Category Archives: Books

… Quit dieting and declare a truce with your body. Authors: Kate Harding and Marianne Kirby. I was a big fan of Shapely Prose, the fat acceptance blog begun by Kate Harding, and mostly bought this book to be supportive … Continue reading →

Viewing faith through an atheist’s eyes by Hemant Mehta. This is a very odd little book. A sort of guide to improving the church going experience from an atheist point of view. Huh? I understand that being a member of … Continue reading →

A Story of Violent Faith. By Jon Krakauer. This story reinforces my avoidance of organised religion. Any belief system that asks me to suspend rational thought and treats whole categories of human beings as less than or other, is not … Continue reading →

OMG I read a book! Yes, indeedy, I did. A Christmas present from my mum, I’d wishlisted it over at Amazon and lo it did arrive. Alan Bennett is very much of the Stephen Fry ilk, only different, and pretty … Continue reading →

I’ve found that novels I’ve tried to read in recent years haven’t had the kind of themes I’m interested in and there are so many on line sources of material that the formally published book comes a poor second on … Continue reading →

Challenging. A definite must read for any budding feminist this book will definitely knock your socks off. Much of the content imagines what a future feminist world might evolve into. Some of it is a little hard to take and … Continue reading →

The Price of Motherhood and I highly recomend it. See here for my previous comments. The only negative comment I’d make is that a couple of the references were listed as personal communications which is fine when you’re reporting the … Continue reading →

Dared and Done. The Marriage of Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning by Julia Markus. I bought this book several years ago (part of a growing collection of books about successful and interesting women) and it disappeared on to a shelf … Continue reading →