Posts by Fran Grant

The importance of reading with children ‘So please, oh please, we beg, we pray, go throw your TV set away, and in its place you can install a lovely bookshelf on the wall’ ~ Roald Dahl The importance of reading (for children) cannot be emphasised enough, and I genuinely believe that as parents we should…

The Memory Collector – Fiona Harper This is another one of my late 2018 reads. I didn’t LOVE it if I’m honest, but it was OK. You know when you find a book that draws you in so much you become obsessed with it and you literally can’t wait to get to bed again so…

THIS IS GOING TO HURT – by Adam Kay From the cover: “97-hour weeks. Life and death decisions. A constant tsunami of bodily fluids. And the hospital parking meter earns more than you. Welcome to the life of a Junior Doctor. Scribbled in secret after endless days, sleepless nights and missed weekends, Adam Kay’s diaries…

The Songs of Us – by Emma Cooper “Quirky, clever, and original, this will break your heart, but put it back together again” ~ Katie Fforde   From the cover: If Melody hadn’t run out of de-icer that day, she would never have slipped and banged her head. She wouldn’t be left with a condition…

Becoming – by Michelle Obama The autobiographical memoir of the former United States First Lady I wanted this book from the moment I first clapped eyes on it, and I was lucky enough to get it from Santa Claus for Christmas!    So what did I think after all the hype? I loved it! Though…

If cats disappeared from the world by Genki Kawamura Here’s my review of the international phenomenon that has sold over a million copies in Japan. A quick and easy read, and whilst not my usual type of book (and despite wondering at the beginning if I should carry on as it hadn’t massively grabbed me)…

Book review – Eleanor Oliphant is completely fine by Gail Honeyman Absolutely beautiful… “The lonelier a person gets, the less adept they become at navigating social currents. Loneliness grows around them, like mould or fur…” ~ Olivia Laing, The Lonely City   Wow – did I love this book! I’d heard a few people raving…

Book review – The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris Based on the powerful true story of Lale Sokolov   This is without a doubt one of the best books I’ve ever read, and I simply didn’t want it to end. It will stay with me for a very long time, if not forever. It…