Category: Books
A Time of Mourning by Christobel Kent
Can I just say I loved this book…and leave it at that? I wouldn’t really have much of a blog post to write then, I guess. But, the fact is that I loved this book. Ok, it’s not the book of my life or… Continue Reading “A Time of Mourning by Christobel Kent”
The Good Italian by Stephen Burke
A good book with one discrepancy that made my arms drop. Literally.
Oh Dear Silvia by Dawn French
In Italian we’d say “ma anche no”. This means, basically, you can live better without.
Enchanted April by Elizabeth Von Arnim
In a small bookshop in Santorini, Greece, in the discounted items, I found this classic novel. The title threw the line out and reeled me in: I read the back but had already decided that it would be the perfect holiday novel. I didn’t… Continue Reading “Enchanted April by Elizabeth Von Arnim”
Mutton by India Knight
Last week I finished this book. During the first two or three chapters, I thought it was great. I laughed at the quick sense of humour, I pondered on the issues – middle age, women wannabes, men, relationships – that were being presented and… Continue Reading “Mutton by India Knight”
Word of the Day
I was watching a show on tv a few minutes ago and they were showing us how apples were processed before being cooked in a factory-made apple pie. The apples are all dumped together in a large (very large) tub (see happy-hippopotamus-pool-sized-tank) full of… Continue Reading “Word of the Day”
An unexpected treasure
A few weeks ago as we were strolling in Valencia, the day before the encounter with the JellyFish(er)-man, my boyfriend and I found a box full of treasures. Not all of them were treasures for us, so we left a handful of objects for… Continue Reading “An unexpected treasure”
Together with Nicole Duplaix, Chair of the IUCN-SSC Otter Specialist Group , I wrote a book all about otters and how wonderful they are. Check it out We Love Otters
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