I really enjoyed reading Weapons of Math Destruction by Cathy O’Neil just before Christmas. It was lent to me by a friend and is all about…
In January I started to read my way through my Christmas books, starting with Logical Family by Armistead Maupin. I think I’ve read every novel…
I am a huge fan of Bill Bryson (see my blogs on Bill Bryson and Going Down Under) so was delighted when his latest book…
When I got back from Australia in mid January I hadn’t had enough of reading about the country (see my blogs on A Town Like…
Back in 2005 I went to Guatemala for three weeks – my first real experience of travelling in a developing country. The trip started inauspiciously…
This time last year I had just got back from two weeks in Cuba, my second visit to a captivating island. My first trip in…
Packing some books for my evening flight to New York on Monday reminds me of some of the most enjoyable books I’ve zipped through on…
Fancy a new life abroad? This time of year leaving the house early in the morning surrounded by a heavy frost and temperatures that have…
About this time five years ago I was preparing my big trip to Australia – to spend three and a half weeks on my own…
If you want to know more about the Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia, three excellent books that tell personal stories of survival of the victims…
I love reading and always have. I'm also a big fan of writing, hence writing a blog about reading. I read lots for both work and pleasure and thankfully the boundary between the two is nicely blurred.
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