On… some books for you 5 Replies Here are some new discoveries for you. No particular theme. Some are old. Some are new. Some are read-in-three-nights. Some are dive-in-for-a-fortnight. All are interesting and life-enriching, in one way or another. I’m not going to write reviews, because, ugh, book reviews, amirite? (Seriously, though. I never read my own book reviews back when I was an author. I always figured: well, if I read something mean, it’ll feed my insecurity and give me writer’s block and I’ll wail and gnash my teeth for hours and never get that time back. And if I read something positive and believe it, then I might become smug and stare out the window thinking how jolly clever I am. Either way, it’s not productive. Far better to just continue skipping through life, daydreaming stories to tell you, fueled only by my happy workaholic mix of all-consuming ambition and stomach-clenching fear of failure. I have a feeling I’ve said this before. Where was I? Oh yes. Books.) Must You Go? My Life With Harold Pinter by Antonia Fraser. The Wives Of Henry VIII by Antonia Fraser. Warrior Queens by Antonia Fraser. The Weaker Vessel by Antonia Fraser. (Yes, I was on a bit of an Antonia Fraser binge for a month.) A Scandalous Life by Mary S Lovell. How To Stop Time by Matt Haig. Plus One by Christopher Moxon. White Trash by Nancy Isenburg. Leading Lady: Sherry Lansing by Stephen Galloway
Kelly Maloney September 18, 2017 at 3:40 pm Always looking for book suggestions especially since the last book club I was in read J-Lo’s biography…just ordered “How to Stop Time” and I cannot wait. Reply ↓
Isla January 11, 2018 at 1:06 pm Will you write Julia and Madeleine’s stories in your Brooklyn Girls series? I’m really hoping so! Reply ↓
GemmaBurgess Post authorJanuary 12, 2018 at 4:57 pm Hello lovely Isla, well, I’m not sure. It was only a three-book-deal – I would totally write them though! I love those girls! x Reply ↓
Kacey June 13, 2018 at 10:53 pm I am waiting too!!! Absolutely loved the Brooklyn girls series!! Reply ↓