for word at the drop of a hat. One of my fondest childhood memories is crawling into bed with my Mum and listening to her read to us (me & my brother) before bed. We read so many amazing books this way but the one that is forever stuck in my memory the one I read to this…
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Book Review – The Last House on Needless Street By Catriona Ward
The Last House on Needless Street is about Ted Bannerman, a loner who lives in the house at the end of the cul-de-sac that is Needless Street. It’s the house he grew up in with his mother. Sometimes he goes into the woods behind the house, sometimes he uses a dating website to meet women but theres never a second date. The Last House on Needless Street is also about Olivia, Ted’s cat, and Lauren, Ted’s daughter, who occasionally visits Ted at the house. Ted’s relationship with each is sometimes volatile. Olivia is a target when he’s drunk and Lauren is a captive ward whose warmth towards her father seems…
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How I Review Books
I know a lot of people are really incredibly professional and detailed about how they review books. They review absolutely everything they read, they review even when they hate the books, happy to lay it all out there for everyone to read, they have metrics and data points and a scoring system and everything. And that’s cool if that’s what you want to do I don’t do that I mostly review books that I’ve enjoyed in some aspect, and I have to admit I am mostly positive, there are times when I’m downright effusive. There is nothing inherently wrong with either approach, at least, I don’t think so. Others may…
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