November Plans – AnnaBookBel
November is the month of two huge memes – Novellas in November (#NovNov25) hosted by Rebecca and Cathy, and Nonfiction November with five hosts! Add to that German Literature Month XV hosted …| AnnaBookBel
Headline Book Publishing| 2004| Hardback edition| 440 pages| 5* Five-year-old Jimmy Rova is the unwanted child of a mother who rejects him, and whose other children bully him. The one thing he can call his… More| BooksPlease
Synopsis Wintering is a poignant and comforting meditation on the fallow periods of life, times when we must retreat to care for and repair ourselves. Katherine May thoughtfully shows us how to come through these times… More| BooksPlease
Pushing Hope, an illustrated memoir, is geared toward young adult readers and highlights the importance of hope and resilience in spite of obstacles. Santana, who now splits his time between New York and Atlanta, shares what he hopes readers will take away from the book and reveals how impactful living in Atlanta has been for his growth. The post Q&A: Raymond Santana, one of the Exonerated Five, on his new YA memoir and life in Atlanta appeared first on Atlanta Magazine.| Atlanta Magazine
About the Book: Nonfiction winner of the Finlay Lloyd 20/40 Prize for 2025 Documenting the damaging role of anxiety in our lives is hardly new, but Touched takes us inside the destabilising riot of a three-day panic attack with such insight, honesty and humour that the perspective we gain is revelatory and overwhelmingly hopeful. This book has … Continue reading Touched by Kim Kelly| Theresa Smith Writes
It is hard to believe it is a month since I last did a book post, but then time seems … More| Thistles and Kiwis
November is the month of two huge memes – Novellas in November (#NovNov25) hosted by Rebecca and Cathy, and Nonfiction November with five hosts! Add to that German Literature Month XV hosted …| AnnaBookBel
BOOKPLACES Review of Embracing the Power to Live by Marsha Ingrao| BOOKPLACES
Sky Above Kharkiv by Serhiy Zhadan - Dispatches from the Ukrainian Front - is a fantastic book, well worth reading. 5 stars| Coffee and Books
Today I’m back with Part III of Emma@WordsandPeace and my discussion of Notes from an Island (1996) by Tove Jansson, her memoir/journal of the nearly 3 decades that she and her partner Tuulikki Pietila lived on the small island of Klovharun. Here we share our thoughts on chapters 5 and 6. (Find part I of…| Literary Potpourri
Jeremy & Amy by Jeremy Keelings – The Extraordinary Story of One Man and His Orang-utan was an impulse purchase on my visit to Monkey World, while we were on holiday in Dorset. He was one of the co-founders of the sanctuary and Amy, the… The post Jeremy & Amy by Jeremy Keelings appeared first on Coffee and Books.| Coffee and Books
BOOKPLACES I Am Your Guardian Angel Stephen| BOOKPLACES
I was always going to read this book; a memoir, in part, about Marjorie’s move from Cape Breton to Truro, Nova Scotia. I wanted to read an account of a newcomer moving to the town I’ve …| Consumed by Ink
About the Book: In 2003, seventeen-year-old Australian exchange student Hannah Kent arrives at Keflavík Airport in the middle of the Icelandic winter. That night she sleeps off her jet lag and bewi…| Theresa Smith Writes
In 1974, the regime of the Ethiopian Emperor, Haile Selassie, was overthrown in a revolution. Left-wing student movements played a significant part in the revolution, primarily through the vehicle of the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Party (the EPRP). However, soon after … Continue reading →| anenduringromantic
Freedom by Angela Merkel - Memoirs 1954 – 2021 - a dissapointing read. Only 1 star, just because of its historical importance.| Coffee and Books
July went by so quickly for the most part, but these last weeks have seemed to last forever. But!! I did end up reading most of my TBR, and have so many thoughts on everything!!… More| Sunlit Tomes
Looking at Women Looking at War by Victoria Amelina - A War and Justice Diary - a must read. awarded 5 stars.| Coffee and Books
Run Towards the Danger by Sarah Polley Many Canadians around my age first knew Sarah Polley as the “Story Girl” in CBC’s Road to Avonlea. More recently, she’s known for her work directing Alias Grace and Women Talking, movies based on books by Margaret Atwood and Miriam Toews. Sarah Polley’s memoir touches on major events … Continue reading What I’ve Been Listening To: child actors, brushes with death, food additives, reconciliation, family histories, and climate change| Consumed by Ink
In both the WW1 and WW2 memoirs, we must be grateful the author was a professional writer. Churchill set out the story from his and Britain's standpoint. “In his speeches during the war and his memoirs afterwards, he often ignored unpleasant facts, or put his own spin on them. Yet few writers were so magnanimous, refusing for example to criticize his predecessors for the sake of unity and the national effort.” The post Questions and Answers on Churchill’s WW2 Memoirs appeared first on T...| The Churchill Project – Hillsdale College
2020 (originally 2014) 256 p. I recently watched the Netflix series based on this book, and instantly wanted to read the memoir on which it was based. My curiosity was piqued by a comment in the &#…| The Resident Judge of Port Phillip
There is a scene in the 2003 movie Casa de los Babys—about a gro...| Mutha Magazine
After reading ‘The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn’, I thought I’ll read another Mark Twain. I decided to read ‘Life on the Mississippi’. The book is roughly divided in…| Vishy's Blog
