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Book Review: The Real James Herriot

18th February 2017 by Lorna
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James Herriot biography

James Herriot biographyAlong with millions of others, I’ve loved James Herriot’s series of books. I read them as a teenager many times, my copies are very dogeared!  James Herriot’s books was one of the reasons I wanted to live in Yorkshire but never got there. Maybe we’ll head there for a while when we retire. I reread them again about two years ago, enjoying [...]

Bloggers Book Club – How To Be A Woman

29th January 2012 by Lorna
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I was really looking forward to reading Caitlin Moran’s book, How To Be ?a Woman. I hadn’t read any reviews of it but judging by the occasional tweet, I guessed it was a humourous version of feminism through the ages and her own take on modern feminism.

It has been described as witty and humourous. I have to admit that I haven’t finished it yet (which says a lot in itself!), [...]