It is just me or has this week felt like the longest in existence? But now it’s Sunday, and not just any Sunday, but Sunday on a Bank Holiday weekend! (How many times can I say Sunday in one sentence?) Even in this strange time...
Do you have a period in history that you feel nostalgic for even though you didn’t even live through it? That’s how I feel about 1940’s New York. It just oozes glamour that I miss despite the fact that really I’m not glamourous in the...
This is one of those book choices that I could easily classify under ‘Instagram made me do it’. Exciting Times by Naoise Dolan has been popping up on my feed left, right and centre so I had to get it. It was meant to be,...
Here we are again everyone. Grab a cuppa and settle in for your weekly dose of Sunday Stories, where I share some of the things I’ve enjoyed most this past week. Reading This week I finished Swan Song by Kelleigh Greenberg-Jephcott, which took me longer...
As it’s been a couple of weeks into Behind Her Books starting I thought I’d do the Book Newbie Tag to introduce myself. This was inspired by Stuck In The Book which is a blog I’ve really enjoyed reading recently. So that’s me, in front...
Outsiders: Five Women Writers Who Changed the World – Lyndall Gordon
posted by: Megan
May 12, 2020
In 2018 I volunteered at the Cardiff Book Festival and one of the authors doing a panel was Lyndall Gordon. It was about how women authors have helped shaped the literary world today which is something I am so interested in, but as I was...
Another week of lockdown life over and time for Sunday Stories again. This week it was announced that here in Wales we have another three weeks of lockdown ahead of us. It’s necessary but sometimes it does feel like this is going on for eternity....
What does a book lover do when they’re not reading? Apart from buying new books, we can be found listening to other book lovers talk about books! There are so many out there so I’ve listed five podcasts for book lovers that I would recommend...
The Interestings – Meg Wolitzer It’s been an intriguing time to join the book blogging world. My feed has filled with reading suggestions for quarantine, and I love the diversity across them. Sometimes you want a light read and sometimes you need something to get...
Something I wanted to include in my blog was a weekly roundup of things that I have enjoyed. This will mainly be things I’m reading, listening to or watching. Maybe something non-bookish may slip in one day, who knows. I’d love for this to be...