Hello! I am Lizzie, and my main joy in life is reading books and thinking about books! I have so many thoughts about each book I read so wanted a place to record these thoughts, and a place where others who are reading the same book as me can share their thoughts about it too. I’ve tried to write my (often lengthy!) reviews of books so it feels like I am chatting with you as we read the book together, comparing thoughts at the end of a chapter and ideas of where the plot and characters may end up, wondering why the author has written a character or scene in a particular way and what they may be subtly trying to tell us about that character or scene. So enjoy reading along with me, and please get in touch, I’d love to be able to discover more about a favourite book from your thoughts on it.
I absolutely love reading diaries (I am so nosy!) and I really enjoyed reading Nella Last’s War (her diary entries written for the Mass Observation project during the Second World War), so when I saw this next instalment of her diary entries I knew I had to read it. This diary begins in Aug 1945 after the war has ended. I see the editors have mentioned that no-one has ever read through the entirety of Nella’s diaries! Omg, I would love to have the job of wading through them, it would be an absolute pleasure! Read the full review