After receiving my wondrous Kindle from Mum for my birthday I promptly downloaded the current NY Times Best Seller List. I was STARVED for reading. First up was Battle Hymn of The Tiger Mother, a memoir By Amy Chua recounting her parenting style as she raised her two VERY successful Chinese/American daughters. Chua is an amazing, engaging writer. This book …
Look what I’m Reading!!!
Finally, two days before we put the tent up, wherever it is that we decide to go camping (I know, I know these sorts of things are usually planned but I’m having an indecisive month) I win the library lottery. I requested this series so long ago that I had forgotten about it quite honestly. But there has been a …
Books NOT to read this summer
As decided by moi. Jacquelyn Mitchard – The Deep End of the Ocean This book bears the ‘honour’ of being selected as the first ever inductee to the hallowed halls of Oprah’s Book Club. But that isn’t why I read it, it just happened to be on my neighbours book shelf when I was looking for some holiday reads. In …