Month: July 2021

Recent Reads: London’s Museums and Galleries; Exploring the Best of the City’s Art and Culture by Eleanor Ross

Posted on by Pam

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London’s Museums and Galleries; Exploring the Best of the City’s Art and Culture by Eleanor Ross is a great visual guide to London’s museums and galleries.  It shows you inside these places, so you have an idea of what it’s like, and is arranged by location, such as Central London.

I think this is a great book to use to plan your next visit to London, and being able to have a look at all the different places will give you an idea of the places that you might never have found on your own!

London’s Museums and Galleries was published on 6th July 2021 and is available to buy from Amazon, Waterstones and Bookshop.org.

You can follow Eleanor Ross on Twitter and on her website.

I was given this book in exchange for an unbiased review, so my thanks to NetGalley and to Quarto.

Recent Reads: The Art of Watercolor Lettering; A Beginner’s Step-by-Step Guide to Painting Modern Calligraphy and Lettered Art by Kelly Klapstein

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The Art of Watercolor Lettering; A Beginner’s Step-by-Step Guide to Painting Modern Calligraphy and Lettered Art by Kelly Klapstein takes you through what supplies you need, and explains the differences in brushes.

It has lots of photos and drawings to try to help explain what you need to do, and is well thought through.  It has tips throughout to try to help you know more, and is a great starting point for anyone who wants to learn watercolour lettering.  There are lots of tutorials, and information for you.

The Art of Watercolor Lettering was published on 22 October 2019 and is available from Amazon, Waterstones and Bookshop.org.

You can follow Kelly Klapstein on Twitter, Instagram and her website.

I was given access to this book in exchange for an unbiased review, so my thanks to NetGalley and to Quarto.

Recent Reads: Chosen Ones by Veronica Roth

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Chosen Ones by Veronica Roth is set 10 years after the five chosen ones saved the world.  We get to see how the most famous people in the world adapt to life after having to fight for their lives, using uncertain magic, and watching others die along the way.

I really enjoyed the look into ‘what happens after’, and found the characters to be well written and believable.

This was a really good fantasy novel, and the start of a new series, so I’m looking forward to reading more!

Chosen Ones was published on 7th April 2020 and is available from Amazon, Waterstones (exclusive edition) and Bookshop.org.

You can follow Veronica Roth onInstagram and her website.

Recent Reads: Warriors, Witches, Women; Mythology’s Fiercest Females by Kate Hodges

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Warriors, Witches, Women; Mythology’s Fiercest Females by Kate Hodges is a beautifully illustrated book, with the story of females from myths and legend.  It’s broken down into different catagories, so you can read about Bringers of Misfortune, or Elemental Spirits.

The females and myths are international, which is another nice feature as it’s so often this type of book would specialise on Greek and Roman myths.

Warriors, Witches, Women was published on 3 March 2020 and is available from Amazon, Waterstones and Bookshop.org.

You can follow Kate Hodges on Instagram.

I was given access to this book in exchange for an unbiased review, so my thanks to NetGalley and to Quarto.

Recent Reads: Re-educated; How I changed my job, my home, my husband and my hair by Lucy Kellaway

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Re-educated; How I changed my job, my home, my husband and my hair by Lucy Kellaway is the true story of how Lucy Kellaway changed so much of her life, and became happier than ever.

I very much enjoyed reading about the author’s journey, and of googling the house that caused so much of the change!  This is a positive story, and one that is well written, unflinching in the places of pain and suffering, but overall, a joyous read!

Re-educated was published on 1st July 2021 and is available from Amazon, Waterstones and Bookshop.org.

You can follow Lucy Kellaway on Twitter.

I was given this book in exchange for an unbiased review, so my thanks to NetGalley and to Ebury Publishing.