
- Apr 14, 2019
Favourite First Lines of Favourite Books
So turns out it’s very dangerous to read the first page of all your favourite books… I kept continuing to read and each time had to firmly shut the book on my fingers before I got completely caught up! I did have a lovely time searching through my old books, my new books and online to remind myself of my old favourites though. How to choose my favourite first lines though? My criteria - I have to have read the whole book. - the line has to entice me to read it again - but als

- Apr 1, 2019
My most divisive bookclub picks…
As the years have been passing and I’m getting more experience running a book club I’m finding the best meetings are where we disagree on the books. Where the book was so long/intense/silly/sad/weird/etc that we end up having quite heated but hilarious discussions about why exactly some people loved it and others hated it. So with that in mind here are some books I’ve read that would be great for a bookclub that loves a good discussion. All of them are good - but for differen