It’s no secret that I love to read but struggle with time to do so. I find audiobooks a great solution to this. I’ve only been listening to them for about a year. A friend recommended them to me as … Continue reading How To Read When You Don’t Have Time: My Top 5 Audiobooks
This week I finished listening to The Falcon Of Sparta by Conn Iggulden on Audible. I’ve recently read two other books by Iggulden called Darien and Shiang. I’m not sure what category to put those books into, possibly fantasy or magical realism. I really enjoyed Iggulden’s writing though so I wanted to read more of his work. Iggulden is better known for his historical fiction, which is a genre I love so I decided to dive into one of those. I nearly went for a book about the War of the Roses (and probably still will at some point). But … Continue reading The Falcon Of Sparta: Audiobook Review
I wrote before about my love of reading. The most recent book that I’ve finished is ‘A Man Called Ove’ by Fredrik Backman. Unsurprisingly, this book tells the story of Ove, who on the surface is a grumpy old man who partakes in ongoing squabbles with his neighbours. As the story unfolds we learn more about Ove and his past so that we understand how he got to this point and why he approaches things in the way that he does. I found this an easy and reasonably satisfying read. Because I tend to read in short chunks, I like … Continue reading A Man Called Ove: Book Review
I toyed with a few names for this blog then settled on ‘Snatched Words’. I like it because it’s got lots of interpretations, a bit like parenting itself. The definition of ‘snatch’ is to grasp hastily or a brief, hurried period. This sums up nicely so many parts of my life as I would always like to snatch more sleep, and I’m constantly snatching at time. Just this morning for example in the 10 minutes between my husband leaving for work and me leaving for the preschool run, I put a load of washing on, loaded the dishwasher, transferred some … Continue reading Behind The Name
Snatched Words 