Fangirling For The First Time

I’ll keep this post short and sweet. Actually this is a throwback to last year’s Stratford Literary Festival where Jodi Picoult was touring around the world to promote her new book “A Spark Of Light” and was invited to speak about it. This was a special event in my life because it was my first […]

My Summer Date With Shakespeare

The first time I have encountered Shakespeare in my life was in high school, when we were studying English literature. My then English teacher gave us a task to choose one sonnet by Shakespeare, memorise it (we were given a week), and then recite it in front of the class. I chose sonnet 116: Let […]

Discovering The Big Comfy Bookshop

To continue my exploration in Coventry, I found another book shop that also caught my attention. Located in Fargo Village, The Big Comfy Bookshop is literally what its name says; a big comfortable book shop with a cafe, lots of chairs, tables and couches. It’s that kind of place that not only you would want […]

Getting To Know Gosford Bookshop

Having moved to a new country and not being employed for quite a while rendered me lots of time to travel around and explore. The city closest to Rugby Borough is Coventry. It is known for it’s Coventry Cathedral (also known as The Cathedral Church of St. Michael) that was built in the 14th century […]

The Hunt Begins

I remember the time when I was still in Qatar and my husband called me from the UK saying that he found a book shop that had a hard-bound copy of Lawrence Of Arabia and got a good deal for it. I was happy for him because he was yearning to find and buy one […]

The Short South African Side Trip

Reader, I married him. I married a South African! 🤣 So I think it’s only proper to learn and read more about S.A., its culture & history. This post is a short trip down the memory lane, back to when my husband and I visited his home country. The hot weather, the wild life and […]