I am part of the Anglesey Federation of Women's Institutes, and part of the Trearddur Bay branch. We have just started a Book Club and had our second meeting. The chosen book which was Khaled Hosseini's A Thousand Splendid Suns, which I reviewed it on here. Mariam is only fifteen when she is sent to… Continue reading The WI Book Club
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Anglesey April Images
These are the views from trips and walks around my island home. Holyhead - Ferries to Ireland and a visiting cruise ship seen from Penrhos beach. View of the Snowdonia mountain range in Pentraeth from my daughter’s house. A beautiful day in my back garden in Caergeiliog. Lunch overlooking Cemaes Bay. My dog Tilly on… Continue reading Anglesey April Images
Stitching for Love Quilts.
Love Quits is a charity that makes quilts for children with life threatening or life long illnesses. The child picks a theme, for example dogs, and eleven cross stitched squares with the animal, or theme are put on the front. I started stitching for them in 2012 when I had a sister who qualified. I… Continue reading Stitching for Love Quilts.
Karen’s Chat on a Buying Expensive Books
I’ve been reading the Cormoran Strike books by Robert Galbraith. Having watched and enjoyed the Tv series staring Tom Burke and Holliday Grainger, I wanted more. For Christmas in 2022, I was bought the paperback of the first book, The Cuckoo Calling. At over 500 pages it was too difficult to hold. The Kindle copy was £4.10,… Continue reading Karen’s Chat on a Buying Expensive Books
Karen’s Chat about Magic Pictures
I’m usually an ebook reader, but will sometimes read a paperback. This was the sometimes and the book is a hardback. I didn’t want to read it on my Kindle as it’s almost a 1000 long. Too big for a paperback, and being solid makes its sturdy to rest on my lap on top of… Continue reading Karen’s Chat about Magic Pictures
Fun at World Book Day
I was recently asked by author Audrina Lane to take part in World Book Day at the Care Home she works at. I was a little nervous, but it turned out to be an enjoyable experience, especially when you have an attentive and interested audience. First Sight is the flash fiction I read to the… Continue reading Fun at World Book Day
Monday Motivation
We’ve all wanted a superpower at one time. Would it surprise you that we already have one? Dig deep, new week, new start. We’ve got this. 😍
My Favourite Book of 2023
This year I read ninety books and these are some of them For the first time in a few years, I’m not taking part in the Goodreads Reading Challenge. It doesn’t matter how many books you read. What does matter is that you enjoy them. I loved the mixture of books I read during 2023.… Continue reading My Favourite Book of 2023
Reblogged – Interview with Julia Sutton
This is a good interview with a writer whose books I’ve enjoyed and featured here. I also hope to read more of her stories this year. Julia Sutton is a multi-genre author with a Master’s Degree in Creative Writing. Please, introduce yourself. Tell us about your personal life, family… Julia Sutton
Karen’s Chat about Imagination
I am an eclectic person. If I see something and it catches my imagination, I want to do it. Since I retired, it’s become more noticeably. My go to place was YouTube where I’d spend hours researching it. I then collected everything I needed and it gave me a lot of enjoyment to make what… Continue reading Karen’s Chat about Imagination
World of Stories 