Have you ever made a rash decision that you came to regret almost immediately? You know the kind, you try telling yourself everything is fine for a while, you might even try to make things work. Inside though, you know, …
Fiction
The Book That Made Me: When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit- Judith Kerr
Every now and then things fall into place so perfectly that I can’t help but smile. You see, for the past couple of days the caption “the book that made me” has been trending on my twitter feed and it …
The Great Gatsby: Book vs. Film
One of the first things that struck me about “The Great Gatsby” was it’s size. It’s a teensy tiny book that I almost didn’t buy because it seemed like a waste of money, £7.99 for 113 pages! I’m not sure …
The Making of A Marchioness- Frances Hodgson-Burnett
Hands up if you thought Frances Hodgson-Burnett only wrote for children? I know I did until I came across this book recently. Growing up I loved “A Little Princess” and “The Secret Garden” only a little less than I loved …
Read It: Where’d You Go Bernadette? by Maria Semple
Where to start with this book? It took me a while to warm to it and for a couple of days I put it down and considered not finishing it (I’m having a bit of a problem with this recently). …
Homecoming- Bernhard Schlink
Homecoming is a curious puzzle of a book. Part of the reason there’s been such a silence here at The Female Scriblerian is because it’s taken me so long to read this book! The thing is- it wasn’t boring, it …