Synopsis from   I would like to thank @CarolPack for providing me with her novel via a Read4Review program and will provide an honest review in exchange. I had to put my children’s books hat on for this piece and really consider the audience the author was targeting. I was a little unsure about the…
Month: January 2015
LaChouett Blogging 101: Introduce Yourself
Hello all, So, for those who have been following my 10 day old blog you will know me as Virginie (aka LaChouett) and also know that I am a newbie at this new blogging adventure. Like a lot of new bloggers, I have decided to enrol on the Blogging101 course offered by WordPress so…
LaChouett Feature: My favourite books in 2014
Hello all, I have decided to put up my list of favourite reads looking back on 2014 which is when I started this reading journey. Let me tell you first that I am not a professional critique, that I have absolutely no qualifications in creative writing and that I really do not pay too much…
Book Review: “The Moor’s Account” by Laila Lalami
I discovered @lailalalami this past year purely through this novel. I had not read her before. “The Moor’s Account” recounts the story of Mustafa who grew up in Morocco, became a merchant and then a slave during The Spanish conquest of the New World. I know very little about this time in history and…
Holy Ground
Originally posted on Song Title Stories:
I walked across the barren wasteland, holding onto the sheath by my side so it didn’t bounce against my leg and disturb the silence. My footfalls were echoless, my breathing non-existent. When I walked I felt no exhaustion, only emptiness. I looked at the ground as I walked, and…
Book Review: “The Invention of Wings” by Sue Monk Kidd
Synopsis from   Before I picked this book, I remembered thinking…Ok, I have been reading some fun things, some things that were down right dirty and way too many Young Adult novels in a too short period of time. This is great if you want reading to be really relaxing, however this time I fancied…